Career Opportunities

AVOLENT is the leading provider of best-of-breed application software for self-service electronic billing and settlement process. The AVOLENT suite of applications transforms an organization's billing and settlement process into web self-service process that improves customer satisfaction and operational efficiencies, while preserving natural resources. Companies like Hewlett-Packard, Highmark, Pacificare, Office Depot, Penske Leasing, and many others use AVOLENT as their electronic billing and settlement engine to process over one billion dollars of invoices per day on the web to preserve tens of thousands of trees every year. AVOLENT is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. For additional information about AVOLENT, visit http://www.avolent.com/.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Reporting to the Vice President of Marketing, the Product Marketing Manager or Senior Product Marketing Manager is responsible for developing and championing the product value proposition and positioning for the company's enterprise application software, interfacing with sales and partners to ensure the messaging and value proposition are accurately and passionately represented.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Drive product messaging and content creation for all marketing materials to generate positive market awareness of the product and company, and to help carry prospects through the entire sales cycle
• Help define product positioning and ensure this is reflected in marketing collateral
• Create internal sales tools such as competitive briefs and sales scripts as part of the overall sales process tools.
• Conduct regular training of our sales force
• Directly and indirectly assist in selling situations, and in gathering customer, prospect and partner feedback
• Assist with the creation of technical marketing material, including white papers and product demos
• Monitor and analyze competitors, partners and industry / customer trends
• Assist influencing industry players such as analysts, press, and reviewers
• Drive our value return-on-investment (VROI) program

QUALIFICATIONS

Knowledge, Skill, and Abilities:

• Four+ (4+) years Product Marketing experience with at least 2 yrs of them enterprise software applications.
• Self-motivated individual, who takes initiative, demonstrates leadership skills, and has track record of success.
• Flexible team player who can adapt to change in a fast paced start-up environment.
• Prior product marketing experience with industry leading products. Ability to craft positioning, value proposition and key messages and distill these into useful marketing collateral and tools intended for use by a mix of business and technical audiences
• Experience marketing and selling to enterprise customers and an understanding of the enterprise sales cycle.
• Relevant domain experience and knowledge in the electronic billing, electronic payments, or customer self-service space highly desired.
• Technical expertise to understand enterprise internet applications
• Ability to understand the product's technical capabilities in-depth, and to articulate these to both technical and business audiences in a clear manner
• Excellent interpersonal skills in managing information flow and decision processes across a diverse set of internal and external audiences.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously and successfully

Education or Formal Training:

• A college degree, MBA desirable.

REPORTING

This position reports to the Vice President of Marketing.

COMPENSATION

Compensation package aggressive and commensurate with experience and levels of assigned responsibilities.

At Avolent we believe in:
- Being Fanatical about Customer Intimacy
- Delivering Strategic Value
- Creating a Collaborative Environment
- Being Respectful and Accountable to Others
- Having Fun at Work and in Life

Apply now to Join Our Team!

Please reference job title: Product Marketing Manager in subject line of email and send your resume and with cover letter for immediate consideration to jobs@avolent.com.