Senior Lead Product Marketing Manager, SASE and Public Sector

Role Overview

The Senior Product Marketing Manager will lead go-to-market strategy for Lumen’s secure access portfolio — SASE, Zero Trust Network Access — together with Public Sector solutions. This is a product marketing role that works across Marketing, Sales, Product, Partner, and other teams to translate a converging network and security portfolio into positioning that solves real customer problems and drives measurable business outcomes.

What You Will Do

Own and execute the go-to-market strategy for SASE, Alkira ZTNA — from positioning and messaging through launch, adoption, and revenue performance — in alignment with organizational and product management frameworks. Build a unified secure networking narrative that explains how these capabilities work together and individually, and defend that differentiation against competitive alternatives.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience in product marketing, technical marketing, product management, or technical pre-sales in the technology, cybersecurity, or telecommunications industry, with a demonstrated experience marketing SASE, SSE, ZTNA, network security, or software-defined and multicloud networking solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, computer science, engineering, cybersecurity, or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in product marketing, technical marketing, product management, or technical pre-sales in the technology, cybersecurity, or telecommunications industry
• Demonstrated experience marketing SASE, SSE, ZTNA, network security, or software-defined and multicloud networking solutions
• Working knowledge of network as a service and multicloud networking platforms, and a solid grasp of networking concepts, security protocols, and cloud infrastructure
• Experience marketing to both commercial and Public Sector buyers, including familiarity with federal, state, local, and education procurement dynamics and compliance frameworks such as FedRAMP, CMMC, TIC 3.0, and Zero Trust mandates
• Proven track record of leading product launches and go-to-market programs that delivered pipeline and revenue growth, ideally in a matrixed enterprise organization
• Experience building strategic technology partnerships and joint marketing motions, including partner sales enablement
• Superior written and verbal communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to make complex technical ideas clear and persuasive for different audiences and channels
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret market trends and performance data and act on them
• Ability to lead and influence without direct authority across cross-functional teams, operate with high autonomy, and mentor less experienced teammates