Product Marketing Manager, Startup Segment

Stripe
San Francisco +5 more
RemoteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Geared toward marketing professionals comfortable with shaping product narratives for startups, with a focus on cross-functional collaboration and technical communication. The role is mid-level and requires experience with data-driven strategies and interdependent projects.

Best fit for

  • Marketing professionals with 7+ years of experience and a background in translating technical features into business benefits for startups
    — “Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including experience translating technical features into benefits for technical audiences”
  • Candidates who thrive in cross-functional teams and have a track record of managing complex, interdependent projects
    — “Experience managing complex, interdependent, cross-functional projects”

Things to consider

  • The role demands a high level of technical understanding and the ability to simplify it for non-technical audiences
    — “Ability to learn technical concepts and explain them clearly to nontechnical audiences”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in developing go-to-market strategies for startups or venture communities
    — “Experience working with or marketing to startup or venture communities”
  • Emphasize your ability to craft compelling narratives that align with customer value propositions
    — “Develop messaging and positioning for Stripe’s startup customer segment”
  • Showcase your cross-functional project management experience, especially with teams like Sales and Field Marketing
    — “Partner with Campaigns, Field Marketing, and Sales to develop the marketing strategy for startup customers”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · CompanyLevel · Mid

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • developing go-to-market strategies
  • driving product adoption
  • partnering with cross-functional teams
Typical background
B2B SaaSenterprise software

Skills & requirements

Required

Product MarketingGo-to-market StrategySales EnablementCross-functional CollaborationMarket Research

Preferred

Startup ExperienceVenture Community Knowledge

Stack & domain

Product MarketingCampaign ContentSales EnablementField MarketingCommunicationsCustomer InsightsData AnalysisCommunicationTeamworkProblem-solvingDecision-makingLeadershipB2B SaasStartup MarketingVenture Communities

About the role

Original posting from Stripe

Who we are

About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world's largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About the team

Our Product Marketing team’s mission is to generate customer insights that inform Stripe’s strategy and lead go-to-market efforts for our suite of products. Product Marketing is a highly cross-functional function at Stripe, partnering closely with Product, Sales, Demand Generation, Field Marketing, and Campaigns. Unlike many other product marketing teams, our team works across the entire product lifecycle, from helping shape products to driving launches and commercialization to growing product adoption after launch.

The Segment and Industry Product Marketing team drives growth across our priority customer segments and top industries. In this role, you will develop Stripe’s go-to-market strategy for the startup customer segment. You will develop messaging and positioning, craft the narrative for how our products deliver value to customers, and engage teams across Sales, Demand Generation, Field Marketing, and Communications to drive awareness, pipeline, and revenue across Stripe’s existing customer base and prospects.

What you’ll do

As Startup Segment Product Marketing Manager, you will define the go-to-market strategy for Stripe’s startup customers. You will use customer insights and data to develop positioning, create campaign content and sales enablement assets, and partner with cross-functional teams to drive awareness, demand, and product adoption.

Responsibilities

Develop messaging and positioning for Stripe’s startup customer segment

Create campaign-level content, user stories, and sales enablement assets

Partner with Campaigns, Field Marketing, and Sales to develop the marketing strategy for startup customers

Drive awareness, demand, and product adoption among startup customers and prospects

Enable Sales teams to articulate the value of Stripe’s products and competitive solutions

Who you are

We're looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum requirements

7+ years of marketing or product experience

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including experience translating technical features into benefits for technical audiences

Experience using data and customer insights to identify opportunities and drive results

Experience managing complex, interdependent, cross-functional projects

Ability to learn technical concepts and explain them clearly to nontechnical audiences

Preferred qualifications

Experience working with or marketing to startup or venture communities

Source: Stripe careers

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