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Product marketing leadership for seed to Series B cybersecurity startups

AI-native product marketing

Senior strategy. Team-scale output.

I provide senior product marketing leadership to cybersecurity startups from seed through Series B that need real ownership before the full team is in place, as a fractional engagement or, for the right company, in-house.

Drawing on more than a decade in enterprise software and cybersecurity, I use AI-enabled systems to scale research, content, launches, and sales enablement with the output of a larger team.

AI expands capacity. Strategy, reasoning, and final judgment remain human.

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10+ yearsEnterprise software and cybersecurity product marketing
Led marketersAt Akeyless and Perimeter 81
5 product linesPortfolio-level PMM ownership at Akeyless
2× Gartner speakerSolo IAM Summit sessions, 100+ attendees each

When to bring me in

Bring in a senior PMM before you’re ready to build the team.

I step in where the work is most urgent, collaborate closely with Product, Sales, and Marketing, and build AI-enabled systems that increase what the team can deliver.

You need senior PMM now

The company is ready for serious go-to-market work, but not yet for a full-time PMM hire.

Sales needs a sharper story

Reps need clear positioning, practical enablement, and competitive guidance they can use in active deals.

The workload has outgrown the team

Launches, content, and customer communications keep multiplying while the marketing team is already stretched.

Selected work

What AI-native PMM looks like in practice.

These examples come from Akeyless, where I applied this model across a full cybersecurity product portfolio: rebuilding the function, launching a product, and turning one webinar into a campaign.

Akeyless PMM function

Rebuilding PMM around AI with a team of one

When the PMM team went from three people to one, I rebuilt the function around AI and maintained the full team’s output across five product lines.

3 → 1 PMM5 product linesFull-team output

Result: One senior PMM maintained the output of a three-person team across five product lines.

Operating model

Expert insight and strategic direction Inputs

Product information, customer context, and the initial positioning came from me and Akeyless technical experts.

AI-assisted market analysis Research

AI accelerated market and competitor research so I could pressure-test the story with broader evidence.

Team-scale content output Production

Once the strategy was set, AI helped produce customer content, lead-generation assets, and sales enablement at volume.

Senior judgment before launch Review

I reviewed every customer-facing asset for accuracy, differentiation, and voice before it shipped.

Akeyless product launch

Launching Certificate Lifecycle Management as a distinct product

New product features made a standalone Certificate Lifecycle Management offering possible. I packaged and positioned those capabilities around the customer need: issuing and renewing public certificates automatically, managing the lifecycle centrally, and securing it with Akeyless’s patented DFC technology.

New product storyFull launch packageDemo requests

Outcome: The launch generated demo requests and active opportunities, while giving Sales a complete story and asset set.

My role

I defined the customer story, use cases, differentiation, launch plan, and field rollout, then trained Sales and coordinated partner, analyst, webinar, and customer communications.

AI contribution

AI accelerated market research and production of the website copy, solution brief, sales materials, customer communications, and derivative content.

Akeyless content engine

Turning one webinar into a full lead-generation campaign

I developed and delivered the webinar, then used AI to repurpose it into a blog series, gated infographic, social posts, and campaign emails.

4× faster contentBlog seriesLead-gen infographic

Result: Roughly 4× faster content production, broader campaign coverage, and no further need for an external thought-leadership agency.

Public examples: Webinar, Financial compliance infographic

My role

I chose the topic, researched the finance and compliance issues, built the narrative, delivered the webinar, and shaped the campaign.

AI contribution

AI repurposed the source material into a blog series, gated infographic, social posts, and campaign emails, all under my review.

Shai Onn

Shai OnnCo-Founder and President, Akeyless

What stands out about Miryam is that she can go deep into the technology, then turn it into something the market can actually understand. She knows how to translate a product for the US market, not just the language but the whole way it is described and presented, and she can get up in front of a crowd and explain it.

That matters even more now, when AI can do much of the hard labor but still needs a human to bring the reasoning and judgment.”

Method

AI scales the work. It does not make the decisions.

AI-native PMM means designing the function around reusable systems, while keeping positioning, prioritization, technical judgment, and final approval human.

HumanCustomer, product & market insight
HumanHuman positioning & priorities
AIAI workflows & reusable systems
HumanSenior review & delivery
What stays with the clientMessaging frameworks, prompt libraries, content templates, custom GPTs, and other tools built around the team’s workflows.
Example of a reusable PMM system

Competitive guidance built around the company’s own story.

Battlecard Buddy shows the kind of system I build around a company’s positioning, competitive knowledge, and approval process. Sales gets immediate guidance, anything customer-facing still requires PMM approval, and the underlying workflow stays with the team.

See an example system

Ways to work together

Choose the level of PMM support you need.

Ongoing fractional leadership is the core offer. Focused projects can solve an immediate need or serve as a lower-risk way to start.

Primary engagement

Fractional PMM leadership

2–3 days / week, ongoing

Best for: seed to Series B companies that need a senior PMM owner before the full function is in place.

Flexible senior ownership shaped around the company’s most urgent PMM needs.

  • Positioning, messaging, and launches
  • Sales enablement and competitive intelligence
  • Content and customer communications
  • AI workflows, templates, and custom GPTs

Project

Launch takeover

Scoped, 4–8 weeks

Best for: teams with an important launch approaching and no experienced PMM available to own it.

One important launch owned from product input through market rollout.

  • Positioning and launch narrative
  • Core customer-facing assets
  • Sales training and enablement
  • AI-assisted derivative campaign

Project

Messaging stack sprint

3 weeks

Best for: companies that need to fix the story before a launch, fundraising effort, or broader go-to-market push.

A focused entry point when the story needs to be fixed before anything else.

  • Positioning and messaging framework
  • Audience and persona messaging
  • Battlecard or objection guide
  • Reusable AI templates and workflows
Want the full-time version?

I’m open to the right in-house product marketing leadership role.

You’ll get the same AI-native operating model, technical depth, and team-scale output, with my full attention.

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Miryam Brand

About

AI-native by design. Grounded in cybersecurity.

I am a senior product marketing leader with more than ten years in enterprise software. Before moving into cybersecurity, I owned portfolio marketing at Ex Libris across the US, Europe, and APAC. At Perimeter 81 and Akeyless, I owned product marketing for complex security products and launches, led marketers, and worked across positioning, sales enablement, competitive strategy, pricing and packaging, product adoption, and analyst relations.

I managed Perimeter 81’s analyst relations program, contributing to its recognition as a Leader in The Forrester New Wave: Zero Trust Network Access, Q3 2021, and later owned Akeyless’s 2025 KuppingerCole Leadership Compass process, which named the company an Overall Leader in Enterprise Secrets Management. I also delivered solo sessions at Gartner IAM Summits in Dallas and London, each to more than 100 attendees.

What clients get

  • One senior owner across strategy and execution
  • Fast understanding of technical products and buyers
  • Team-scale output without generic AI content
  • Reusable systems that stay with the company
  • Senior review on everything customer-facing

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