Senior Brand Messaging, Data Infrastructure Platforms - Confluent

With Confluent, organizations can harness the full power of continuously flowing data to innovate and win in the modern digital world. We have a purpose that drives us to do better every day - we're creating an entirely new category within data infrastructure - data streaming. This technology will allow every organization to create experiences and use the power of data in ways that profoundly impact the way we all live. This impact is our purpose and drives us to do better every day. One Confluent. One team. One Data Streaming Platform. Data Connects Us. **About the Role:** We are seeking a compelling technical storyteller to join Confluent as a Senior Brand Messaging Manager. In this role, you will partner with our content, customer, campaigns, and analyst teams to develop impactful messaging and assets that are integral to our go-to-market (GTM) motions. You'll also engage with customers, analysts, and partners through group sessions and targeted interactions. An ideal candidate has a proven track record in the data infrastructure market as a journalist, analyst, evangelist, industry, or brand marketing leader. You must have excellent communication skills - capable of breaking down complex topics into clear, value-driven stories for both internal and external audiences with varying levels of technical expertise. And, you should have exceptional leadership skills to drive cross-functional collaboration and alignment, along with a strong understanding of market drivers, target audiences, and competitive landscapes. **What You Will Do:** + **Own the data streaming platform's brand narrative:** Translate complex platform capabilities into impactful stories with messaging that resonates with technical decision makers. + **Collaborate to create high-impact content:** Partner closely with content, customer, campaigns, and analyst teams to develop landing pages, eBooks, solution briefs, webinars, blogs, presentations, and more. + **Lead external speaking engagements:** Deliver presentations, videos, and discussions to educate customers, analysts, and partners in group sessions or targeted interactions. + **Learn from customers, market insights, and stakeholders:** Continuously refine and improve your messaging and assets by applying qualitative and quantitative feedback from key sources. **What You Will Bring:** + A love of storytelling and teaching. + A proven track record of delivering impactful customer-facing messaging and assets. + A growth mindset proven through 5+ years of technical roles in the data infrastructure market as a journalist, analyst, evangelist, industry, or brand marketing leader. + A bachelor's degree in journalism, creative writing, computer science, or related fields. Or, comparable experience. **What Gives You an Edge:** + A strong portfolio of written work that communicates technical concepts to decision-makers in compelling, plain language (little jargon!). + Proven public speaking skills, particularly in engaging with customers and analysts. + Working experience with Platform-as-a-Service market (PaaS) business models, Open Source Software (OSS)-led companies, or cloud hyperscalers. **Come As You Are** At Confluent, equality is a core tenet of our culture. We are committed to building an inclusive global team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs, and experiences. The more diverse we are, the richer our community and the broader our impact. Employment decisions are made on the basis of job-related criteria without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law. At Confluent, we are committed to providing competitive pay and benefits that are in line with industry standards. We analyze and carefully consider several factors when determining compensation, including work history, education, professional experience, and location. This position has an annual estimated salary of $137,360- $181,620, an annual bonus, and a competitive equity package. The actual pay may vary depending on your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Confluent offers a wide range of employee benefits. To learn more about our benefits click HERE (https://confluentbenefits.com/) . Click HERE (https://www.confluent.io/legal/confluent-candidate-privacy-notice/) to review our Candidate Privacy Notice which describes how and when Confluent, Inc., and its group companies, collects, uses, and shares certain personal information of California job applicants and prospective employees. \#LI-Remote