Sr. Manager, Content Marketing

Materialsecurity
San Francisco, CA
Remote

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have 7+ years in B2B security content marketing and a strong background in data storytelling.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 7+ years in B2B security content marketing and a proven ability to turn data into compelling research.
    — “7+ years in content marketing, editorial, tech journalism, or security research writing, with meaningful time in B2B, security or infrastructure.”
  • Individuals who can lead end-to-end content functions, from strategy to measurement, with a focus on AI search optimization.
    — “Experience running a content function end to end: strategy, calendar, production, review, publication, distribution, measurement.”

Things to consider

  • The role requires a high level of technical credibility and the ability to source insights from engineers and researchers.
    — “Partner with our founders, engineers, and security researchers to source insight and keep technical content credible with practitioner audiences.”
  • Strong focus on AI search optimization, not just traditional SEO, is a key requirement.
    — “Own the website's content layer and answer-engine optimization: structure our content so AI search engines cite Material.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your ability to lead full content strategies and measure their impact on pipeline and citation metrics.
    — “Measure what works with pipeline influence, citation share, and engagement data, and cut what doesn't.”
  • Showcase your experience in original research, particularly in the security domain, with examples of published work.
    — “Lead our original research program, including the State of Workspace Security report franchise by partnering with Threat Research.”
  • Emphasize your portfolio of long-form research, technical explainers, and short-form content that demonstrates writing authority.
    — “Exceptional writing and editing with a portfolio spanning long-form research or reporting, technical explainers, and sharp short-form.”
  • Demonstrate fluency in cybersecurity by including examples of interviews with engineers or analysis of technical content.
    — “Enough depth to interview a detection engineer without a translator and be credible with a CISO reader.”
  • Demonstrate your ability to align content with product positioning and drive market narrative.
    — “Drive the category narrative in partnership with product marketing, turning our positioning into published arguments the market repeats.”
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What success looks like

  • owning the editorial engine for cybersecurity content
  • leading the original research program
  • writing and editing high-quality content
  • driving the category narrative
Typical background
7+ years in content marketing, editorial, tech journalism, or security research writing

Skills & requirements

Required

Content StrategyEditorial Calendar ManagementResearch Report WritingTechnical WritingSEOAI Answer OptimizationContent-led Campaign BuildingContent Measurement

Preferred

Security ResearchThreat IntelligenceTechnical EditingAI Search Engine Optimization

Stack & domain

SEOAeo/geoWriting AuthorityData StorytellingSecurity FluencyEditorial OwnershipPoint Of ViewContent MarketingEditorialTech JournalismSecurity Research WritingB2BSecurityInfrastructure

About the role

Original posting from Materialsecurity via Ashby

As a Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Material Security, you'll own the editorial engine that changes how the cybersecurity market thinks about email security: the blog, our web content, and our original research program. You'll partner with data science and threat research to turn Material's product telemetry and customer insight into research that press, analysts, and AI search engines cite, and write the content that security practitioners trust. Your mission is to make "workspace security" the category the market repeats, with Material Security as the primary source.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

  • Own content strategy and the editorial calendar across the blog, resource center, research reports, and executive thought leadership.
  • Lead our original research program, including the State of Workspace Security report franchise by partnering with Threat Research
  • Write and edit across formats: research reports, technical blog posts, category POV pieces, web copy, video scripts, and campaign content.
  • Own the website's content layer and answer-engine optimization: structure our content so AI search engines cite Material, and track share of model against competitors.
  • Drive the category narrative in partnership with product marketing, turning our positioning into published arguments the market repeats.
  • Build content-led campaigns with demand generation and deliver assets built to convert, on a clear SLA.
  • Partner with our founders, engineers, and security researchers to source insight and keep technical content credible with practitioner audiences.
  • Measure what works with pipeline influence, citation share, and engagement data, and cut what doesn't.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

EXPERIENCE:

7+ years in content marketing, editorial, tech journalism, or security research writing, with meaningful time in B2B, security or infrastructure.

WRITING AUTHORITY:

Exceptional writing and editing with a portfolio spanning long-form research or reporting, technical explainers, and sharp short-form. You produce the work, not just the plan.

DATA STORYTELLING:

A track record of turning datasets, telemetry, or survey research into published work that earned coverage and citations.

SECURITY FLUENCY:

Enough depth to interview a detection engineer without a translator and be credible with a CISO reader. You don't need to write detection rules; you need to never write fluff.

MODERN DISTRIBUTION:

Working knowledge of SEO and hands-on conviction about AEO/GEO: AI answers, not just search rankings, now decide who makes the shortlist.

EDITORIAL OWNERSHIP:

Experience running a content function end to end: strategy, calendar, production, review, publication, distribution, measurement.

POINT OF VIEW:

Opinions about what makes security content worth reading, and receipts.

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Material Security is a remote-first workplace with an office in San Francisco, California.

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Compensation at Material Security is determined by a range of factors, including but not limited to the individual’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $150,000 - $180,000 per year.

Source: Materialsecurity careers (Ashby)

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