Senior Director of Product Marketing, Workiva

$174-296k

+ Discretionary bonus + Restricted Stock Units

Expert level
Remote in US
Workiva

Business data platform

Job no longer available

Workiva

Business data platform

1001+ employees

B2BEnterpriseComplianceAnalyticsData AnalysisCloud Computing

Job no longer available

$174-296k

+ Discretionary bonus + Restricted Stock Units

Expert level
Remote in US

1001+ employees

B2BEnterpriseComplianceAnalyticsData AnalysisCloud Computing

Company mission

Workiva’s mission is to power transparent reporting for a better world.

Role

Who you are

  • Bachelor's degree in marketing, business, or similar area of study preferred
  • 12+ years of experience in roles relating to product marketing, product development, product management, finance and accounting, audit, consulting, financial services, and product sales

Desirable

  • 8+ years of people management preferred
  • Experience in business-to-business (B2B) tech marketing, with a preference for Software as a Service (SaaS) expertise
  • Proficiency in implementing product-led growth go-to-market strategies, approaches, and tactics
  • Effective communication skills across all organizational levels, spanning from buyers and end-users to executive management
  • Demonstrated success in collaborating and influencing cross-functional leadership teams, including Sales, Marketing, Product, Sales Operations, Enablement, and Customer Success
  • Strategic mindset with the ability to derive insights from data for decision-making
  • Proven ability to innovate and optimize business-driven strategies
  • Exceptional listening, communication, and program management skills

What the job involves

  • The Senior Director of Product Marketing will lead the process of creating go-to-market strategies for products, portfolios of solutions, as well as relevant buyer personas
  • This includes product positioning/messaging, marketing strategy and sales enablement
  • This role will support marketing and sales areas, identifying emerging market opportunities and focusing sales efforts to achieve revenue goals by solution, market, and industry categories
  • The Senior Director of Product Marketing will participate in the product strategy and the road map planning process, representing the market perspective and supporting product decisions based on significant sales, customer and market feedback
  • The Senior Director of Product Marketing may manage multiple teams of Product Marketers
  • Create a go-to-market strategy for assigned products, markets, and solutions, and ensure that execution of the plan drives business goals
  • Manage platform and point-solution initiatives to focus sales efforts and ensure the achievement of revenue and profit goals for specific solutions
  • Drive the development, execution, and delivery of thought leadership content (webinars, blogs, white papers, etc.) to advance credibility and awareness, and drive pipeline
  • Collaborate with Partnerships, Product Management, Sales, Sales Operations, and Field Readiness for successful sales roll-outs of sales enablement and support tools
  • Develop product positioning and complete competitive analysis
  • Consult with customers in partnership with Product Management and Sales to explore product and market opportunities
  • Identify key functional, ecosystem, and operational requirements to serve the targeted market better
  • Provide consulting and management support to marketing and sales areas, identifying emerging market opportunities
  • Become an influencer through thought leadership exposure and speaking engagements across industry associations

Otta's take

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Sam Franklin

CEO of Otta

For large-scale businesses, collecting and sharing data can be a complex and challenging process. Workiva solves this problem with its cloud-based data platform.

Workiva is one of the biggest players in the market, serving around 75% of Fortune 500 companies, including Google and Delta. Workiva's controlled, secure and audit-ready platform has maintained a clear edge over much of its competition.

Workiva's quality product and its commitment to transparency has made it a firm favourite with companies around the world. If it can maintain this, it stands to consolidate its impressive growth even further in the coming years.

Insights

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

5% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Oct 2014

$0.7m

EARLY VC

Dec 2012

$30.7m

SERIES C

Total funding: $46.9m

Company benefits

  • A discretionary bonus typically paid annually
  • Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire
  • 401k w/ match
  • Health, dental, and vision
  • Vacation accruals
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Volunteer time-off
  • Parental leave
  • Travel & accident insurance
  • Paid holidays
  • Work remotely
  • Discount programs
  • Health and wellness
  • Pet-friendly atmosphere
  • Choose from additional plans that cover legal expenses, stolen identity, or even your pet's health

Company values

  • Customer success: Always delight our customers.
  • Innovation: Keep creating solutions and finding better ways.
  • Trust: Always rely on each other.
  • Inclusion: Support a diverse community where we all belong.
  • Integrity: Do the right thing, every time.
  • Accountability: Be responsible for your success and failure.
  • Collaboration: Share resources and work together.

Company HQ

Holborn, London, UK

Founders

Marty Vanderploeg

(CEO, not founder)

Previously worked as a Professor at Iowa State University. Founded Engineer Animation Inc. in 1990.

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