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Senior Director, Solutions Marketing

Relx

New York, NY
Full Time
Director
3 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

Senior Director, Solutions Marketing Are you a successful marketing leader with a talent for developing high performing teams? Are you a strategic product marketing professional that thrives in a dynamic and collaborative environment? About the Team Our Academic & Government team helps our communities accelerate knowledge for a better world by helping to establish, discover and advance knowledge. We do this by turning scientific discoveries into peer reviewed knowledge, hosting the world's richest corpus of knowledge, allowing users to unlock insights from content and by measuring the quality and impact of research - turning insights into outcomes. About the Role This highly experienced, dynamic leader leads the product marketing team for the Academic Leader and Funder part of the Elsevier portfolio. This leader will be a successful people leader with a proven track record of coaching high-performing teams, developing talent at all levels, and creating an inclusive, empowering team culture. Reporting to the VP of Audience Marketing, this role oversees competitive intelligence, messaging, and solution-specific marketing plans for SaaS, data, and analytics products. A critical ‘voice of the customer' champion, this position maintains broad awareness of market, customer and competitor dynamics to inform impactful messaging, positioning, and campaigns to drive new business and retention.

Key Responsibilities

  • Developing go-to-market strategies for core product releases and ensure successful execution.
  • Overseeing global go-to-market approach for individual solutions in accordance with company goals and in alignment with key stakeholders, e.g., sales, product development, executive team.
  • Overseeing operations of Product Marketing team. Will manage direct reports, budget planning, and reporting.
  • Establishing key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of product marketing initiatives.
  • Conducting ongoing market research to identify trends, customer needs, and the competitive landscape.
  • Owning cross-functional customer insights and competitive intelligence programs, creating a feedback loop between product marketing, sales, field marketing, and product.
  • Monitoring and analyzing market trends to inform product development and marketing strategies.
  • Collaborating with portfolio marketing and product management, developing positioning and value propositions to ensure competitive differentiation.
  • Delivering solution-level messaging and content to support middle-of-funnel and bottom-of-funnel marketing and sales motions.
  • Collaborating with Sales Leaders to create and maintain content for all parts of the sales journey (pitch decks, fact sheets, etc.).
  • Creating a product marketing organization that is seen as a valued partner by the organization.
  • Serving as an exemplar and mentor to the Product Marketing team, promoting team members' impact and career development.

Requirements

  • Have 10 years product marketing experience in a SaaS environment with at least 5 years managing a team.
  • Have excellent communication skills and ability to articulate marketing strategies and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
  • Be an excellent people leader serving as a mentor and coach to a team of product marketers.
  • Demonstrate effective problem solving skills that result in actionable solutions.
  • Be able to think strategically to develop long-term marketing plans considering market trends, competitive analysis, and growth opportunities.
  • Have proven collaboration skills to work cross functionally with sales, product management, and customer support.
  • Demonstrate ability to influence and gain buy-in from stakeholders, both within the marketing team and across the organization.
  • Be able to successfully manage relationships with stakeholders, including AG Leadership Team.

Nice to Have

  • Experience working in a global organization.
  • Knowledge of analytics, SaaS, data products, or related fields.
  • Experience in a leadership role within academic, government, or research-focused markets.

Benefits & Perks

  • Health Benefits: Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits.
  • Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan.
  • Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs.
  • Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity.
  • Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits.
  • Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts.
  • Up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice.

Working at Relx

At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world's grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world. We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization with numerous wellbeing initiatives, flexible working hours, and a focus on employee happiness and development. We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process and an inclusive environment, considering applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or genetic information.

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Job Details

Posted AtSep 23, 2025
Job CategoryProduct Marketing
SalaryCompetitive salary
Job TypeFull Time
ExperienceDirector

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About Relx

Website

relx.com

Location

New York, NY

Industry

Offices of Other Holding Companies

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