Customer Marketing Manager

San Francisco, CA (On-site)

$160K/yr – $250K/yrMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 6 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the customer reference engine and turn Port customers into credible sales proof by building a scalable library, tiered engagement tracks, and compelling narratives that speak to engineering leaders and platform teams.

  • Own the end-to-end reference program from data library to reusable assets used in decks and campaigns.
  • Align with Sales and CS to identify champions at strategic accounts and convert them into case studies, speakers, or advisory participants.
  • Package insights into product messaging and competitive materials to accelerate deals.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Build and scale Port's customer reference program, including a structured database of referenceable customers, advocates, and proof points segmented by use case, industry, company size, and persona
  • Partner with Sales and Customer Success to identify and cultivate customer champions at strategic accounts
  • Develop tiered reference tracks — reference calls, case studies, event speakers, advisory participation — matched to sales stage and buyer need
  • Storytelling & Content: Lead production of high-impact customer content: written case studies, video testimonials, one-pagers, ROI spotlights, blog posts, webinars, social proof snippets, and more
  • Interview customers and translate technical outcomes into compelling narratives for engineering leaders, platform teams, DevOps practitioners, and executive stakeholders
  • Maintain a library of use-case-specific proof points that Sales, SDRs, and Product Marketing can pull from at any stage of the funnel
  • Sales Enablement: Equip Sales and SDR teams with reference assets tailored to deal stage, vertical, use case, and objection type
  • Integrate customer evidence into core messaging, pitch decks, and competitive materials
  • Track asset usage and sales feedback to continuously improve content quality and relevance
  • Customer Advocacy & Engagement: Strategically recruit, nurture, and manage customer advocates, maintaining an ongoing engagement cadence

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in customer marketing, product marketing, or a related B2B marketing role
  • Proven experience building or scaling a customer reference or advocacy program
  • Strong storytelling instincts with excellent written and verbal communication skills — you know how to draw a compelling narrative out of a technical customer conversation
  • Technical curiosity and comfort learning complex products; familiarity with developer tools, DevOps, platform engineering, or cloud infrastructure is a strong advantage
  • Demonstrated ability to build relationships with enterprise customers, from practitioners to executive leaders
  • Highly organized, self-directed, and effective in fast-moving, cross-functional environments

Preferred

  • Experience marketing developer tools, internal developer platforms (IDPs), DevOps platforms, or infrastructure tooling
  • Familiarity with reference management or CRM tools (e.g., HubSpot, ReferenceEdge, Influitive)
  • Experience supporting high-touch executive or customer marketing programs
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Port.io

We combined hundreds of years of DevOps knowledge with thousands of hours of research to transform the developer experience as the world sees it today. Starting by building the Developer Portal that brings everyone together, and going forward as the developer experience forefront. Join our Community on Slack to discuss DevEx with your peers and influence our roadmap: https://www.getport.io/community

Founded in 2022
Middletown, Delaware, USA
375 employees (20 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
112.4K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
39.4%
Direct
44.2%
Referral
11.6%
Social
3.6%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~382

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
9 (2% of company)
Median Career Experience
10.5 years
Median Tenure
0.7 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$60M
Last Raise
Series B, 1 years ago