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Staff Product Marketing Manager

Chainguard Open · verified Jul 30, 2026
Remote US Senior Product Marketing

Senior Product Marketing role at Chainguard. Remote, United States · $183,000–$215,000 base.

SalaryStated by Chainguard
$183,000 – $215,000
Base salary for this role, in USD per year, as published in the posting.
Role brief

Growth Roles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

  • Run ongoing launches of new features and integrations for Chainguard Containers across go-to-market teams
  • Push growth by pairing content with cross-functional plans around supply chain security use cases
  • Shape positioning, messaging, decks and core content that make the product's value credible
  • Build enablement material and act as the go-to expert for sales and sales engineering
  • Feed into pricing and competitive analysis, and team up with demand gen and product on campaigns and strategy

What you bring

  • Roughly seven to ten years in B2B tech product marketing, ideally near open source, enterprise security or engineering audiences
  • Track record steering product launches and go-to-market plans
  • Proven strength in highly collaborative, cross-team work
  • Comfort switching between strategy and hands-on execution in a fast-moving company
  • Clear, compelling communication that simplifies complex technical topics

Who this fits

This suits a seasoned product marketer who understands cloud-native software infrastructure and can translate technical products into credible value stories. You'll thrive if you like balancing strategic planning with rolling up your sleeves in a rapidly growing environment. The role is remote within the United States, with stated base pay of 183,000 to 215,000 USD.

From the employer

Chainguard is the trusted source for open source. By delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of all the open source software engineers and AI agents rely on, Chainguard helps organizations build faster, stay compliant, and eliminate risk. 

Our customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and global industry leaders, including Anduril, Canva, Fortinet, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, OpenAI, Snap Inc., and Snowflake.

Chainguard is venture-backed by leading investors, including Amplify, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mantis VC, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Spark Capital.

The role, in a nutshell: 

This role is for a Staff Product Marketing Manager who will lead ongoing launches and growth initiatives for Chainguard Containers. Chainguard is innovative at its core - the products we build are new and different - and articulating our value in a compelling and credible way is essential to our growth. This role requires strong communication and collaboration skills and experience deeply understanding cloud-native software infrastructure products.

What you’ll do:

  • Manage ongoing launches of new capabilities, features, and integrations for Chainguard Containers and related tooling, ensuring successful cross-functional rollout across GTM teams and revenue growth.
  • Drive growth initiatives with content and cross-functional plans that leverage Chainguard’s innovative launches and new use cases for solving supply chain security challenges.
  • Develop and refine product positioning, messaging, presentations, and core content that articulate Chainguard’s unique value.
  • Create enablement content and serve as a subject matter expert for sales and sales engineering teams, ensuring the field has the necessary tools and knowledge to succeed.
  • Contribute to pricing and competitive analysis for Chainguard Containers. 
  • Collaborate with demand generation and corporate marketing teams by helping to develop campaigns, creating necessary content, and presenting at events.
  • Collaborate with product management and engineering on product strategy.

What we're looking for:

  • 7-10 years of PMM experience in B2B technology, ideally with familiarity in open source software, enterprise security and/or engineering organizations, and technical products.
  • Ability to manage product launches and go-to-market strategies effectively.
  • Proven success in cross-functional, highly collaborative roles.
  • Ability to perform well in a dynamic, rapidly growing environment, balancing both strategic planning and hands-on execution.
  • Excellent communication skills, capable of conveying complex information in a clear and compelling manner.
Base Salary Range$183,000—$215,000 USD

About Us

We live and breathe our company values:

  • We are customer obsessed — We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better.
  • We have a bias for intentional action — We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.
  • We don't take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) — We are solving an important problem which takes focus, but we also like to enjoy the journey.
  • We trust each other and assume good intentions — We're transparent with decisions to empower team members to make well informed decisions.

A few of the benefits we offer:

  • Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
  • Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).
  • 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.
  • ∞ Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
  • 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child's first year.

If your experience is close but doesn't fulfill all requirements, please apply. We're building the best team in technology and are focused on hiring "Chainguardians" with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.

Chainguard is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

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