Monday, July 30, 2007

Sr Prod Mktng Mgr, perf mgmt, enterprise sw, private, profitable, VC backed Co., Redwood Shores, CA, USA, relo=maybe

Sr Prod Mktng Mgr, perf mgmt, enterprise sw, private, profitable, VC backed Co.
Redwood Shores, CA, USA
relo=maybe

Reports To: VP Product Marketing



Senior Product Marketing Manager

Job Overview

Our client, an industry leader in performance management solutions, seeks a Senior Product Marketing Manager to play a central, hands-on role in driving market expansion. This is a key position as we are a marketing-oriented organization. The Senior Product Marketing Manager will report to the Vice President of Product Marketing and will be responsible for identifying, defining and testing new, untapped markets beyond the company's current strength in the contact center environment. Responsibilities will include:

  • Knowledge base research and development
  • Business plan creation and submission
  • Sales launch plan and implementation
  • Marketing plan launch and implementation
  • Product enhancement requests and use cases
  • Reference account selling and support

In addition, the SPM will participate in product marketing and business development activities in support of our current markets, including:

  • Pricing analysis
  • Product collateral
  • Competitive analysis
  • MRD development for new products and product extensions
  • Partner development

Our client is a private, profitable (since 2004), rapidly-growing, venture-backed company based in Silicon Valley. The Company's customers include blue chip, Fortune 500 companies in financial services, telecom, travel, insurance and health care. The suite of products allows companies to increase company productivity, customer satisfaction and employee morale by making critical performance data available to the entire organization and automating critical processes needed to serve customers. Product implementations include performance scorecards, goals and variable compensation systems, coaching and performance appraisal processes, employee life cycle programs and employee/customer survey tools. Our web-based application is unique in its architecture, simple deployment, ease of use, and robust capabilities.

Required Experience:

  • 6+ years of work experience in software product marketing and/or product management
  • Demonstrated experience in market analysis and new product development
  • Proven ability to interact with prospects and customers in the field
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal/leadership skills in working with multiple functions

Preferred Experience:

  • An MBA from a top program or equivalent experience
  • Experience working in both start-up environments and larger companies
  • An engineering or other analytical degree
  • Experience with business intelligence or other enterprise software

Our team enjoys a fast-paced, results-oriented culture which encourages cooperation and prizes creativity and self-motivation. We are an equal opportunity employer; we welcome and encourage diversity. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard for race, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, or marital status.

Qualified candidates should submit a resume and cover letter to pmsearch@rainspark.com.



If you're interested in this opportunity, please send a current résumé to:

John Reynolds
Executive Recruiter
RainSpark Partners
john@rainspark.com


Friday, July 27, 2007

Dir Prod Mgmt, Games, Major Software Corporation, San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA, relo=maybe

Dir Prod Mgmt, Games, Major Software Corporation
San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA
relo=maybe

Reports To: VP Product Management



Director of Product Management, Games Commerce – Bay Area
(work from San Fran or Santa Clara offices)

Send resume to:

Margot Finley-Aguilera, President, Avondale Search International

margot@avondalesearch.com

Strong Salary (Mid 100's base approx for the right candidate with directly applicable expertise), 25% bonus potential, stock options


Our client operates a distribution network for downloadable personal computer (PC) games. It develops and markets an array of digital lifecycle value management technologies for three distinct customer groups: Entertainment and Content Producers and Distributors, Software Publishers, and Enterprise End Users Corporations.

(Our client) also provides digital lifecycle value management solutions that enable the delivery and enhanced use of software and content.

Please email me your resume, and if your experience seems to be a fit for what the client is seeking, I'll call you and give you the specifics. Thank you!


keywords: market analysis, strategic planning, product planning, industry trends, product financials, promotion, sales support



If you're interested in this opportunity, please send a current résumé to:

Margot Finley-Aguilera
President, Avondale
Avondale Search International
margot@avondalesearch.com


Friday, July 20, 2007

Mktng Mgr, SEO, Affiliates, Fortune 500 Silicon Valley Co. , Santa Clara, CA, USA, relo=yes

Mktng Mgr, SEO, Affiliates, Fortune 500 Silicon Valley Co.
Santa Clara, CA, USA
relo=yes

Reports To: Senior Manager of Online Marketing


The one of the world’s top high tech company’s seeks a Marketing Manager who is creative, resourceful and results-oriented to drive acquisition initiatives. In this role, you will identify, develop and implement strategies to deliver high-quality traffic to the most visited online dating service. You will be responsible for building and evolving acquisition campaigns across several channels including Search Marketing (SEM) and Optimization (SEO), Affiliates, and Media Campaigns both on and off the The Company’s Network with the objective to drive traffic and subscriptions at a cost effective ROI. As the Acquisition Marketing Manager, you will create, measure, analyze and optimize online campaigns, and manage internal partners and external agencies to achieve marketing goals. This is a challenging role for a marketer who is looking to have a measurable impact on a consumer-driven subscription-based business.

  • Responsible for driving traffic acquisition initiatives to reach site traffic and conversion goals
  • Manage search marketing campaigns by maintaining a large database of keywords and continually updating with new terms on search engines. Lead bid optimization strategies utilizing post click conversion tracking tools and develop succinct and relevant copy for text ads
  • Conduct competitive research and monitor competitor’s keyword activity
  • Actively manage agency relationships to continually drive improvement in ROI
  • Manage the affiliate program, our relationship with the corporate affiliate marketing team, Commission Junction, and top affiliates
  • Enable affiliates to leverage our web services, APIs, and data feeds for content distribution
  • Leverage internal search programs for all online dating-related keywords

Qualifications

  • 5 years marketing experience, with at least two years online marketing experience
  • Strong understanding of the Internet and experience developing and executing traffic acquisition programs
  • Experience implementing SEM campaigns with a large number of keywords and utilizing bid optimization strategies in conjunction with post click conversion tracking
  • Strong interpersonal skills required, as well ability to work in a fluid, multi-functional, matrix environment
  • Ability to prioritize a small number of projects that will deliver the greatest impact on business objectives
  • Strong communication and presentation skills
  • Results-oriented, great attention to detail, ability to prioritize and meet aggressive deadlines
  • Strong analytical skills to test, measure, refine, and report on the impact of marketing programs
  • Familiarity with web services, APIs, and data feeds a plus
  • Bachelors degree

Forward Resume and Cover Letter to Danielle Center
danielle.center@yahoo.com . I will forward top candidates to directly to the Hirirng Manager.




If you're interested in this opportunity, please send a current résumé to:

Danielle Center
Marketing Manager
Company Confidential
danielle.center@yahoo.com


Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Prod Mgr, up to Director level, Google, TBD, location varies, Virtual, --Virtual --, relo=maybe

Prod Mgr, up to Director level, Google
TBD, location varies, Virtual, --Virtual --
relo=maybe

Reports To: TBD


The deadline for submitting your information is today, Wednesday, July 18, 2007 midnight PDT.
This opportunity was previously posted last week.



Experiment1:
Get your professional information into Google
Caveat:
This is NOT an official job posting from Google

A colleague in product marketing and management at Google said that s/he would introduce 3 SPM Jobs members into the hiring process if I selected them myself. This is a bit unorthodox but I thought it was worth at least a one-time experiment. My contact states that the person s/he supplies these candidates to will either be an appropriate recruiter or the hiring manager (50/50 chance either way).
Here are the “rules”:
  • You must be a member of SPM Jobs (if you are not, just go to www.spmjobs.com Job Seeker section, verify that you qualify, and request to join as a Job Seeker).
  • You must answer the 3 questions below, and send them (or a link) plus a resume to experiment1@spmjobs.com by Wednesday July 18 midnight PDT. Please don’t spend more than 2 hours MAXIMUM working on this. I won’t start reviewing till the deadline has passed.
  • For an official Google job description of product marketing and management, visit their website.
Here is the selection process I will follow:

  • Glance at your resume for 10 seconds to see if it is presentable.
  • Carefully examine your input to the 3 questions, and choose the candidates based on creativity, insight, passion for the web 2.0, and overall interestingness.
  • Contact the top 3 candidates to verify that they still do want to be presented to my colleague…if yes, I will tell these candidates the name and title of my contact person. If any of these 3 has changed his/her mind, then I will select the next candidate(s) on my list.
  • Submit the information about the top 3 candidates to my contact. I will then destroy ALL information sent to me by everyone else. This is not an attempt to build a database of any kind. No one but me will be reviewing the information that is sent. I will provide feedback to the whole group on the success/failure of this experiment.
THE 3 QUESTIONS
(defined by Cynthia Typaldos, Founder & Manager, SPM Jobs)
[Answers can be supplied in any format you prefer, but it shouldn’t take me longer than 10 minutes to review]
  1. What is your presence on the Web? Point to it. [Note: Examples might be: Wikipedia author, Flickr group manager, Yahoo Groups participant/manager, social networking butterfly, widget/gadget collector, Amazon reviewer, Adsense/Adwords user, etc. etc. etc. Don’t limit yourself to these items though…what I am looking for is people who have immersed themselves (without drowning) in internet technology.]
  2. What do you think about the explosion of gadgets/widgets? Answer this in any way you find interesting, e.g. What is the evidence of an explosion? What type of gadgets/widgets are most attractive from a business perspective? Will these mini-applications fizzle out or are they the beginning of a new paradigm? [Suggestion: check out the Google website to learn about their new focus in this area.]
  3. Write a free form paragraph/example/video/whatever that demonstrates your ability to imagine, conceptualize, define, nurture, grow, launch, and manage unique internet services. It doesn’t matter if the example you use wasn’t successful...many brilliant products/services fail initially because of timing problems.
For those of you that submit your information, thanks for participating in this experiment.
For those of you that have feedback on this experiment, please email me directly or even better, post your comment on this job posting at www.spmjobsblog.com
Thanks.
Cynthia Typaldos
Founder & Manager, SPM Jobs


If you're interested in this opportunity, please send a current résumé to:

Cynthia Typaldos
Founder/Mgr
SPM Jobs
experiment1@spmjobs.com


Prod Mktng Mgr, messaging security, Secure Computing, San Jose, CA, USA, relo=no

Prod Mktng Mgr, messaging security, Secure Computing
San Jose, CA, USA
relo=no

Reports To: Director, Messaging Product Marketing - Elan Winkler



We are looking for a product marketing manager to manage a wide range of marketing activities for our messaging security product line. This is a hands-on position that includes working across sales, partners, channels and product management organizations.

Responsibilities:

  • Assist in development of product and market requirements, competitive analysis, marketing collaterals, presentations and pricing.
  • Contribute to developing product positioning and messaging in the marketplace.
  • Implement marketing programs and provide support to the field sales organization and Secure Computing's global channel partners, including sales/reseller training and participation in industry events.
  • Responsible for driving key market research, monitoring competitive activity and identifying customer needs.
  • Establish pricing strategies.
  • Create marketing collateral, web content, and sales presentations.

Requirements:

  • BA/BS in relevant field.
  • 5-7 years of relevant experience (preferably in the messaging security industry).
  • Excellent track record of contributing to the development of technology products.
  • Solid product marketing skills, including strong writing and presentation-building skills.
  • Strong analytical ability to assess complex situations and creativity to provide solutions.
  • Strong working knowledge of messaging security technologies and/or security services.
  • Excellent verbal, presentation, and organizational skills.
  • Previous experience at messaging security companies such as ProofPoint, IronPort, Tumbleweed, PGP, RSA, PostX, Postini, MessageLabs, McAfee, and Symantec a plus.

Secure Computing offers a dynamic work environment and a spirit of innovation. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package that includes stock based compensation. We recognize and reward outstanding performance. Secure Computing is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Location
San Jose, CA, US.
Position Type
Full-Time/Regular


If you're interested in this opportunity, please send a current résumé to:

Elan Winkler
Director, Messaging Product Marketing
Secure Computing
elan_winkler@securecomputing.com


Friday, July 13, 2007

Sr Prod Mgr, Content Mgmt or DRM, Macrovision, San Francisco or San Jose, CA, USA, relo=maybe

Sr Prod Mgr, Content Mgmt or DRM, Macrovision
San Francisco or San Jose, CA, USA
relo=maybe

Reports To: VP, Product Management



Compensation: Mid 100's.
Company offers stock options and bonus plan.

DRM (Digital Rights Management) is entering a significant and pivotally exciting new phase – be a part of it!

The demand for protecting high end content (such as video as only one example) has simply never been greater for media outlets, news organizations, movie studios, game publishers and corporations. In addition, there are important new focus areas and applications, for example, the enablement of access to content wherever you are, in addition to the well known anti-piracy connotation.

Macrovision Corporation (Macrovision) is THE LEADER in this space, a $300 million company that provides digital lifecycle value management solutions that enable the delivery and enhanced use of software and content. The Company's solutions include anti-piracy and content protection technologies and services, digital rights management, embedded licensing technologies, usage monitoring for enterprises, and related technologies and services from installation to update to back-office entitlement management. It markets the FLEXnet licensing platform and the InstallShield suite of software installation, repackaging, and update solutions. The Company also operates Trymedia Systems, a distribution network for downloadable personal computer (PC) games. It develops and markets an array of digital lifecycle value management technologies for three distinct customer groups: Entertainment and Content Producers and Distributors, Software Publishers, and EnterpriseEnd Users.

Position Overview:

For further details see the previous posting on the spmjobsblog here.



If you're interested in this opportunity, please send a current résumé to:

Margot Finley-Aguilera
President, Avondale
Avondale Search International
margot@avondalesearch.com


Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Sr Prod Mgr, downloadable sw, Xobni, San Francisco, CA, USA, relo=maybe

Sr Prod Mgr, downloadable sw, Xobni
San Francisco, CA, USA
relo=maybe

Reports To: CEO



Xobni - Changing the way people use their personal email data


Senior Product Manager


Xobni is looking for a Product Manager to help set direction for our product and be the voice of users.

Responsibilities:

  • Define product strategy and roadmap
  • Interact with users to collect requirements
  • Analyze quantitative usage data from the install base
  • Help prioritize product features and track competitive product features and plans
  • Work with engineering team to deliver the product on time and in scope
  • Lead selected design efforts, such as developing our launch web site
  • Write sales collateral that describe our products for example - product announcements, white papers, success stories, data sheets, brochures, and product articles

Qualifications:

  • Energetic personality
  • Generalist with the ability to drive projects to completion
  • Creative problem solver
  • Self starter that is aggressive about creating deliverables / getting things done
  • Enthusiasm for learning
  • Passion for UI and experience design
  • Ability to work well with engineering team
  • Strong statistical and quantitative skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • 3+ years of program, project, or product management experience
  • CS degree preferred


If you're interested in this opportunity, please send a current résumé to:

Lori
Recruiter
The Talent Factor, LLC
resumes@thetalentfactor.net


Prod Mgr, internet/web, BIG Internet Co., worldwide locations, relo=maybe

Prod Mgr, internet/web, BIG Internet Co.
worldwide locations
relo=maybe

Reports To: TBD


Experiment1:
Get your professional information into Google
Caveat:
This is NOT an official job posting from Google

A colleague in product marketing and management at Google said that s/he would introduce 3 SPM Jobs members into the hiring process if I selected them myself. This is a bit unorthodox but I thought it was worth at least a one-time experiment. My contact states that the person s/he supplies these candidates to will either be an appropriate recruiter or the hiring manager (50/50 chance either way).
Here are the “rules”:
  • You must be a member of SPM Jobs (if you are not, just go to www.spmjobs.com Job Seeker section, verify that you qualify, and request to join as a Job Seeker).
  • You must answer the 3 questions below, and send them (or a link) plus a resume to experiment1@spmjobs.com by Wednesday July 18 midnight PDT. Please don’t spend more than 2 hours MAXIMUM working on this. I won’t start reviewing till the deadline has passed.
  • For an official Google job description of product marketing and management, visit their website.
Here is the selection process I will follow:

  • Glance at your resume for 10 seconds to see if it is presentable.
  • Carefully examine your input to the 3 questions, and choose the candidates based on creativity, insight, passion for the web 2.0, and overall interestingness.
  • Contact the top 3 candidates to verify that they still do want to be presented to my colleague…if yes, I will tell these candidates the name and title of my contact person. If any of these 3 has changed his/her mind, then I will select the next candidate(s) on my list.
  • Submit the information about the top 3 candidates to my contact. I will then destroy ALL information sent to me by everyone else. This is not an attempt to build a database of any kind. No one but me will be reviewing the information that is sent. I will provide feedback to the whole group on the success/failure of this experiment.
THE 3 QUESTIONS
(defined by Cynthia Typaldos, Founder & Manager, SPM Jobs)
[Answers can be supplied in any format you prefer, but it shouldn’t take me longer than 10 minutes to review]
  1. What is your presence on the Web? Point to it. [Note: Examples might be: Wikipedia author, Flickr group manager, Yahoo Groups participant/manager, social networking butterfly, widget/gadget collector, Amazon reviewer, Adsense/Adwords user, etc. etc. etc. Don’t limit yourself to these items though…what I am looking for is people who have immersed themselves (without drowning) in internet technology.]
  2. What do you think about the explosion of gadgets/widgets? Answer this in any way you find interesting, e.g. What is the evidence of an explosion? What type of gadgets/widgets are most attractive from a business perspective? Will these mini-applications fizzle out or are they the beginning of a new paradigm? [Suggestion: check out the Google website to learn about their new focus in this area.]
  3. Write a free form paragraph/example/video/whatever that demonstrates your ability to imagine, conceptualize, define, nurture, grow, launch, and manage unique internet services. It doesn’t matter if the example you use wasn’t successful...many brilliant products/services fail initially because of timing problems.
For those of you that submit your information, thanks for participating in this experiment.
For those of you that have feedback on this experiment, please email me directly or even better, post your comment on this job posting at www.spmjobsblog.com
Thanks.
Cynthia Typaldos
Founder & Manager, SPM Jobs


If you're interested in this opportunity, please send a current résumé to:

Cynthia Typaldos
Founder/Mgr
SPM Jobs
cynthia@spmjobs.com


Sr Prod Mgr, Info Capture/Input Mgmt, Anacomp, San Diego, CA, USA, relo=yes

Sr Prod Mgr, Info Capture/Input Mgmt, Anacomp
San Diego, CA, USA
relo=yes

Reports To: Director of Product Management - Saran Gopalakrishnan




Sr. Product Manager - Enterprise Information Capture
Location:San Diego - Headquarters
Requisition Number:1428
# of openings:1

Description

GENERAL FUNCTION:

End-to-end management of product development and lifecycle, from strategic planning to tactical implementation of enterprise information capture solutions. Reporting to the Director of Product Management, the Senior Product Manager is the primary business owner for this product line and will own the product lifecycle, from creation of business plans to attainment of product revenue and profitability goals. Ensure effective product planning, positioning, differentiation and launch, as well as sales and customer readiness. Manage cross-functional teams and resources necessary to ensure the successful and timely definition, development, release, and ongoing enhancement of product.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Manage the entire product life cycle from strategic planning to tactical activities

2. Specify market requirements for current and future products by conducting market research supported by on-going visits to customers and non-customers

3. Drive the development, positioning and go-to-market plan for information capture products

4. Conduct competitive analysis and ongoing competitive and market landscape tracking activities

5. Determine appropriate pricing, promotion and placement for the products and manage cross-functional teams (sales, operations, marketing, professional services, etc.) in the execution of these programs

6. Work closely with development, operations, professional services and marketing teams to plan and execute the product management strategy and programs

7. Evaluate system requirements for existing and new solutions

8. Evaluate potential third party solutions and work with vendors

9. Coordinate with marketing in creating or updating of marketing materials (white papers, articles, technical presentations, proposals, self running demos, etc), ensuring foundation positioning and messaging are appropriately integrated.

10. Meet and present to industry analysts on features and capabilities

11. Provide training for sales, presales and implementation staff for releases

12. Other duties as assigned

EDUCATION & REQUIREMENTS:

1. Undergraduate degree in engineering or computer science with equivalent business experience

2. MBA preferred

3. 6+ years enterprise product management experience for a software or service technology company with domain experience. Product management experience with Information/Document Capture, Content Management (ECM) or Scanning Services products is a definite plus

4. Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills are required

5. Proven track record in bringing new products to market and evolving existing products via multiple product release cycles

6. Superior strategic thinking and analytical skills

7. Experience in driving product line P&L

8. Strong business acumen and decision-making ability

9. Exceptional leadership skills

10. Team player who does not require detailed supervision

11. Ability to work well with others in a highly demanding, highly collaborative environment

12. Proven ability to lead outside of management structure. Candidate must demonstrate ability in team building and leadership outside areas of authority

13. Ability to travel up to 30%

Anacomp is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V



If you're interested in this opportunity, please send a current résumé to:

Saran Gopalakrishnan
Director of Product Management
Anacomp
sgopalakrishnan@anacomp.com


Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Group Prod Mgmt Mgr, Internet and Network Security, SMB,, BitDefender, Mountain View, CA, USA, relo=no

Group Prod Mgmt Mgr, Internet and Network Security, SMB,, BitDefender
Mountain View, CA, USA
relo=no

Reports To: Director of Product Management



Europe's fastest growing Anti Virus Company is expanding!

BitDefender® is expanding in the United States and looking for a few select additions to the global team. BitDefender was recently ranked by a leading analyst firm as the fastest growing provider of anti-virus and Internet security solutions for consumers and businesses.
SMB Product Management Group Manager
Position Overview:
Lead a team of product managers and analysts to manage the entire Small & Medium Business product line life cycle from strategic planning to tactical activities.
Main Responsibilities:
· Coordinates a team of 3 to 5 Product Managers managing products for Windows Servers, Linux Servers, Administration Console & Desktop Clients. Potential future products include appliances and Managed Services.
· Builds and manages a competitive analyst team (1-3 people)
· Manages customer & user experience for SMB solutions
· Integrates different products and services into a consistent segment oriented offering
· Cooperates with Engineering team in developing and maintaining an 18 months product roadmap
· Responsible to prioritize and overseas the product feature development plan and resource allocation
· Helps drive the development of business cases and business concepts for new product and sustains them throughout the product development lifecycle in the Product Planning Committee
· Has shared responsibilities with Product Marketing Team and Global Programs Director in defining product positioning, Go To Market, 4 Ps
· Responsible for the Product Line P&L
Qualifications, Knowledge, and Skills:
  • Leadership and management skills
  • Excellent Project Management skills required
  • Ability to delivery on challenging business goals
  • Able to translate strategic vision into an actionable plan
  • Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills. Long distance communication is required on a daily bases.
  • Cross-cultural experience is a plus
  • Ability to work in distributed, virtual teams
  • Availability to travel (up to 25%)
  • Ability to make decisions independently and/or as part of team
  • High energy, self-motivation, and a high level of commitment
  • At least 7 years of total IT or hi-tech security related experience. IT Security field is a plus.
  • At least 5 years of product management experience
  • Bachelor's degree; MBA is a plus.


If you're interested in this opportunity, please send a current résumé to:

Beau Roberts
Director of Marketing
BitDefender
broberts@bitdefender.com


Friday, July 6, 2007

Sr Prod Mktng Mgr, software product and/or developer programs, Tele Atlas, Boston, MA, USA, relo=maybe

Sr Prod Mktng Mgr, software product and/or developer programs, Tele Atlas
Boston, MA, USA
relo=maybe

Reports To: Senior Director



The Senior Product Manager for DeveloperLink, will provide product and business guidance to a team that is charged with increasing market share by developing, promoting and delivering offerings that enable navigation system application developers aligning with Tele Atlas to bring products to market more rapidly and with higher quality than with competitive offerings. This will be the primary person responsible for Tele Atlas Application Developer Program, DeveloperLink. This position has the flexibility to be located in either our Boston, MA or Lebanon, NH office.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
- Manage strategic direction for application developer tools and programs based on customer needs and business goals.
- Manage the highly successful DeveloperLink program and web site, including setting strategic direction, developing program content and creating and executing marketing programs.
- Conduct market research within assigned markets to determine their needs.
- Map needs with target markets and analyze which market segments to proactively pursue.
- Conduct product performance studies to analyze how well the program is performing in the market.
- Develop, write and present business cases in support of assigned marked strategy to provide management with an objective analysis of potential market opportunities or investments.
- Create and maintain relationships with key influencers in assigned market segment(s), including third party tools suppliers, consultants, platform suppliers and other third parties; serve as company representative to internal and external clients.
- Generate buyer personas that describe key buyers: include demographics, attitudes, motivation, technology knowledge, business functions, etc
- Develop market messages for assigned products, programs and markets (based on the positioning documents) that can be used for all external communications.
- Investigate different technologies (both inside and outside the company) and consider how they might be applied to solve a given market problem.
- Identify competitive offerings in the market: review their niche, approach and success in the market; assess their strengths and weaknesses; evaluate the presence and relative importance of key product capabilities
- Provides direction and leadership for product teams, building strategies to improve teamwork at both department and company level.

Qualifications and Skills
- BA degree in business, software engineering, GIS, or related field; MBA desirable.
- 5 to 15 years marketing and/or product management experience.
- Experience marketing to or managing development tools/programs, navigation systems or geospatial tools.
- Knowledgeable in software technology, and ideally some of the key components of a navigation solution, such as routing, geocoding, GPS or rendering.
- Expert leadership, planning, communication and team-building skills.
- Proficient in written and oral communication skills.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Meet a travel requirement in the neighborhood of 35% to customer and non-customer sites globally.


If you're interested in this opportunity, please send a current résumé to:

Pam Gile
Human Resources Representative
Tele Atlas Human Resources
jobs@teleatlas.com


Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Prod Mgr, Behavioral Targeting, ValueClick [reposting], San Francisco or Westlake Village, CA, USA, relo=maybe

Prod Mgr, Behavioral Targeting, ValueClick [reposting]
San Francisco or Westlake Village, CA, USA
relo=maybe

Reports To: Sr. Dir. Targeting and Optimization - Joshua Koran



Product Manager – ValueClick Behavioral Targeting

JobID: PMBT

Job description summary

Are you prepared to own the profiling platform that touches more U.S. visitors than Yahoo? If so, read on. ValueClick’s Behavioral Profiling Platform helps top brands identify relevant customers across the Internet, while simultaneously enabling online publishers to increase the monetization of their content.

To maintain our leadership position in the performance-based marketing industry, ValueClick’s Targeting and Optimization team seeks a talented and passionate Product Manager to drive the future developments of our behavioral profiling platform. Over the next year, behavioral profiling will contribute an increasingly greater share of ValueClick’s overall revenue. Moreover, this role will only grow in importance as ValueClick’s clients and the Internet overall transition from context-based to audience-based targeting.

ValueClick network of publisher web sites offers online marketers the ability to reach over 75% of US Internet users (source: Comscore). The size of this audience, combined with advanced targeting and optimization capabilities, enables advertisers to achieve impressive performance from their online marketing campaigns. ValueClick also provides online publishers with feature-rich tools to maximize both their monetization and audience experience for their site.

This position will be based either in San Francisco, CA or Westlake Village, CA.

Key to our success is attracting top talent, like you. If you enjoy turning data into profits, we’re looking for people like you.

Key duties and responsibilities

In this high-visibility role, you will take ownership of ValueClick’s sophisticated behavioral profiling suite of products. As the internal product evangelist, you will collaborate with the engineering and account management teams to define the future of behavioral profiling. As part of your responsibilities you will define product requirements for ValueClick’s profiling and behavioral targeting solutions, ValueClick’s categorization system and define additional reporting and analytical views of ValueClick’s profile datastore.

  • You will also be responsible for detailed product requirements definition, as well as product launch, roll-out and product training.
  • Serving as the internal and external evangelist for behavioral targeting products and keeping abreast of industry standards, new technologies, and market developments.
  • Working with Sales on overall sales strategy and on-going training; participate in client sales calls as needed.
  • Success in this role will be measured by growth in publisher CPM and advertiser ROI from behaviorally targeted campaigns and enrichment of visitor profiles.
  • Travel: <10%

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of product management experience at a consumer Internet, online advertising or software company.
  • Excellent interpersonal, problem solving and influential communication skills. Experience prioritizing among competing opportunities and articulating the rationale behind decisions.
  • Comfortable performing well in highly technical and non-technical environments. In this role you will often participate in highly technical engineering reviews and present the benefits of our technology to a non-technical audience.
  • Prior experience with data mining, modeling, behavioral targeting, online advertising/marketing, and/or user segmentation a plus.
  • An MBA or statistics degree is preferred for this position.
  • Certified sense of humor.
  • Passion for the designing the future of online marketing solutions.

If you're interested in this opportunity, please send a brief cover letter and current résumé to: mailto:mhiscocks@corp.valueclick.com. Please make sure that the Jobid (PMBT) is in your SUBJECT line.

Kristin Bernard
HR Manager
ValueClick, Inc.
177 Steuart St., Suite 600
San Francisco, CA 94105
kbernard@valueclick.com



If you're interested in this opportunity, please send a current résumé to:

Kristin Bernard
HR Manager
ValueClick
kbernard@valueclick.com


Prod Mgr, Web 2.0 Composite Applications, Cisco WebEx, Santa Clara, CA, USA, relo=yes

Prod Mgr, Web 2.0 Composite Applications, Cisco WebEx
Santa Clara, CA, USA
relo=yes

Reports To: Director of Product Management - Bharath Rangarajan



THE REVOLUTION STARTS WITH YOU AT WEBEX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.


Sweeping the Nation and the Globe

Every second of every business day, a new WebEx session begins. Ten years ago WebEx was founded upon the dream and commitment to building collaborative technology that makes the world an easier place to do business. Ten years later and with over 22 million annual users, that dream was achieved and continues to grow with the help of experienced employees who have a direct impact upon the company’s future successes. WebEx is based in Santa Clara, California and has regional headquarters in Europe, Asia and Australia.

Sr. Product Manager-Composite Applications

Description:

Manage and drive requirements for WebEx Connect Composite Applications, and work with other Product managers, engineering teams and product marketing in building and delivering collaborative applications and Web 2.0-style business mashups targeted at multiple functional disciplines/users such as sales, marketing, eLearning, etc.

Overall Responsibilities:

• Define requirements via MRDs, and PRDs and functional design documents for the composite applications

• Manage the product team through the product development processes, pricing and packaging to ensure introduction of the product to market on time and on budget

• Define the structure and UI of the ‘composite applications’ by working with human factor engineering teams.

• Drive cross-functional initiatives that promote the marketplace and the Connect platform to partners, customers and developers.
• Track industry trends and networks with key influencers
• Evangelize and educates internal and external audiences
• Work closely with engineering, QA and operations to scope, plan and deliver new releases

Desired Qualifications & Experience:

· BS or MS degree in Engineering, Sciences or Business, and/or equivalent experience relevant to functional area.

· 4+ years experience in product management and/or product marketing with application software vendors.

· Passion for emerging trends and technologies such as mashups, Web 2.0 platforms, etc.

Critical success factors include:


• Work cross-functional with many different groups internally and externally
• Energetic and self-motivated with strong interpersonal, persuasion, and facilitation skills with people of different levels, backgrounds, and personality styles.
• Excellent technical, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• Leadership abilities in motivating and driving execution across multiple teams


If you're interested in this opportunity, please send a current résumé to:

Bharath Rangarajan
Director of Product Management
Webex (Cisco)
bharath.rangarajan@webex.com


Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Prod Mgr, online ads, BlueLithium, Inc., San Jose, CA, USA, relo=no

Prod Mgr, online ads, BlueLithium, Inc.
San Jose, CA, USA
relo=no

Reports To: Director of Product Managment - Bob Filice


Product Manager – BlueLithium Ad Network

Blue Lithium, Inc. is one of the largest and fastest growing interactive media and technology companies. We are seeking a high caliber Product Manager to join our growing team in San Jose. This person will be tasked with defining and delivering new capabilities that will drive our ad network business.

The Product Manager is responsible for the product planning and execution throughout the product lifecycle, including: defining the product vision, gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, working closely with engineering, sales, marketing and support to ensure revenue and customer satisfaction goals are met, and providing product training and documentation. The Product Manager's job also includes ensuring that the product supports the company's overall strategy and goals.

If you are the ideal candidate you will have a real passion for online advertising. You enjoy gaining a deep understanding of relevant technology, your target customer, creatively solving tough problems, and can effectively communicate your solutions. You are a team player, and enjoy working in a collaborative and fast-paced environment.

Primary Responsibilities:
• Work with key stakeholders to rank product needs and identify key business drivers in order to develop a product roadmap
• Solicit input from internal customers, Advertisers, and Publishers to create detailed product requirements
• Work with Engineering to verify the completeness of product requirement documents, obtain delivery commitments, and coordinate the product release process
• Communicate new product features to internal teams and provide training
• Support the Sales and Marketing teams in the development of collateral, training materials and release notes for all product launches
• Manage the creation and update of online product documentation

General Requirements:
• BS/BA degree required
• 2-4 years of software product management experience, preferably in the internet marketing industry, which includes collaborating with engineering teams
• Strong project management and organizational skills; able to juggle several projects at the same time while staying focused on the highest priority one
• Demonstrated ability to focus on deliverables and complete rigorous follow-through in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Able to work independently and in teams
• Exhibits grace under pressure
• Creative, motivated and enthusiastic

Send cover letter and resume to hr@bluelithium.com.

HR Manager
Blue Lithium, Inc.
3055 Olin Avenue, Suite # 2200
San Jose, CA 95128
hr@bluelithium.com

If you're interested in this opportunity, please send a current résumé to:

Taj Chahal
VP, Operations
BlueLithium, Inc.
hr@bluelithium.com