Western Digital

Product Marketing Manager

Posted on: 8 Mar 2021

Irvine, CA

Job Description

Western Digital

The next big thing in data is you!

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Lead product launch initiatives, including the creation and presentation of product readiness materials which showcase the benefits and technology of Western Digital SSD products line

Collaborate internally with engineering, product management, product marketing teams, legal, web, regulatory and compliance teams to prepare product launch deliverables

Work with internal and external go-to-market marketing teams to build marketing assets in support of launches

Develop positioning and messaging for SSD and HDD product lines, as well as go-to-market strategy

Evaluate competitive products and technologies

Develop compelling, high-quality technical marketing collateral to support the launch of new products

Work closely with the regional channel marketing teams in APAC, China, EMEA, LATAM, and NA to align on product positioning and messaging for GTM

Train sales and marketing team on product features, specs, and value prop

Create campaign strategy and storyline for various product lines working closely with segment marketing teams to identify emerging themes in various verticals to align with product portfolio

Prepare materials for reviewers and work in conjunction with PR teams to ensure proper seeding of product samples for launches and press pitch when needed

Be the brand manager for the entire color product portfolio for worldwide teams to ensure consistency in marketing materials

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelors Degree in Marketing or Engineering

4+ years in Product Marketing, Engineering and/or Technical Marketing, preferably in the computing, storage or semiconductor industry

Expertise in SSD technologies and or NAND flash memory

Expertise in computing or storage systems hardware and software

Hands on experience with writing code/scripting

Ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment with cross-functional global teams in multiple time zones

Ability to work well autonomously and within diverse, multi-cultural teams

Strong verbal and written communications skills are a must

Excellent presentation skills including ability to distill complex datasets into easily understood summary format

Some International travel may be required

ABOUT WESTERN DIGITAL

The future. Its on you. You & Western Digital.

Weve been storing the worlds data for more than 50 years. Once, it was the most important thing we could do for data. Now were helping the world capture, preserve, access and transform data in a way only we can.

The most game-changing companies, consumers, professionals, and governments come to us for the technologies and solutions they need to capture, preserve, access, and transform their data.

But we cant do it alone. Todays exceptional data challenges require your exceptional skills. Its You & Us. Together, were the next big thing in data.

Western Digital data-centric solutions are found under the G-Technology, SanDisk, Upthere, and WD brands.

Western Digital is an equal opportunity employer.

Western Digital does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a persons gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the persons assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law poster.

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Western Digital

San Jose, CA

Western Digital Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells data storage devices and solutions worldwide. It offers client devices, including hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid state drives (SSDs) for computing devices, such as desktop and notebook PCs, security surveillance systems, gaming consoles, and set top boxes; flash-based embedded storage products for mobile phones, tablets, notebook PCs, and other portable and wearable devices, as well as automotive, IoT, industrial, and connected home applications; flash-based memory wafers; and embedded storage solutions and iNAND embedded flash products, such as multi-chip package solutions.

The company also provides data center devices and solutions comprising enterprise helium hard drives; enterprise SSDs consisting of flash-based SSDs and software solutions for use in enterprise servers, online transactions, data analysis, and other enterprise applications; data center solutions, including HDDs and drive configurations for use in data storage systems and tiered storage models; system solutions that offer petabyte scalable capacity; and data storage platforms and systems. In addition, it offers client solution, such as external HDD storage products in mobile and desktop form; client SSDs; removable cards used in consumer devices comprising mobile phones, tablets, imaging systems, still cameras, action video cameras, and security surveillance systems; universal serial bus flash drives used in the computing and consumer markets; and wireless drive products for in-field back up of created content, as well as wireless streaming of high-definition movies, photos, music and documents to tablets, smartphones, and personal computers (PCs).

The company sells its products under the HGST, SanDisk, and WD brands to original equipment manufacturers, distributors, resellers, cloud infrastructure players, and retailers. Western Digital Corporation was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

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