Principal Product Marketing Manager
SambaNova· Marketing
San Jose, CA$227k - $278kfull-timePosted 4w ago
About the role
Principal-level product marketing role focused on SambaRack and SambaStack, owning positioning, portfolio strategy, and sales enablement for SambaNova’s rack-scale AI infrastructure and full-stack enterprise AI platform.
Responsibilities
- Own positioning, messaging, value propositions, personas, priority use cases, packaging narratives, and competitive differentiation for SambaRack and SambaStack
- Define the portfolio story connecting RDU hardware, rack-level infrastructure, full-stack software, model serving, and deployment flexibility into customer value
- Build differentiated messaging for enterprise AI teams, infrastructure leaders, data center operators, inference providers, sovereign AI initiatives, technical evaluators, partners, and the field
- Lead go-to-market strategy and launch planning for SambaRack and SambaStack capabilities across cross-functional teams
- Develop sales enablement materials including pitch decks, solution presentations, one-pagers, battlecards, discovery guidance, objection handling, competitive plays, and executive-ready content
- Create market-facing content (product briefs, web copy, launch assets, blogs, customer presentations, thought leadership, solution narratives)
- Partner with Technical Product Marketing to translate deployment experience and demonstrations into sharper positioning and seller guidance
- Work with Account Executives and Field Marketing to refine product messaging around customer needs and activate it through regional programs
- Equip sales, solutions, partners, and customer-facing teams with repeatable training and content; measure adoption and improve materials based on field feedback
- Lead market, customer, and competitive research to identify needs, sharpen differentiation, inform roadmap discussions, and improve GTM priorities
- Build customer proof points, references, use cases, and stories for SambaRack and SambaStack
- Establish messaging governance and reusable frameworks to keep narratives aligned
- Define success metrics for launches, enablement adoption, message pull-through, content usage, field readiness, and business impact
Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in B2B product marketing, product strategy, technical product marketing, or related role with ownership of complex enterprise tech portfolios
- Deep fluency in AI infrastructure, enterprise AI, semiconductors, data center systems, cloud platforms, or other technically complex markets
- Proven track record of creating differentiated positioning for integrated hardware-software products and translating it into launches, enablement, content, and measurable GTM outcomes
- Exceptional writing, editing, presentation, and narrative-development skills across executive, business, field, and technical audiences
- Strong strategic judgment with hands-on ability to build decks, one-pagers, battlecards, edit web pages, and deliver training
- Experience influencing executive leaders and coordinating cross-functional teams without direct authority
- Ability to operate independently, prioritize high-leverage work, and bring structure to ambiguity in a fast-moving environment
Skills
Required:Product marketing strategyMessaging and storytellingLaunch planning and GTM executionSales enablement
Benefits
- Competitive total rewards package including base salary and equity
- Health insurance with substantial employer premium contributions
- Dental and Vision insurance
- Short/Long-term disability, life insurance options, and AD&D
- Flexible Spending Account options
- Well-being benefits (Headspace, Gympass+, One Medical, EAP, counseling)
Last updated Sep 27, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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