Field Marketing Manager

Posted Feb 24

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Does attracting new customers and prospects and keeping them engaged throughout the buyer’s journey make your day? Do you pride yourself on knowing the latest approaches to drive demand? Do you strive to understand the “why” behind every campaign success or failure? Do you get excited when teaming with, and advocating for, Sales? Like what you hear? You may be a good fit for the Field Marketing Manager.

Reporting to Director of Field Marketing, EMEA as a Field Marketing Manager, you are responsible for the achievement of the full range of demand and awareness generation targets within your Region. Working very closely with the Sales, Presales and Professional Services functions, you will drive the development, execution, measurement and reporting of successful Marketing programs that support business goals. To this end, you will be accountable for the effective allocation of Marketing budget, the alignment of Marketing activity to Sales priorities, and the detailed reporting of results to Sales and Marketing management. You will collaborate with all global Marketing functions to define campaign requirements, develop programs and localise them for regional relevance and impact. You team with our Sales organisations to optimise field readiness, alignment and follow-through. You also collaborate with web marketing, online marketing, PR, events, marketing operations and agency teams to ensure an integrated, multi-channel approach to demand generation campaigns.

The ideal candidate is a smart, resourceful and resilient self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment where initiative and innovation are required. You should be a doer and not a delegator. Your role is to think big, to design integrated marketing programs, to enable the field sales to increase their pipeline. Achieving this will require cross collaboration with product marketing, revenue marketing, and sales to develop compelling activities for our customers and prospects. The programs you develop will engage our future customers in conversations about our solutions that solve real business problems. Your positive outlook and problem-solving skills will help you stay focused and adaptable. Your attention to detail, collaboration skills and “buck-stops-here” attitude will be critical to your success in this role.

 Responsibilities:

  • Develop the regional/local field marketing plans to supports sales objectives growing existing and acquiring new customers in specific territories.
  • Research, recommend and execute targeted regional/local marketing plans that include but are not limited to field events, partner activities, assisting with industry events/tradeshows, establishing local relationships with related associations or communities, executive roundtables, etc.
  • Ensure alignment with corporate digital/demand generation programs (e.g., webinars, direct email, advertising) and if necessary, localise to extend reach or impact.
  • Work closely with account teams to craft account-level marketing plans for top strategic accounts
  • Understand complex buying/selling processes involving multiple decision-makers for software and services purchases. Provide support through sales tools, training and market expertise to the sales force to ensure their ability to consultatively sell solutions.
  • Act as representative of the regional Marketing team to all other in-region functions, and in particular work closely with Sales, Presales and Customer Success leadership to agree and execute brand and demand generation strategies specific to the needs of the region.
  • Work cross-functionally to oversee the timely execution of the field-marketing plan.
  • Track and measure demand-to-close metrics across field marketing programs, optimising resources against regional objectives

Required Skills and experience:

  • 10+ years of experience in high technology B2B enterprise software field marketing required; SaaS/on-demand software experience highly desired.
  • 5+ years experience in working directly, on a peer-to-peer level, with senior Sales, Presales and Customer Success leadership – developing strong working relationships and earning the role of ‘trusted advisor’ in the areas of brand development and demand generation
  • Segment marketing, demand creation and campaign execution experience, including event experience.
  • Experience defining acquisition account-based goals and objectives in conjunction with Sales. Must be comfortable providing data and insights on acquisition accounts as well as contacts within these accounts.
  • Experience of 1:1 Account Based Marketing techniques and demonstrable ability to work with cross-functional commercial teams to develop ABM programmes for key accounts
  • Must have proven ability to think “big picture”; and use both traditional and modern marketing tactics to design effective programs.
  • CRM (Salesforce.com) and Marketing Automation (Marketo) experience strongly preferred.
  • Strong organisational, project management, and multi-tasking skills required.
  • Ability to work collaboratively to create a results-driven, team-oriented environment.
  • Strong analytical skills to determine ROI of marketing programs.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, Business, or a technical field. (MBA degree is a plus)
  • Fluent English and Business Level German is required for this role. 

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