[Remote] Senior Product Marketing Manager - API and Event Management

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Kong Inc. is a leading developer of API and AI connectivity technologies, and they are seeking a technically-minded Senior Product Marketing Manager. This role involves crafting narratives around Kong’s AI connectivity platform and collaborating with various teams to drive market success in the fast-evolving AI connectivity landscape.ResponsibilitiesHelp shape the narrative for Kong’s API + Event Management products by developing positioning, messaging, and content that resonates with platform engineers, eventing teams, architects, and enterprise buyersBecome a product expert across API and Event Management products; understand the technology and API + Event Management best practicesDevelop and maintain seller content including solution briefs, white papers, battlecards, and keynote stories that articulate Kong’s differentiation in the AI connectivity spaceAct as a thought leader in the API and Event management space; represent Kong in analyst briefings, industry events, customer advisory boards, and conference keynotesCollaborate with Product to shape the roadmap by bringing market intelligence, customer feedback, and competitive insights into the prioritization processPartner with Field Enablement to build sales plays, pitch frameworks, and competitive positioning that equips AEs and SEsWork closely with Demand Gen and Content teams to develop integrated campaigns that generate pipeline in focused accounts and personasMonitor the competitive landscape across API management and Event management tooling vendors; develop proactive counter-positioning and win/loss analysisSkills5+ years of product marketing experience, with at least 2 years in developer infrastructure, API management, cloud-native, or data streaming technologiesProven ability to translate complex technical concepts into crisp narratives that land with both technical practitioners and C-suite buyersTrack record of developing product launches, sales enablement materials, and competitive intelligence programs that move pipeline and accelerate dealsHighly collaborative—you thrive working across Product, Marketing, Field, and Developer Relations; you influence without authority and build trust through expertise and follow-throughComfortable owning a stage: keynote presentations, analyst briefings, customer roundtables, and demo-heavy sessions are energizing, not intimidatingExperience in open-source software, SaaS platforms, and enterprise go-to-market motions strongly preferredFamiliarity with the API connectivity and Event landscape—including awareness of competing and complementary vendors across API gateways, AI observability, vector databases, IPaaS, and agentic orchestration frameworks—is a strong plusCompany OverviewKong is a cloud-native platform that powers API-led connectivity for developer productivity, automating security, and microservices. It was founded in 2017, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://konghq.com.Company H1B SponsorshipKong has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2026, 8 in 2025, 6 in 2024, 4 in 2023, 12 in 2022, 6 in 2021, 1 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.