Public Sector Marketing Manager

The role

You will lead marketing programs supporting the U.S. public-sector business. You will develop and execute marketing strategies, campaigns, and content for federal agencies and government partners.

What you will do

• Develop and execute public-sector marketing strategy in partnership with leadership, Sales, and Marketing.
• Build targeted campaigns to generate awareness, engagement, pipeline, and revenue within federal and public-sector accounts.
• Develop messaging and positioning for government security, DevSecOps, software supply chain, container security, and cloud-native modernization.
• Create public-sector-specific content including solution briefs, presentations, case studies, web content, email campaigns, and sales enablement materials.
• Own marketing support for government and industry conferences, trade shows, roundtables, webinars, and partner events.
• Work with Sales to develop account-based marketing programs for strategic public-sector accounts.
• Support joint marketing initiatives with technology partners, systems integrators, and resellers.
• Communicate capabilities in the context of federal cybersecurity priorities and compliance requirements.
• Develop campaigns around government programs, contract vehicles, partnerships, and customer successes.
• Coordinate PR, analyst, social media, and thought-leadership opportunities.

Required qualifications

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• 5+ years of B2B marketing experience.
• Meaningful experience marketing cybersecurity, cloud, infrastructure, DevSecOps, or enterprise technology to the U.S. public sector.
• Strong understanding of the federal technology and cybersecurity ecosystem.
• Experience developing marketing programs targeting federal agencies and government decision-makers.
• Familiarity with government contractors, systems integrators, channel partners, and public-sector procurement environments.
• Experience creating compelling technical and executive-level content.
• Strong written communication and storytelling skills.
• Experience supporting field events, conferences, webinars, executive programs, and account-based campaigns.
• Ability to work closely with sales teams.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-moving startup environment.
• Highly organized and proactive.

Nice to have

• Experience marketing cybersecurity or software supply chain security solutions to the federal government.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps, containers, Kubernetes, software vulnerabilities, SBOMs, and software supply chain security.
• Understanding of federal cybersecurity initiatives and frameworks, including Zero Trust, NIST guidance, and software supply chain security requirements.
• Existing relationships or experience within the federal technology, defense, or government-contractor ecosystem.
• Experience working with public-sector sales teams at a high-growth cybersecurity or infrastructure software company.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Equity opportunities
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Paid time off
• Company holidays
• Remote-first work environment
• Flexible work arrangements
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth
• Work directly with experienced leaders across cybersecurity, public sector, engineering, product, sales, and marketing

Before you apply

• U.S. citizenship required

About the company

RapidFort is a cybersecurity company focused on helping organizations secure and optimize their software supply chain and containerized environments. They work with commercial enterprises and public-sector organizations operating in highly regulated and security-sensitive environments.