Director, Product Marketing

Role Overview

The Product Monetization Strategy team inside MAI is responsible for defining how we create user experiences that delight users and business models that empower advertisers to meet their goals. We are seeking an experienced and innovative Product Marketing Director to help us to lead the go-to-market strategy for our CRM, MarTech, and related seller tools portfolio.

What You Will Do

The ideal candidate will lead the creation of a differentiated value proposition that aligns with customer goals, drive the development of product positioning, value proposition pillars with tangible proof points and crisp messaging, and clearly articulate our product story in blog posts and tentpole event presentations for marquee product launches.

Why It Might Be a Fit

We are looking for a product marketer with a proven record of successful partnerships with Engineering and PM teams, experience applying different customer listening approaches to influence product decisions, and the ability to define compelling and differentiated product positioning.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business or related field AND 4+ years experience in business.
• OR Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business or related field AND 6+ years experience in business.
• OR equivalent experience.
• 8+ years experience in Product Marketing, Product Management or similar role, leading cross-organizational teams and working with Engineering partners.
• Proven track-record in applying different customer listening approaches to inform and influence product development.
• Experience cultivating trust-based relationships directly with senior level leaders internally.
• Solid product positioning and value proposition development skills, with experience in leading differentiated value propositions and translating complex features into compelling narratives.
• Capacity to deal with ambiguity and iterate with partners to refine new concepts and business models.
• Demonstrates curiosity and actively explores options. Responds efficiently to changing demands and circumstances, maintaining a constructive attitude.
• Data-Driven Problem Solver: Uses data to identify trends and prioritize work. Set up hypotheses and test them out to inform how we should scale.
• Organizational agility/savvy and ability to work across organizational boundaries to build alignment at multiple levels of leadership and drive closure on issues.
• Experience leading product marketing and/or go-to-market strategy for CRM, MarTech, sales productivity, or other enterprise SaaS platforms, including translating complex capabilities into clear positioning, driving adoption and change management, and influencing cross-functional teams across Product, UX, Sales, Enablement, and Operations.
• Advertising industry experience: deep knowledge of the digital advertising landscape. It can be on the agency, publisher, or brand side.

Benefits

• Benefits and other compensation
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