Manager 2, Product Marketing

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Own 1-year business outcomes for our Payments portfolio, including strategic choices about where to play and how to win, and effectively communicate data-backed business plans and performance data across teams and up to executive leadership through ongoing forecasting, reporting and root cause analyses.
• Leverage deep customer insights, product expertise, and competitive intelligence to inform a segmentation strategy, develop winning product positioning including differentiated, insights-based messaging and claims, and influence the product roadmap to deliver on the biggest customer needs.
• Develop research and testing plans and actively analyze business data from multiple sources to generate insights, make informed decisions, and turn these insights into compelling business cases and end-to-end customer experiences.
• Leverage storytelling, customer insights, data and business acumen to lead initiatives and influence the roadmap at any phase of the product life cycle (from idea to maturity) and execute an impactful GTM plan that prioritizes business results with product and channel partners.
• Partner closely with cross-functional teams spanning marketing, product, design, business development, analytics, finance, credit, risk, legal, strategy, sales, and customer success.
• Contribute to 3-year strategic planning and make decisions that benefit the customer and the entire portfolio.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in product marketing strategy, management consulting, or strategic roles within high-growth environments, and cross-functional execution.
• Experience leading and cultivating high performance teams.
• Proven ability to influence and lead cross-functional teams, build trust, and drive outcomes in a matrixed organization.
• Strong Product Marketing craft; fintech or Payments experience preferred.
• Strategic thinking: Strong capability to translate strategic plans into actionable tasks, ensuring project completion and alignment with business goals.
• Understanding and utilizing core marketing frameworks to develop segmentation, targeting, and positioning, and translate strategy into product roadmaps and go-to-market plans.
• Analytical and problem solving orientation: comfort with testing methodologies and synthesizing data to analyze ROI, develop insights, and make growth recommendations.
• Ability to prioritize and make strategic choices, balancing short and long-term business outcomes.
• Demonstrated high levels of ownership, responsibility, initiative, and a desire to drive measurable performance results.
• Technical Acumen: Understanding of payment systems and money movement is a plus.
• Excellent verbal, written/presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
• BA/BS required, MBA preferred, or equivalent work experience.
• Experience with small- and mid-sized business a plus.

Nice to Have

• Fintech or Payments experience
• Understanding of payment systems and money movement
• Experience with small- and mid-sized businesses

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree required, MBA preferred, or equivalent work experience.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach.
• Expected base pay range varies by location (Bay Area California: $171,500-$231,500; Southern California: $159,000-$215,500).
• Eligibility for cash bonus, equity rewards, and benefits in accordance with applicable plans and programs.