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Delinea growth playbook

Diagnosis

Delinea is a Gartner Magic Quadrant leader for PAM with 1,607 Peer Insights reviews, about $400 million ARR and a new AI agent story built on the StrongDM acquisition.

Its hiring shows the next phase: a Senior Director of Marketing Operations to own the funnel, scoring, routing and speed-to-lead, a VP of Sales Development for outbound, a copywriter for search and answer engines, regional communications, and engineers for AI agent discovery.

The funnel has not caught up with the story: the demo and quote forms ask ten questions and offer a product list that misses the AI agent products, and the homepage fails real-user responsiveness. This playbook fixes the forms and response speed first, then builds one funnel definition, clean records, product-qualified leads and an AI agent discovery offer for outbound.

Growth Score

7/10

Biggest Opportunity

Turn the AI agent story into routed, measurable pipeline: forms and scoring that capture AI agent intent, a discovery offer for outbound, and runtime authorization for existing customers.

Biggest Risk

Large identity and security platforms such as CyberArk, Okta and Microsoft compete for the same AI agent budget, and a funnel built around older products can let that demand go to whoever answers first.

01

Start here

The three moves to make first. Each one is written up in full below.

  1. 1

    Fix the product picker on the demo and quote forms, so AI agent and StrongDM interest reaches the right team

    Export last quarter's demo requests by product answer and count "Multiple Products or Not Sure".

    High impact First result in 2 weeks
  2. 2

    A five-minute response promise for live demo requests, measured weekly

    Measure today's median time from demo request to first human touch.

    High impact First result in 1 month
  3. 3

    Make the homepage respond faster: real visitors fail on INP

    Swap the video for a poster image.

    Medium impact First result in 1 month

02

Your idea portfolio

21 ideas, grouped by when to run them. Open any idea for how to run it: the steps, who to approach, copy you can use, and how to measure it.

  • 7 ideas are marked Unexpected: plays you are unlikely to have tried.

Every idea placed by the effort it takes against the impact it could have. Quick wins sit top left; select a number to open that idea. The filters below narrow the list by status, timing, category and what Programmable can build.

Effort vs impactEach number is an idea. Select one to open it.
Impact →
Quick wins · 1Big bets · 11Fill-ins · 6Reconsider · 3
Effort →

Showing 21 of 21 ideas

This week 6

Quick wins with a clear first action.

  • 01

    Delinea's homepage now leads with AI agents and agentic identities, and it bought StrongDM for runtime authorization. But the "product" field on both Schedule a Demo and Request a Quote, which a new Senior Director of Marketing Operations will use for routing and MQL rules, still offers 17 older options: it includes Privileged Behavior Analytics and Password Reset Server, which have no product page on the site, and leaves out Privileged Remote Access, Iris AI, Continuous Identity Discovery, AI-driven authorization and StrongDM. A buyer who came for AI agent security has to pick "Multiple Products or Not Sure", and the intent that should route them is lost. The demo form also asks ten required questions, including phone and a free-text comments box.

    High impactLow effort First result in 2 weeks Senior Director

    First action

    Export last quarter's demo requests by product answer and count "Multiple Products or Not Sure".

    How to measure it

    Demo requests with a specific product interest

    Now
    –
    Target
    85%
    By
    60 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Measure today

      Share of "Not Sure" answers and form completion rate.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations 2 days

    2. 2

      Rebuild the picker

      Current catalogue grouped by need, with AI agents first.

      Product Marketing 2 days

    3. 3

      Prefill from page

      Use the page the visitor came from to set the default.

      Web team 3 days

    4. 4

      Update routing

      AI agent and StrongDM interest to the right sellers.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations 3 days

    5. 5

      Trim required fields

      Phone and comments optional; enrichment fills company data.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations 2 days

    6. 6

      A/B test

      Short form vs current form.

      Demand Generation 3 weeks

    7. 7

      Retire old values

      Map historic answers to the new list in the CRM.

      Data Governance Analyst - Salesforce 1 week

    8. 8

      Report

      Completion, speed to first touch and opportunity rate.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations weekly

    First result
    2 weeks
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Senior Director, Marketing Operations

    Smallest test

    Add "Secure AI agents" to the picker today and watch how many choose it.

    Why it works

    Replace the picker with today's catalogue grouped by need (secure AI agents, privileged access, secrets, cloud entitlements, governance with Fastpath, remote access), prefilled from the page the visitor came from. Route "secure AI agents" and StrongDM interest to the team that sells runtime authorization. Make phone and comments optional and let the enrichment tool already on the site fill company data, testing a shorter form against the current one.

    Routing on the buyer's real interest speeds the first reply and puts the AI agent story in front of the right seller. Shorter forms lift completion, and the funnel data the new leader inherits becomes reliable.

    Ready to use

    ChecklistForm clean-up list

    [ ] Picker matches the current product pages
    [ ] "Secure AI agents" and runtime authorization options
    [ ] Default product set from the referring page
    [ ] Phone and comments optional
    [ ] Enrichment fills company size and industry
    [ ] Routing rules updated for each option
    [ ] Old values mapped in the CRM
    [ ] A/B test running

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Sales wants the phone number

      Ask for it on the confirmation step or enrich it.

    • Historic reports break

      Keep a mapping table from old values to new ones.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteThe product picker on both forms has 17 options. It includes "Privileged Behavior Analytics" (and, on the demo form, "Password Reset Server"), which have no product page in the sitemap, but not Privileged Remote Access, Delinea Iris AI, Continuous Identity Discovery, AI-driven authorization or StrongDM, all of which the site sells; otherwise a visitor picks "Multiple Products or Not Sure".Source
    • Your websiteLead forms (public form definitions, checked October 23, 2026): Schedule a Demo has ten required fields: first and last name, company, job title, email, phone, country, product, "how did you hear about us" (ten options) and a free-text comments box. Request a Quote has nine required fields, also including phone and comments. Hidden fields already capture first- and last-touch campaign data.Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: "Accelerate AI Securely" and "Agentic Identities - Govern and control access for AI agents and autonomous systems" lead the menu; three ways in: "Interactive demo ... No sales call required", "Live demo" and "30-day trial"; "4.6/5 Rating from 1,607 Gartner Peer Insights Reviews"; "Leader, Gartner Magic Quadrant for PAM, 2025"; a whitepaper "Beyond Credential Brokering: Runtime Authorization for AI Agents".Source
    • HiringSenior Director, Marketing Operations (US remote, posted October 23, 2026): "the strategic leader of Delinea's top-of-funnel engine", "accountable for how demand becomes measurable, forecastable pipeline"; owns "marketing automation, lead scoring, routing, and attribution tooling", will "Define and maintain MQL/SQL definitions, scoring models, and SLAs governing lead flow and speed-to-lead" and "go into the technical weeds of a lead routing rule or MQL definition"; manages a Director, Top-of-Funnel Operations and "the near-shore (Mexico-based) data quality team"; data practices must meet "SOX/IPO-readiness requirements".Source
    • Your websiteDelinea completed its acquisition of StrongDM on March 5, 2026, to unify PAM with just-in-time runtime authorization for human and non-human identities, including AI agents; coverage put Delinea at about $400 million in annual recurring revenue.Source
  • 02

    The new marketing operations leader owns "SLAs governing lead flow and speed-to-lead", and the VP of Sales Development runs inbound qualification. Delinea already has chat on the site. Buyers who ask for a live demo are often comparing several vendors the same week.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 month VP

    First action

    Measure today's median time from demo request to first human touch.

    How to measure it

    Demo request to first touch

    Now
    –
    Target
    Under 5 minutes
    By
    60 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Baseline

      Median and worst cases by region.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations 2 days

    2. 2

      Instant booking

      Meeting link on the thank-you page.

      Web team 1 week

    3. 3

      Live handoff

      Chat routes to an available SDR.

      Manager, Sales Development Representatives 1 week

    4. 4

      Alerts

      Missed-SLA notifications.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations 3 days

    5. 5

      Coverage

      Follow-the-sun across regions.

      VP, Sales Development 2 weeks

    6. 6

      Weekly review

      Speed and meeting rate.

      VP, Sales Development weekly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    SDR time
    Owner
    VP, Sales Development

    Smallest test

    Run the five-minute promise in one region for two weeks.

    Why it works

    Set a five-minute first response for demo and quote requests in business hours: route through chat to a live SDR while the visitor is still on the thank-you page, offer an instant meeting link, and alert managers when the promise is missed. Report the median weekly.

    Fast first response is one of the strongest drivers of meeting rates for inbound leads.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Out-of-hours requests

      Offer self-booking and the interactive demo.

    Evidence

    • HiringSenior Director, Marketing Operations (US remote, posted October 23, 2026): "the strategic leader of Delinea's top-of-funnel engine", "accountable for how demand becomes measurable, forecastable pipeline"; owns "marketing automation, lead scoring, routing, and attribution tooling", will "Define and maintain MQL/SQL definitions, scoring models, and SLAs governing lead flow and speed-to-lead" and "go into the technical weeds of a lead routing rule or MQL definition"; manages a Director, Top-of-Funnel Operations and "the near-shore (Mexico-based) data quality team"; data practices must meet "SOX/IPO-readiness requirements".Source
    • HiringVP, Sales Development (Boston, posted September 2, 2026), reporting to the President: "the multi-year vision for outbound pipeline generation", "outbound and inbound qualification motions", "identifying whitespace and expansion opportunity"; plus a Manager, Sales Development Representatives (Boston) and three Data Governance Analyst - Salesforce roles (Mexico City).Source
    • Google PageSpeedHomepage: real visitors fail Core Web Vitals on responsiveness (INP 211 ms at the 75th percentile; the limit is 200 ms), while loading (LCP 2.5 s) passes. Lab: mobile 50, desktop 55; 14.1 MB, 8.9 MB of it one video; the largest element on a phone is the cookie banner; 17 third-party services, including a chat tool, a data enrichment tool and several ad networks.Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: "Accelerate AI Securely" and "Agentic Identities - Govern and control access for AI agents and autonomous systems" lead the menu; three ways in: "Interactive demo ... No sales call required", "Live demo" and "30-day trial"; "4.6/5 Rating from 1,607 Gartner Peer Insights Reviews"; "Leader, Gartner Magic Quadrant for PAM, 2025"; a whitepaper "Beyond Credential Brokering: Runtime Authorization for AI Agents".Source
  • 03

    Real visitors fail Core Web Vitals on the homepage because of slow responses to taps and clicks (INP 211 ms), and in the lab the page weighs 14.1 MB, 8.9 MB of it a single video, with the cookie banner as the largest element on a phone and 17 third-party services.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 month Web team

    First action

    Swap the video for a poster image.

    How to measure it

    INP at the 75th percentile

    Now
    –
    Target
    Under 200 ms
    By
    1 quarter

    Steps

    1. 1

      Poster image

      Video on click.

      Web team 1 day

    2. 2

      Defer tags

      After first interaction.

      Web team 3 days

    3. 3

      Lighter banner

      Cookie consent.

      Web team 2 days

    4. 4

      Tool review

      Owner and purpose for each tag.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations 1 week

    5. 5

      Remove extras

      Duplicate or unused tools.

      Web team 1 week

    6. 6

      Monitor

      Chrome UX Report monthly.

      Web team monthly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    $0
    Owner
    Web team

    Smallest test

    Replace the video this week.

    Why it works

    Replace the auto-loading video with a poster image that plays on click, load chat, enrichment and ad tags after the first interaction, make the cookie banner lighter, and review which tools each team still needs and who owns them.

    Security buyers judge polish; a faster homepage also lifts paid and organic conversion.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Tracking gaps

      Check every tag fires after deferral.

    Evidence

    • Google PageSpeedHomepage: real visitors fail Core Web Vitals on responsiveness (INP 211 ms at the 75th percentile; the limit is 200 ms), while loading (LCP 2.5 s) passes. Lab: mobile 50, desktop 55; 14.1 MB, 8.9 MB of it one video; the largest element on a phone is the cookie banner; 17 third-party services, including a chat tool, a data enrichment tool and several ad networks.Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: "Accelerate AI Securely" and "Agentic Identities - Govern and control access for AI agents and autonomous systems" lead the menu; three ways in: "Interactive demo ... No sales call required", "Live demo" and "30-day trial"; "4.6/5 Rating from 1,607 Gartner Peer Insights Reviews"; "Leader, Gartner Magic Quadrant for PAM, 2025"; a whitepaper "Beyond Credential Brokering: Runtime Authorization for AI Agents".Source
  • 04

    Delinea shows "4.6/5 from 1,607 Gartner Peer Insights reviews" and Gartner Magic Quadrant leadership on the homepage, but buyers decide on the demo, quote and trial pages.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 2 weeks Senior Copywriter

    First action

    Add the rating block to the demo page.

    How to measure it

    Demo and quote form completion

    Now
    –
    Target
    +8%
    By
    60 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick quotes

      One per product area.

      Senior Copywriter 2 days

    2. 2

      Check usage rules

      Gartner citation guidelines.

      Legal 2 days

    3. 3

      Design block

      Rating and quote.

      Web team 1 day

    4. 4

      Place it

      Demo, quote and trial pages.

      Web team 2 days

    5. 5

      Match by product

      Quote per picker choice.

      Web team 1 week

    6. 6

      Measure

      Completion before and after.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations 1 month

    First result
    2 weeks
    Cost
    $0
    Owner
    Senior Copywriter

    Smallest test

    Add the rating line to the demo page today.

    Why it works

    Add the rating, a short practitioner quote by role and the Magic Quadrant mention next to every form, and vary the quote by product interest.

    Peer proof at the moment of decision reduces form abandonment.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Citation rules

      Follow Gartner's published guidelines.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteHomepage: "Accelerate AI Securely" and "Agentic Identities - Govern and control access for AI agents and autonomous systems" lead the menu; three ways in: "Interactive demo ... No sales call required", "Live demo" and "30-day trial"; "4.6/5 Rating from 1,607 Gartner Peer Insights Reviews"; "Leader, Gartner Magic Quadrant for PAM, 2025"; a whitepaper "Beyond Credential Brokering: Runtime Authorization for AI Agents".Source
    • Your websiteLead forms (public form definitions, checked October 23, 2026): Schedule a Demo has ten required fields: first and last name, company, job title, email, phone, country, product, "how did you hear about us" (ten options) and a free-text comments box. Request a Quote has nine required fields, also including phone and comments. Hidden fields already capture first- and last-touch campaign data.Source
  • 05

    The homepage offers an interactive demo with "no sales call required" and a 30-day trial, and Delinea has free trial pages for Secret Server and Privilege Manager. Those users show strong, specific intent, but nothing on the site suggests the next step uses what they explored.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 month Senior Director

    First action

    List what data each demo and trial already captures.

    How to measure it

    Product-qualified meetings

    Now
    –
    Target
    +30%
    By
    1 quarter

    Steps

    1. 1

      Audit data

      What each demo and trial captures.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations 1 week

    2. 2

      Define scores

      Depth of use thresholds.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations 1 week

    3. 3

      Build the trigger

      Offer a live session.

      Web team 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Route

      With product context.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations 1 week

    5. 5

      SDR script

      Open with what they explored.

      Manager, Sales Development Representatives 3 days

    6. 6

      Measure

      Meeting and opportunity rate.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations monthly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Engineering time
    Owner
    Senior Director, Marketing Operations

    Smallest test

    Pull last month's Secret Server trial users and call the most active.

    Why it works

    Capture which demo or trial a visitor used, score depth of use, and when it passes a threshold, offer a live session on that product and pass the context to the SDR. Treat these as a separate MQL type with its own SLA.

    Product-qualified signals convert better than form fills, and they let the SDR open with the buyer's own use case.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Too many alerts

      Start with the top decile of use.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteHomepage: "Accelerate AI Securely" and "Agentic Identities - Govern and control access for AI agents and autonomous systems" lead the menu; three ways in: "Interactive demo ... No sales call required", "Live demo" and "30-day trial"; "4.6/5 Rating from 1,607 Gartner Peer Insights Reviews"; "Leader, Gartner Magic Quadrant for PAM, 2025"; a whitepaper "Beyond Credential Brokering: Runtime Authorization for AI Agents".Source
    • Your websiteSitemap (2,828 URLs): 687 event pages (275 conferences, 178 webinars, 128 podcasts), including 2022-2024 conference pages that carry noindex but are still listed; 148 "what-is" glossary pages and 653 blog URLs; versions in German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish and Chinese; free trial pages for Secret Server and Privilege Manager; a PAM journey assessment tool; comparison pages against CyberArk, Okta, Microsoft, BeyondTrust, CrowdStrike, Cisco, Keeper, Silverfort and Arcon.Source
    • HiringSenior Director, Marketing Operations (US remote, posted October 23, 2026): "the strategic leader of Delinea's top-of-funnel engine", "accountable for how demand becomes measurable, forecastable pipeline"; owns "marketing automation, lead scoring, routing, and attribution tooling", will "Define and maintain MQL/SQL definitions, scoring models, and SLAs governing lead flow and speed-to-lead" and "go into the technical weeds of a lead routing rule or MQL definition"; manages a Director, Top-of-Funnel Operations and "the near-shore (Mexico-based) data quality team"; data practices must meet "SOX/IPO-readiness requirements".Source
  • 06

    The new copywriter works with an SEO/AEO team on answer-engine visibility, and Delinea leads with AI agent security. Buyers now ask assistants "how do I secure AI agents' access" and "what is runtime authorization"; the answers come from pages that state the answer plainly.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 month Senior Copywriter

    First action

    List the ten questions sales hears most about AI agents.

    How to measure it

    AI agent pages cited by assistants

    Now
    –
    Target
    5 of 10
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Collect questions

      From sales and SDR calls.

      Product Marketing 1 week

    2. 2

      Write answers

      Two-sentence answers first.

      Senior Copywriter 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Add diagrams

      One per page.

      Brand team 1 week

    4. 4

      Publish

      Linked from the AI menu.

      Web team 3 days

    5. 5

      Track citations

      Monthly check of assistants.

      SEO/AEO team monthly

    6. 6

      Refresh

      As the product ships.

      Senior Copywriter quarterly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Writing time
    Owner
    Senior Copywriter

    Smallest test

    Publish the "runtime authorization for AI agents" answer page.

    Why it works

    Write ten question-led pages and sections on AI agent access (discovery, credential brokering vs runtime authorization, least privilege for agents, audit), each with a clear two-sentence answer, a diagram and a link to the whitepaper and demo. Track citations monthly.

    Clear, specific answers are what assistants quote, and Delinea can own a category that is still being defined.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Generic AI copy

      Edit every page for specific, human detail.

    Evidence

    • HiringSenior Copywriter (US remote, posted October 7, 2026): "eBooks, whitepapers, research reports, blog posts, web copy, emails, landing pages", working with "the SEO/AEO team" on "search and answer-engine visibility". Corporate Communications Manager EMEA & APAC (London, posted October 19, 2026): runs regional agencies "across the UK, France, Germany, Middle East, India, Singapore, and Australia" and will "Track media coverage and develop regular reporting dashboards".Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: "Accelerate AI Securely" and "Agentic Identities - Govern and control access for AI agents and autonomous systems" lead the menu; three ways in: "Interactive demo ... No sales call required", "Live demo" and "30-day trial"; "4.6/5 Rating from 1,607 Gartner Peer Insights Reviews"; "Leader, Gartner Magic Quadrant for PAM, 2025"; a whitepaper "Beyond Credential Brokering: Runtime Authorization for AI Agents".Source
    • Your websiteDelinea completed its acquisition of StrongDM on March 5, 2026, to unify PAM with just-in-time runtime authorization for human and non-human identities, including AI agents; coverage put Delinea at about $400 million in annual recurring revenue.Source
    • HiringProduct hiring around AI agents: a Staff Software Engineer - AI Discovery & Posture (posted October 12, 2026): "AI agents are appearing across the enterprise faster than anyone can keep track of them, and you cannot secure what you cannot see", with discovery "covering Microsoft Azure today and expanding to AWS and Google Cloud" and on endpoints; a Senior Product Manager - Identity Inventory, Correlation and Graph: "someone holding six accounts across three clouds should show up once".Source

This quarter 9

The core plays for the next three months.

  • 07

    The marketing operations leader must "establish the single source of truth for funnel metrics" and report to the board with SOX/IPO readiness in mind. Delinea joined Thycotic, Centrify, Fastpath and StrongDM, and each brought leads, products and habits.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 2 quarters Senior Director

    First action

    Write the stage definitions and circulate them to sales leaders.

    How to measure it

    Pipeline forecast error

    Now
    –
    Target
    Under 10%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Draft definitions

      Stages and exit criteria.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Agree with sales

      CRO and VP Sales Development sign-off.

      Chief Revenue Officer 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Rebuild scoring

      On closed-won outcomes.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations 1 month

    4. 4

      Clean data

      Map legacy values.

      Data Governance Analyst - Salesforce 1 month

    5. 5

      Dashboards

      Weekly funnel review.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations 1 month

    6. 6

      Board view

      Quarterly reporting.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations quarterly

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Senior Director, Marketing Operations

    Smallest test

    Run one weekly funnel review with shared definitions.

    Why it works

    Agree one set of stage definitions (inquiry, MQL, SQL, opportunity) for every product and brand, rebuild scoring on outcomes, and publish a weekly funnel review with stage and source conversion.

    Shared definitions end debates about lead quality and make the forecast credible.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Teams resist change

      Run old and new side by side for one quarter.

    Evidence

    • HiringSenior Director, Marketing Operations (US remote, posted October 23, 2026): "the strategic leader of Delinea's top-of-funnel engine", "accountable for how demand becomes measurable, forecastable pipeline"; owns "marketing automation, lead scoring, routing, and attribution tooling", will "Define and maintain MQL/SQL definitions, scoring models, and SLAs governing lead flow and speed-to-lead" and "go into the technical weeds of a lead routing rule or MQL definition"; manages a Director, Top-of-Funnel Operations and "the near-shore (Mexico-based) data quality team"; data practices must meet "SOX/IPO-readiness requirements".Source
    • HiringVP, Sales Development (Boston, posted September 2, 2026), reporting to the President: "the multi-year vision for outbound pipeline generation", "outbound and inbound qualification motions", "identifying whitespace and expansion opportunity"; plus a Manager, Sales Development Representatives (Boston) and three Data Governance Analyst - Salesforce roles (Mexico City).Source
    • Your websiteDelinea completed its acquisition of StrongDM on March 5, 2026, to unify PAM with just-in-time runtime authorization for human and non-human identities, including AI agents; coverage put Delinea at about $400 million in annual recurring revenue.Source
  • 08

    Delinea bought StrongDM to add just-in-time runtime authorization for human and AI identities, and the VP of Sales Development is asked to find whitespace and expansion. Secret Server customers already trust Delinea with credentials and are now giving AI agents access.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Senior Technical Account Mana…

    First action

    List 50 customers with known AI projects.

    How to measure it

    Runtime authorization pilots

    Now
    –
    Target
    25
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Find accounts

      AI and automation projects.

      Senior Technical Account Manager 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Design review

      Short AI agent access review.

      Product Marketing 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Train TAMs

      Run the review.

      Senior Technical Account Manager 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Offer pilots

      Runtime authorization.

      Account Executives 1 quarter

    5. 5

      Track

      Pilots to expansion.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations monthly

    6. 6

      Publish stories

      First wins.

      Senior Copywriter 1 quarter

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Senior Technical Account Manager

    Smallest test

    Offer the review to ten customers.

    Why it works

    Identify customers with AI or automation projects (from TAM notes and product usage), offer a short AI agent access review using the new discovery features, and propose a runtime authorization pilot.

    Expansion to happy customers is the cheapest new revenue and proves the combined platform.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Integration still maturing

      Pilot with customers on the cloud platform first.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteDelinea completed its acquisition of StrongDM on March 5, 2026, to unify PAM with just-in-time runtime authorization for human and non-human identities, including AI agents; coverage put Delinea at about $400 million in annual recurring revenue.Source
    • HiringVP, Sales Development (Boston, posted September 2, 2026), reporting to the President: "the multi-year vision for outbound pipeline generation", "outbound and inbound qualification motions", "identifying whitespace and expansion opportunity"; plus a Manager, Sales Development Representatives (Boston) and three Data Governance Analyst - Salesforce roles (Mexico City).Source
    • HiringProduct hiring around AI agents: a Staff Software Engineer - AI Discovery & Posture (posted October 12, 2026): "AI agents are appearing across the enterprise faster than anyone can keep track of them, and you cannot secure what you cannot see", with discovery "covering Microsoft Azure today and expanding to AWS and Google Cloud" and on endpoints; a Senior Product Manager - Identity Inventory, Correlation and Graph: "someone holding six accounts across three clouds should show up once".Source
  • 09

    Delinea is building AI agent discovery ("you cannot secure what you cannot see"), starting with Microsoft Azure. Security leaders rarely know how many agents run in their environment. The new VP of Sales Development is building the outbound motion.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter VP

    First action

    Define the scope of the check with the product team.

    How to measure it

    Outbound meetings

    Now
    –
    Target
    +25%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Define scope

      Azure, read-only, time-boxed.

      Senior Product Manager - Identity Inventory, Correlation and Graph 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Legal terms

      Data handling.

      Legal 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Report template

      Findings and next steps.

      Product Marketing 1 week

    4. 4

      SDR sequence

      Offer-led.

      Manager, Sales Development Representatives 1 week

    5. 5

      Run checks

      Sales engineers.

      Senior Sales Engineer ongoing

    6. 6

      Measure

      Meetings and pipeline.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Sales engineer time
    Owner
    VP, Sales Development

    Smallest test

    Run the check for five accounts.

    Why it works

    Offer target accounts a time-boxed AI agent discovery check in Azure with a short findings report, booked through SDR outreach and run by sales engineers. Use findings to open a platform conversation.

    A concrete, useful offer beats generic outreach, and the findings create urgency.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Buyers hesitant to grant access

      Read-only scope and clear data handling.

    Evidence

    • HiringProduct hiring around AI agents: a Staff Software Engineer - AI Discovery & Posture (posted October 12, 2026): "AI agents are appearing across the enterprise faster than anyone can keep track of them, and you cannot secure what you cannot see", with discovery "covering Microsoft Azure today and expanding to AWS and Google Cloud" and on endpoints; a Senior Product Manager - Identity Inventory, Correlation and Graph: "someone holding six accounts across three clouds should show up once".Source
    • HiringVP, Sales Development (Boston, posted September 2, 2026), reporting to the President: "the multi-year vision for outbound pipeline generation", "outbound and inbound qualification motions", "identifying whitespace and expansion opportunity"; plus a Manager, Sales Development Representatives (Boston) and three Data Governance Analyst - Salesforce roles (Mexico City).Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: "Accelerate AI Securely" and "Agentic Identities - Govern and control access for AI agents and autonomous systems" lead the menu; three ways in: "Interactive demo ... No sales call required", "Live demo" and "30-day trial"; "4.6/5 Rating from 1,607 Gartner Peer Insights Reviews"; "Leader, Gartner Magic Quadrant for PAM, 2025"; a whitepaper "Beyond Credential Brokering: Runtime Authorization for AI Agents".Source
  • 10

    The new EMEA & APAC communications manager runs agencies in seven markets and must report on coverage. Delinea has pages in seven languages, but coverage is usually measured in mentions, not meetings.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Corporate Communications Mana…

    First action

    Tag the links in the next regional announcement.

    How to measure it

    Meetings from PR

    Now
    –
    Target
    20 a quarter
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Template page

      Local version.

      Web team 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Tag links

      Campaign codes per outlet.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations 1 week

    3. 3

      Brief agencies

      Use the tagged link.

      Corporate Communications Manager EMEA & APAC 1 week

    4. 4

      Localise proof

      Regional customer quote.

      Corporate Communications Manager EMEA & APAC per launch

    5. 5

      Dashboard

      Coverage and pipeline.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations 1 month

    6. 6

      Review

      By market.

      Corporate Communications Manager EMEA & APAC quarterly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Corporate Communications Manager EMEA & APAC

    Smallest test

    Run it on one announcement in Germany.

    Why it works

    For each regional announcement, publish a local landing page in the language of the market with a local proof point and form, tag coverage links, and report meetings and pipeline from PR alongside sentiment.

    Linking PR to pipeline justifies agency spend and shows which markets respond.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Journalists drop tracking codes

      Use short memorable local URLs.

    Evidence

    • HiringSenior Copywriter (US remote, posted October 7, 2026): "eBooks, whitepapers, research reports, blog posts, web copy, emails, landing pages", working with "the SEO/AEO team" on "search and answer-engine visibility". Corporate Communications Manager EMEA & APAC (London, posted October 19, 2026): runs regional agencies "across the UK, France, Germany, Middle East, India, Singapore, and Australia" and will "Track media coverage and develop regular reporting dashboards".Source
    • Your websiteSitemap (2,828 URLs): 687 event pages (275 conferences, 178 webinars, 128 podcasts), including 2022-2024 conference pages that carry noindex but are still listed; 148 "what-is" glossary pages and 653 blog URLs; versions in German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish and Chinese; free trial pages for Secret Server and Privilege Manager; a PAM journey assessment tool; comparison pages against CyberArk, Okta, Microsoft, BeyondTrust, CrowdStrike, Cisco, Keeper, Silverfort and Arcon.Source
    • HiringSenior Director, Marketing Operations (US remote, posted October 23, 2026): "the strategic leader of Delinea's top-of-funnel engine", "accountable for how demand becomes measurable, forecastable pipeline"; owns "marketing automation, lead scoring, routing, and attribution tooling", will "Define and maintain MQL/SQL definitions, scoring models, and SLAs governing lead flow and speed-to-lead" and "go into the technical weeds of a lead routing rule or MQL definition"; manages a Director, Top-of-Funnel Operations and "the near-shore (Mexico-based) data quality team"; data practices must meet "SOX/IPO-readiness requirements".Source
  • 11

    The identity graph team says "someone holding six accounts across three clouds should show up once". The same is true of a buyer who has been a lead under Thycotic, Centrify, Fastpath, StrongDM and Delinea. Delinea is hiring three Salesforce data governance analysts.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Data Governance Analyst Sales…

    First action

    Measure today's duplicate rate in a sample of 1,000 leads.

    How to measure it

    Duplicate contacts

    Now
    –
    Target
    -70%
    By
    1 quarter

    Steps

    1. 1

      Sample

      1,000 leads.

      Data Governance Analyst - Salesforce 1 week

    2. 2

      Matching rules

      People and accounts.

      Data Governance Analyst - Salesforce 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Merge

      In batches.

      Data Governance Analyst - Salesforce 1 month

    4. 4

      Prevent

      Rules on new leads.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations 2 weeks

    5. 5

      Account matching

      Leads to accounts.

      Data Governance Analyst - Salesforce 1 month

    6. 6

      Report

      Before and after.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Data team time
    Owner
    Data Governance Analyst Salesforce

    Smallest test

    Merge duplicates in one region.

    Why it works

    Run a correlation project on leads and contacts: match people and accounts across brands and sources, merge duplicates, and set rules that keep them merged. Report the before and after on duplicate rate and routing errors.

    Clean records make routing, scoring and attribution trustworthy, which is the base for every other funnel fix.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Wrong merges

      Review low-confidence matches by hand.

    Evidence

    • HiringProduct hiring around AI agents: a Staff Software Engineer - AI Discovery & Posture (posted October 12, 2026): "AI agents are appearing across the enterprise faster than anyone can keep track of them, and you cannot secure what you cannot see", with discovery "covering Microsoft Azure today and expanding to AWS and Google Cloud" and on endpoints; a Senior Product Manager - Identity Inventory, Correlation and Graph: "someone holding six accounts across three clouds should show up once".Source
    • HiringVP, Sales Development (Boston, posted September 2, 2026), reporting to the President: "the multi-year vision for outbound pipeline generation", "outbound and inbound qualification motions", "identifying whitespace and expansion opportunity"; plus a Manager, Sales Development Representatives (Boston) and three Data Governance Analyst - Salesforce roles (Mexico City).Source
    • HiringSenior Director, Marketing Operations (US remote, posted October 23, 2026): "the strategic leader of Delinea's top-of-funnel engine", "accountable for how demand becomes measurable, forecastable pipeline"; owns "marketing automation, lead scoring, routing, and attribution tooling", will "Define and maintain MQL/SQL definitions, scoring models, and SLAs governing lead flow and speed-to-lead" and "go into the technical weeds of a lead routing rule or MQL definition"; manages a Director, Top-of-Funnel Operations and "the near-shore (Mexico-based) data quality team"; data practices must meet "SOX/IPO-readiness requirements".Source
    • Your websiteDelinea completed its acquisition of StrongDM on March 5, 2026, to unify PAM with just-in-time runtime authorization for human and non-human identities, including AI agents; coverage put Delinea at about $400 million in annual recurring revenue.Source
  • 12

    The copywriter writes eBooks, whitepapers and research reports, and Delinea's AI agent message needs depth beyond one whitepaper. Practitioners need a playbook they can apply.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Senior Copywriter

    First action

    Outline the chapters with product and field engineers.

    How to measure it

    Downloads to meeting rate

    Now
    –
    Target
    5%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Outline

      With engineers.

      Senior Copywriter 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Write

      Chapters and checklists.

      Senior Copywriter 1 month

    3. 3

      Review

      Product and legal.

      Product Marketing 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Design

      Readable layout.

      Brand team 2 weeks

    5. 5

      Launch

      Paid and organic.

      Demand Generation 1 month

    6. 6

      Follow up

      SDR sequence by chapter read.

      Manager, Sales Development Representatives ongoing

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Writing and design time
    Owner
    Senior Copywriter

    Smallest test

    Publish the inventory chapter as a blog post.

    Why it works

    Write a practical guide: inventory, ownership, credentials, runtime policies, audit and response for AI agents, with checklists and examples. Keep the first chapter open and gate the full guide with a short form.

    Useful depth builds trust and produces leads with clear intent.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Too promotional

      Keep product mentions to the last chapter.

    Evidence

    • HiringSenior Copywriter (US remote, posted October 7, 2026): "eBooks, whitepapers, research reports, blog posts, web copy, emails, landing pages", working with "the SEO/AEO team" on "search and answer-engine visibility". Corporate Communications Manager EMEA & APAC (London, posted October 19, 2026): runs regional agencies "across the UK, France, Germany, Middle East, India, Singapore, and Australia" and will "Track media coverage and develop regular reporting dashboards".Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: "Accelerate AI Securely" and "Agentic Identities - Govern and control access for AI agents and autonomous systems" lead the menu; three ways in: "Interactive demo ... No sales call required", "Live demo" and "30-day trial"; "4.6/5 Rating from 1,607 Gartner Peer Insights Reviews"; "Leader, Gartner Magic Quadrant for PAM, 2025"; a whitepaper "Beyond Credential Brokering: Runtime Authorization for AI Agents".Source
    • HiringProduct hiring around AI agents: a Staff Software Engineer - AI Discovery & Posture (posted October 12, 2026): "AI agents are appearing across the enterprise faster than anyone can keep track of them, and you cannot secure what you cannot see", with discovery "covering Microsoft Azure today and expanding to AWS and Google Cloud" and on endpoints; a Senior Product Manager - Identity Inventory, Correlation and Graph: "someone holding six accounts across three clouds should show up once".Source
  • 13

    Delinea runs a large partner programme with deal registration and a partner portal, and the funnel leader owns lead-to-opportunity across channels. Partner-sourced leads often follow different rules and are measured separately.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 2 quarters Channel team

    First action

    Map how partner leads enter the CRM today.

    How to measure it

    Partner leads with full stage data

    Now
    –
    Target
    90%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Map flows

      Partner lead paths.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Align stages

      Same definitions.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Update portal

      Product picker and forms.

      Channel team 1 month

    4. 4

      Speed rules

      Partner response SLA.

      Channel team 1 month

    5. 5

      Report

      Weekly review.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations weekly

    6. 6

      Review with partners

      Quarterly.

      Channel team quarterly

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Channel team

    Smallest test

    Align one top partner first.

    Why it works

    Bring partner leads into the same stage definitions and speed promise, share the cleaned product picker with partners, and report partner-sourced and partner-influenced pipeline in the weekly review.

    One funnel across direct and partner makes forecasting and partner investment decisions easier.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Partner pushback

      Share the data back to them.

    Evidence

    • HiringSenior Director, Marketing Operations (US remote, posted October 23, 2026): "the strategic leader of Delinea's top-of-funnel engine", "accountable for how demand becomes measurable, forecastable pipeline"; owns "marketing automation, lead scoring, routing, and attribution tooling", will "Define and maintain MQL/SQL definitions, scoring models, and SLAs governing lead flow and speed-to-lead" and "go into the technical weeds of a lead routing rule or MQL definition"; manages a Director, Top-of-Funnel Operations and "the near-shore (Mexico-based) data quality team"; data practices must meet "SOX/IPO-readiness requirements".Source
    • Your websiteSitemap (2,828 URLs): 687 event pages (275 conferences, 178 webinars, 128 podcasts), including 2022-2024 conference pages that carry noindex but are still listed; 148 "what-is" glossary pages and 653 blog URLs; versions in German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish and Chinese; free trial pages for Secret Server and Privilege Manager; a PAM journey assessment tool; comparison pages against CyberArk, Okta, Microsoft, BeyondTrust, CrowdStrike, Cisco, Keeper, Silverfort and Arcon.Source
    • Your websiteThe product picker on both forms has 17 options. It includes "Privileged Behavior Analytics" (and, on the demo form, "Password Reset Server"), which have no product page in the sitemap, but not Privileged Remote Access, Delinea Iris AI, Continuous Identity Discovery, AI-driven authorization or StrongDM, all of which the site sells; otherwise a visitor picks "Multiple Products or Not Sure".Source
  • 14

    Delinea runs a very large event programme (275 conference pages, 178 webinars, customer days, dinners and user groups). Event leads often wait for list uploads and arrive without context.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Field Marketing

    First action

    Measure the average delay from event to first follow-up.

    How to measure it

    Event-to-meeting rate

    Now
    –
    Target
    +30%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Baseline

      Delay and meeting rate.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations 1 week

    2. 2

      Upload rule

      24 hours.

      Field Marketing 1 week

    3. 3

      Capture context

      Session or conversation.

      Field Marketing per event

    4. 4

      Route

      Hot leads to SDRs.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations 1 week

    5. 5

      Follow-up templates

      By topic.

      Manager, Sales Development Representatives 1 week

    6. 6

      Report

      Pipeline per event.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Field Marketing

    Smallest test

    Apply the rule to the next event.

    Why it works

    Set a 24-hour upload and scoring rule for every event, capture which session or conversation each lead had, and route hot leads to SDRs with that context. Report pipeline per event.

    Fast, contextual follow-up turns event spend into meetings while the conversation is fresh.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Badge scan quality

      Add a one-question note at the booth.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteSitemap (2,828 URLs): 687 event pages (275 conferences, 178 webinars, 128 podcasts), including 2022-2024 conference pages that carry noindex but are still listed; 148 "what-is" glossary pages and 653 blog URLs; versions in German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish and Chinese; free trial pages for Secret Server and Privilege Manager; a PAM journey assessment tool; comparison pages against CyberArk, Okta, Microsoft, BeyondTrust, CrowdStrike, Cisco, Keeper, Silverfort and Arcon.Source
    • HiringSenior Director, Marketing Operations (US remote, posted October 23, 2026): "the strategic leader of Delinea's top-of-funnel engine", "accountable for how demand becomes measurable, forecastable pipeline"; owns "marketing automation, lead scoring, routing, and attribution tooling", will "Define and maintain MQL/SQL definitions, scoring models, and SLAs governing lead flow and speed-to-lead" and "go into the technical weeds of a lead routing rule or MQL definition"; manages a Director, Top-of-Funnel Operations and "the near-shore (Mexico-based) data quality team"; data practices must meet "SOX/IPO-readiness requirements".Source
    • HiringVP, Sales Development (Boston, posted September 2, 2026), reporting to the President: "the multi-year vision for outbound pipeline generation", "outbound and inbound qualification motions", "identifying whitespace and expansion opportunity"; plus a Manager, Sales Development Representatives (Boston) and three Data Governance Analyst - Salesforce roles (Mexico City).Source
  • 15

    Delinea publishes an Identity Security Report each year and the comms role runs regional agencies. Global findings get more coverage when cut by country.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 quarter Corporate Communications Mana…

    First action

    Check which countries have enough survey responses.

    How to measure it

    Regional articles

    Now
    –
    Target
    30 per report
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Check samples

      By country.

      Research team 1 week

    2. 2

      Cut findings

      Regional angles.

      Corporate Communications Manager EMEA & APAC 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Brief agencies

      Local pitches.

      Corporate Communications Manager EMEA & APAC 1 week

    4. 4

      Spokespeople

      Regional leaders.

      Corporate Communications Manager EMEA & APAC 2 weeks

    5. 5

      Pitch

      Staggered by market.

      Corporate Communications Manager EMEA & APAC 1 month

    6. 6

      Report

      Coverage and pipeline.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Agency time
    Owner
    Corporate Communications Manager EMEA & APAC

    Smallest test

    Pitch one regional cut in the UK.

    Why it works

    Cut the report's findings by region (UK, Germany, France, Middle East, India, Singapore, Australia), give each agency a local angle and spokesperson, and link coverage to the local landing pages.

    Local data is what regional journalists need; one study becomes seven stories.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Small samples

      Only publish regions with enough responses.

    Evidence

    • HiringSenior Copywriter (US remote, posted October 7, 2026): "eBooks, whitepapers, research reports, blog posts, web copy, emails, landing pages", working with "the SEO/AEO team" on "search and answer-engine visibility". Corporate Communications Manager EMEA & APAC (London, posted October 19, 2026): runs regional agencies "across the UK, France, Germany, Middle East, India, Singapore, and Australia" and will "Track media coverage and develop regular reporting dashboards".Source
    • Your websiteSitemap (2,828 URLs): 687 event pages (275 conferences, 178 webinars, 128 podcasts), including 2022-2024 conference pages that carry noindex but are still listed; 148 "what-is" glossary pages and 653 blog URLs; versions in German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish and Chinese; free trial pages for Secret Server and Privilege Manager; a PAM journey assessment tool; comparison pages against CyberArk, Okta, Microsoft, BeyondTrust, CrowdStrike, Cisco, Keeper, Silverfort and Arcon.Source

Big bets 3

Larger plays that can change the trajectory.

  • 16

    Delinea is building AI agent discovery across clouds and endpoints. Aggregated, anonymised counts of agents, their access and their risks would be a unique view of how fast agents spread.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 4 quarters Senior Product Manager Identi…

    First action

    Agree consent terms and minimum sample.

    How to measure it

    Index downloads

    Now
    –
    Target
    5,000 a quarter
    By
    4 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Consent

      Customer terms.

      Legal 1 quarter

    2. 2

      Define metrics

      Five measures.

      Senior Product Manager - Identity Inventory, Correlation and Graph 1 month

    3. 3

      Build pipeline

      Aggregation.

      Staff Software Engineer - AI Discovery & Posture 1 quarter

    4. 4

      Write

      Index and commentary.

      Senior Copywriter 1 month

    5. 5

      Launch

      Press and analysts.

      Corporate Communications Manager EMEA & APAC 1 month

    6. 6

      Repeat

      Quarterly.

      Senior Product Manager - Identity Inventory, Correlation and Graph quarterly

    First result
    4 quarters
    Cost
    Engineering and research time
    Owner
    Senior Product Manager Identity Inventory, Correlation and Graph

    Smallest test

    Publish one statistic from pilot customers.

    Why it works

    Publish a quarterly index from consenting customers: agents per thousand employees, share with standing privileges, most common risky permissions. Launch through comms and use it in sales.

    Original data makes Delinea the reference on AI agent risk.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Customer confidentiality

      Aggregate across many customers.

    Evidence

    • HiringProduct hiring around AI agents: a Staff Software Engineer - AI Discovery & Posture (posted October 12, 2026): "AI agents are appearing across the enterprise faster than anyone can keep track of them, and you cannot secure what you cannot see", with discovery "covering Microsoft Azure today and expanding to AWS and Google Cloud" and on endpoints; a Senior Product Manager - Identity Inventory, Correlation and Graph: "someone holding six accounts across three clouds should show up once".Source
    • HiringSenior Copywriter (US remote, posted October 7, 2026): "eBooks, whitepapers, research reports, blog posts, web copy, emails, landing pages", working with "the SEO/AEO team" on "search and answer-engine visibility". Corporate Communications Manager EMEA & APAC (London, posted October 19, 2026): runs regional agencies "across the UK, France, Germany, Middle East, India, Singapore, and Australia" and will "Track media coverage and develop regular reporting dashboards".Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: "Accelerate AI Securely" and "Agentic Identities - Govern and control access for AI agents and autonomous systems" lead the menu; three ways in: "Interactive demo ... No sales call required", "Live demo" and "30-day trial"; "4.6/5 Rating from 1,607 Gartner Peer Insights Reviews"; "Leader, Gartner Magic Quadrant for PAM, 2025"; a whitepaper "Beyond Credential Brokering: Runtime Authorization for AI Agents".Source
  • 17

    StrongDM brought runtime authorization popular with engineering teams. Developers try tools before talking to sales, and Delinea's trials are centred on Secret Server and Privilege Manager.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 4 quarters Product Marketing

    First action

    Define the trial limits.

    How to measure it

    Active trial teams

    Now
    –
    Target
    200 a quarter
    By
    4 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Define limits

      Users and resources.

      Product Marketing 1 month

    2. 2

      Build signup

      Self-serve.

      Engineering 1 quarter

    3. 3

      Docs

      Quick start.

      Senior Copywriter 1 month

    4. 4

      PQL scoring

      Usage thresholds.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations 1 month

    5. 5

      Route

      To sales.

      Manager, Sales Development Representatives ongoing

    6. 6

      Review

      Conversion.

      Chief Revenue Officer quarterly

    First result
    4 quarters
    Cost
    Engineering time
    Owner
    Product Marketing

    Smallest test

    Offer a guided trial to 20 teams.

    Why it works

    Offer a self-serve trial of runtime authorization for a small team, with docs, a quick start and in-product upgrade, and route active teams to sales as product-qualified leads.

    A developer-led entry point opens accounts that enterprise outreach would reach later.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Support load

      Community and docs first.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteDelinea completed its acquisition of StrongDM on March 5, 2026, to unify PAM with just-in-time runtime authorization for human and non-human identities, including AI agents; coverage put Delinea at about $400 million in annual recurring revenue.Source
    • Your websiteSitemap (2,828 URLs): 687 event pages (275 conferences, 178 webinars, 128 podcasts), including 2022-2024 conference pages that carry noindex but are still listed; 148 "what-is" glossary pages and 653 blog URLs; versions in German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish and Chinese; free trial pages for Secret Server and Privilege Manager; a PAM journey assessment tool; comparison pages against CyberArk, Okta, Microsoft, BeyondTrust, CrowdStrike, Cisco, Keeper, Silverfort and Arcon.Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: "Accelerate AI Securely" and "Agentic Identities - Govern and control access for AI agents and autonomous systems" lead the menu; three ways in: "Interactive demo ... No sales call required", "Live demo" and "30-day trial"; "4.6/5 Rating from 1,607 Gartner Peer Insights Reviews"; "Leader, Gartner Magic Quadrant for PAM, 2025"; a whitepaper "Beyond Credential Brokering: Runtime Authorization for AI Agents".Source
  • 18

    The funnel leader owns scoring and attribution; Delinea already captures web visits, trials, interactive demos and event attendance. Combined at the account level, they show buying groups forming.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 3 quarters Senior Director

    First action

    List the signals available today.

    How to measure it

    Pipeline from scored accounts

    Now
    –
    Target
    30%
    By
    3 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Inventory signals

      Web, product, event.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Build model

      Account score.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations 1 quarter

    3. 3

      Daily list

      For SDRs.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations 1 month

    4. 4

      Train SDRs

      Use the reason.

      Manager, Sales Development Representatives 2 weeks

    5. 5

      Measure

      Opportunity rate.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations monthly

    6. 6

      Tune

      Quarterly.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations quarterly

    First result
    3 quarters
    Cost
    Tooling and analyst time
    Owner
    Senior Director, Marketing Operations

    Smallest test

    Hand-score 50 accounts and compare.

    Why it works

    Build an account score from visits to pricing and comparison pages, trial and demo use, event attendance and enrichment data, and give SDRs a daily list of rising accounts with the reason.

    Account-level signals fit enterprise buying committees better than single-lead scores.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Privacy rules

      Use only consented and lawful data.

    Evidence

    • HiringSenior Director, Marketing Operations (US remote, posted October 23, 2026): "the strategic leader of Delinea's top-of-funnel engine", "accountable for how demand becomes measurable, forecastable pipeline"; owns "marketing automation, lead scoring, routing, and attribution tooling", will "Define and maintain MQL/SQL definitions, scoring models, and SLAs governing lead flow and speed-to-lead" and "go into the technical weeds of a lead routing rule or MQL definition"; manages a Director, Top-of-Funnel Operations and "the near-shore (Mexico-based) data quality team"; data practices must meet "SOX/IPO-readiness requirements".Source
    • HiringVP, Sales Development (Boston, posted September 2, 2026), reporting to the President: "the multi-year vision for outbound pipeline generation", "outbound and inbound qualification motions", "identifying whitespace and expansion opportunity"; plus a Manager, Sales Development Representatives (Boston) and three Data Governance Analyst - Salesforce roles (Mexico City).Source
    • Your websiteSitemap (2,828 URLs): 687 event pages (275 conferences, 178 webinars, 128 podcasts), including 2022-2024 conference pages that carry noindex but are still listed; 148 "what-is" glossary pages and 653 blog URLs; versions in German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish and Chinese; free trial pages for Secret Server and Privilege Manager; a PAM journey assessment tool; comparison pages against CyberArk, Okta, Microsoft, BeyondTrust, CrowdStrike, Cisco, Keeper, Silverfort and Arcon.Source

Wildcards 3

Unexpected experiments, each with a cheap way to test it.

  • 19

    The sitemap lists 687 event pages, including conference pages from 2022 to 2024 that already carry noindex. Search engines waste crawl time on them, and visitors who land on one find an old date.

    Low impactLow effort First result in 1 month Web team

    First action

    List event pages older than a year.

    How to measure it

    Sitemap URLs that are indexable

    Now
    –
    Target
    100%
    By
    1 quarter

    Steps

    1. 1

      List old pages

      Older than a year.

      Web team 1 day

    2. 2

      Remove from sitemap

      Noindexed pages.

      Web team 1 day

    3. 3

      Redirect oldest

      To the hub.

      Web team 1 week

    4. 4

      Pick recaps

      Top ten.

      Field Marketing 1 week

    5. 5

      Write recaps

      Talks and resources.

      Senior Copywriter 2 weeks

    6. 6

      Rule for new events

      Recap or retire after the date.

      Field Marketing ongoing

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    $0
    Owner
    Web team

    Smallest test

    Remove noindexed events from the sitemap.

    Why it works

    Remove noindexed past events from the sitemap, redirect the oldest to the events hub, and turn the ten best events into lasting recap pages with talks and resources.

    A tidy sitemap helps the pages that matter get crawled, and recaps keep the best content working.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Losing links

      Redirect pages that have backlinks.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteSitemap (2,828 URLs): 687 event pages (275 conferences, 178 webinars, 128 podcasts), including 2022-2024 conference pages that carry noindex but are still listed; 148 "what-is" glossary pages and 653 blog URLs; versions in German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish and Chinese; free trial pages for Secret Server and Privilege Manager; a PAM journey assessment tool; comparison pages against CyberArk, Okta, Microsoft, BeyondTrust, CrowdStrike, Cisco, Keeper, Silverfort and Arcon.Source
  • 20

    Delinea has a PAM journey assessment tool and an identity security maturity model. Visitors who complete them reveal their maturity and gaps, which is the best possible start to a sales conversation.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 quarter Manager

    First action

    Check how many completed the assessment last quarter.

    How to measure it

    Assessment-to-meeting rate

    Now
    –
    Target
    10%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Baseline

      Completions.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations 1 week

    2. 2

      Report

      Personal results email.

      Senior Copywriter 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Route

      Mid-maturity to SDRs.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations 1 week

    4. 4

      Offer

      Tailored next step.

      Manager, Sales Development Representatives 1 week

    5. 5

      Peer view

      Benchmarks.

      Web team 1 month

    6. 6

      Promote

      In nurture emails.

      Demand Generation ongoing

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Manager, Sales Development Representatives

    Smallest test

    Email last quarter's completers.

    Why it works

    Send completers a short personal report, route mid-maturity results to SDRs with a tailored offer, and add a "compare with peers" view.

    Self-assessments create qualified, self-diagnosed leads.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Few completions

      Promote the tool in ads and emails.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteSitemap (2,828 URLs): 687 event pages (275 conferences, 178 webinars, 128 podcasts), including 2022-2024 conference pages that carry noindex but are still listed; 148 "what-is" glossary pages and 653 blog URLs; versions in German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish and Chinese; free trial pages for Secret Server and Privilege Manager; a PAM journey assessment tool; comparison pages against CyberArk, Okta, Microsoft, BeyondTrust, CrowdStrike, Cisco, Keeper, Silverfort and Arcon.Source
    • HiringVP, Sales Development (Boston, posted September 2, 2026), reporting to the President: "the multi-year vision for outbound pipeline generation", "outbound and inbound qualification motions", "identifying whitespace and expansion opportunity"; plus a Manager, Sales Development Representatives (Boston) and three Data Governance Analyst - Salesforce roles (Mexico City).Source
  • 21

    Delinea claims "90% fewer resources to manage than the nearest competitor" and 99.995% uptime. Customers renewing want their own numbers, not the general claim.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 quarter Senior Technical Account Mana…

    First action

    Draft the summary for five renewals.

    How to measure it

    Renewal rate

    Now
    –
    Target
    +3 points
    By
    3 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick metrics

      Five per product.

      Senior Technical Account Manager 1 week

    2. 2

      Template

      One page.

      Product Marketing 1 week

    3. 3

      Automate data

      From product telemetry.

      Engineering 1 quarter

    4. 4

      Use at renewals

      90 days before.

      Senior Technical Account Manager ongoing

    5. 5

      Add next step

      Expansion idea.

      Senior Technical Account Manager ongoing

    6. 6

      Measure

      Retention and expansion.

      Senior Director, Marketing Operations quarterly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Senior Technical Account Manager

    Smallest test

    Send five summaries by hand.

    Why it works

    Before each renewal, prepare a one-page summary for the customer: uptime, credentials rotated, sessions recorded, admin time saved, and what to add next.

    Specific proof makes renewals easier and opens expansion.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Telemetry gaps

      Start with cloud customers.

    Evidence

    • HiringCompany description in every post: the "cloud-native Identity Security Platform" with "deployment in weeks, not months, 90% fewer resources to manage than the nearest competitor, and a 99.995% uptime", backed by "strategic investment from TPG".Source
    • Your websiteDelinea completed its acquisition of StrongDM on March 5, 2026, to unify PAM with just-in-time runtime authorization for human and non-human identities, including AI agents; coverage put Delinea at about $400 million in annual recurring revenue.Source

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30/60/90 roadmap

What to focus on in each month, and the ideas that carry it.

  1. Days 1 to 307 ideas

    Form picker and fields, five-minute response, homepage speed, Gartner proof on forms, product-qualified handoff and answer pages for AI agents; tidy the event sitemap.

  2. Days 31 to 6011 ideas

    One funnel definition, runtime authorization cross-sell, the discovery outbound play, PR to pipeline, CRM correlation, the AI agent guide, partner and event lead rules, regional research stories; assessment opener and renewal summaries.

  3. Days 61 to 903 ideas

    Commit to the big bets: an AI agent index, a self-serve runtime authorization trial and account-level intent scoring.

The research behind the plan

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Customers

What customers say

Customers value ease of use for complex PAM tasks. The most cited problem: standing privileges and sprawl of accounts.

  • Fast deployment
  • AI agents with unknown access
  • In their words: “privileged access”

Market

Competitive landscape

4 competitors compared: CyberArk, BeyondTrust, Okta and Microsoft.

  • Gap to exploit: Runtime authorization for AI agents
  • CyberArk: Complexity and cost of deployment
  • BeyondTrust: Fewer AI agent capabilities

Hiring signals

Delinea is rebuilding how demand becomes pipeline.

  • Senior Director, Marketing Operations: Scoring, routing, speed-to-lead, one funnel. Ideas 1, 2, 5, 7, 18.
  • VP, Sales Development: Outbound and inbound qualification, whitespace. Ideas 2, 8, 9.
  • Manager, Sales Development Representatives: SDR team in Boston. Ideas 2, 20.

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