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Kong is seeking a Senior Technical Product Marketing Manager to own the positioning and narrative around agent identity and authentication in AI infrastructure. This is a category-shaping role focused on establishing Kong as the definitive voice on non-human identity in agentic architectures as enterprises move from AI experiments to production systems.
Key responsibilities include:
- Defining Kong's technical narrative for agent authentication, authorization, and governance across AI and API traffic
- Developing thought leadership through blogs, conference talks, analyst conversations, and industry engagement to frame the agent identity problem for the market
- Leading technical field enablement for Solution Engineers, Customer Success Managers, and other technical roles
- Producing deep technical content including demos, reference architectures, technical whitepapers, and documentation-adjacent materials
- Serving as subject-matter expert for strategic sales conversations where agent identity and security are key decision criteria
- Delivering technical positioning, proof points, and demo assets to support product launches and marketing campaigns
- Partnering with product management to inform roadmap framing and capability naming based on market feedback and competitive dynamics
Kong is the AI Connectivity Company, building the connectivity layer for AI. The platform enables organizations to secure, manage, accelerate, govern, and monetize the flow of intelligence across APIs and AI traffic across any model and cloud.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 5+ years of experience in product marketing, product management, or solutions engineering, ideally at an Identity and Access Management (IAM) and/or AI Security company
- Genuine, hands-on interest in AI infrastructure with knowledge of LLM deployment, agentic frameworks, Model Context Protocol, and AI governance
- Proven ability to translate complex technical concepts into crisp narratives for both technical practitioners and C-suite buyers
- Highly collaborative approach working across Product, Marketing, Sales, and Partner teams
- Comfortable with public speaking including keynotes, analyst briefings, customer roundtables, and demo-heavy sessions
- Strongly preferred: experience in open-source software, SaaS platforms, and enterprise go-to-market motions
- Strong plus: familiarity with AI connectivity landscape including API gateways, AI observability, vector databases, iPaaS, and agentic orchestration frameworks
