Senior Manager, Audience and Program Marketing

New York City, NY (Unknown)

$130K/yr – $150K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 10 days ago

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Job Summary

Lead and execute targeted program marketing strategies and campaigns to drive pipeline, engagement, and customer value, partnering with product marketing, sales, and success teams while owning the global customer event portfolio.

  • Own and scale targeted programs and activation playbooks
  • Collaborate across marketing, product, sales to align messaging and execution
  • Manage global events and customer journeys to accelerate deals and advocacy

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Strategy and Execution for Targeted Program Marketing
  • Develop and Execute 3-5 Targeted Programs Annually to deliver pipeline, meetings, and exceptional customer experiences with Darktrace.
  • Manage active marketing plans and customer journeys that address key audience use cases, customer needs, procurement cycles, and compliance requirements.
  • Create audience and/or industry-specific plays partnering with PMM and GTM to align messaging, positioning, content, use cases, and activations in region which will drive meaningful engagement and revenue influence.
  • Build a promotion plan with key marketing functions across inbound and outbound that will engage the right cohorts and open new relationships and opportunities.
  • Create activation-ready toolkits by audience which can be released across various channels for consistency and cohesive experience with Darktrace.
  • Design repeatable frameworks, planning cadences, activation playbooks, and connected workflows that enable consistent global execution and measurable outcomes.
  • Partner closely with marketing, product marketing, customer success, and other key stakeholders to ensure strategic alignment and collaborative teaming on priorities, plays, pipeline goals, and execution to accelerate deals and Darktrace market position.
  • Own and scale Darktrace’s global customer event portfolio (including Tech Meetups and Defender Days) to strengthen technical engagement, deepen value realization, and create clear pathways to customer advocacy and expansion opportunities.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business management and/or communications
  • 5+ of B2B marketing experience, with at least 3 years in technology companies.
  • Proven track record driving pipeline and influencing sales outcomes
  • Strong story creator that can translate technical capabilities into use cases, with clear value and benefits that drive action.
  • Experience with ABM, field marketing, events management, and integrated demand gen.
  • Experience designing targeted programs and plays (industry, segment, region, or cohort-based) that influence pipeline and support GTM priorities.
  • Proven ability to scale event programs—including webinars, executive dinners, and tradeshow ancillary events—using repeatable frameworks and templates.
  • Ability to operate in a fast-moving, competitive cybersecurity landscape with agility and dealing with ambiguity
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, especially partnering with stakeholders across product marketing, customer success, sales and marketing and interfacing with customers and partners.
  • Hands-on experience with marketing automation and digital marketing tools (e.g., Salesforce, Marketo/HubSpot, Gainsight)

Preferred

  • Experience marketing cybersecurity, cloud, AI or platform solutions is a plus

Benefits

  • 100% medical, dental and vision insurance, plus dependents
  • Paid parental leave
  • Pet insurance Discount
  • Life insurance
  • Commuter benefits
  • 401(k)
  • Employee Assistance Program
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Darktrace

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Darktrace is a global leader in AI cybersecurity, providing the essential cybersecurity platform to secure organizations today and for an ever-changing future. Darktrace AI learns from each business's unique data in real time, detecting threats and intervening against attacks with precision and speed. We are a diverse and inclusive team of over 2,400 employees, each playing a crucial role in protecting nearly 10,000 organizations and communities worldwide from known, unknown, and novel cyber-threats.

Founded in 2013
Cambridge, England, GBR
2.5K employees (106 in marketing)
52% recommend to a friend
68% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
236K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$759.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
44.7%
Direct
44.1%
Referral
7.4%
Social
2%
Paid
1.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2.5K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
80 (3% of company)
Median Career Experience
11 years
Median Tenure
3.1 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$230.5M
Last Raise
$50M
Post IPO Secondary, 6 years ago

Funding History

  • Mar 2020
    Post IPO Secondary
  • Sep 2018
    Series E • $50M
  • May 2018
    Secondary Market

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