Global Growth Marketing Manager – Trial Conversion & Activation

Austin, TX (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive trial-to-customer growth for a B2B SaaS product by owning end-to-end lifecycle marketing and cross-functional execution.

  • Must-have: 5+ years in growth/demand gen for B2B SaaS with proven trial funnel optimization.
  • Standout: Hands-on experience with GA4/GA4-like analytics, MA/CRM tools, and cross-functional collaboration to impact revenue.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own the Trial Lifecycle: Design, implement, and optimize a full-funnel lifecycle marketing strategy to guide trial users to evaluate and purchase.
  • Build and Manage Agents for AI SDR Trial Funnel: Oversee the deployment and performance tuning of our Trials to provide a 24/7 personalized onboarding experience, directly addressing current yield gaps through iterative prompt engineering and workflow optimization.
  • Behavioral Nurturing: Segment trial users based on product usage and in-product behavior and develop highly personalized campaigns to drive activation.
  • Content for Conversion: Collaborate with content and product teams to create high-impact, contextually relevant content that helps users overcome setup friction and realize immediate product value.
  • Experimentation Roadmap: Design and execute rigorous A/B testing and experimentation roadmap for the entire trial-to-customer journey, including landing pages, trial signup flows, pricing pages, and in-app CTA placement.
  • Trial Extension Strategy: Develop and test strategies for offering, qualifying, and managing trial extensions to maximize conversion for high-potential users who need more time.
  • Sales Enablement: Define the conversion points for sales qualified leads and collaborate with Sales to ensure timely, effective follow-up with the most engaged trial accounts.
  • Metric Ownership & Analysis: Own and report on critical KPIs related to the trial stage, including Trial Conversion Rate, Trial Duration, Customer Acquisition Cost, Trial Abandonment, and feature Adoption Rate.
  • Data Integration: Work with Revenue Operations and Product teams to ensure data fidelity and robust tracking across all platforms (CRM, Marketing Automation, Product Analytics).
  • Insight Generation: Analyze quantitative (GA4, Adobe, Pendo) and qualitative data to diagnose drop-off points and inform/test new growth hypotheses.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in Growth Marketing, Demand Generation, or a similar role within a B2B SaaS or enterprise software environment
  • Proven track record of success in optimizing free trial, free tool, or demo funnels and demonstrably increasing conversion rates.
  • Technical fluency and experience with:
  • Marketing Automation/CRM: Outreach, Marketo, Salesforce, or similar.
  • Product Analytics: Pendo, Amplitude, Mixpanel, or similar.
  • A/B Testing Tools: Optimizely, VWO, or similar.
  • Landing Page Tools: Hushly, Mutiny
  • Ad Platforms: Google, Bing, 6Sense, LinkedIn
  • Data Proficiency: Highly comfortable interpreting large data sets, building dashboards, and extracting actionable insights from web analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics 4, Tableau)
  • Previous marketing experience with an understanding of the Monitoring & Observability buyer persona (preferred but not mandatory)

Preferred

  • Previous marketing experience with an understanding of the Monitoring & Observability buyer persona (preferred but not mandatory)
  • The Experimenter: you have a "fail fast, learn faster" mindset and approach challenges scientifically.
  • The Translator: you can translate complex product features into value-driven marketing messages for a technical audience.
  • The Owner: you take full ownership of your metrics, constantly seek new opportunities, and thrive in an environment where your work directly impacts revenue.
  • The Collaborator: you excel at working cross-functionally with Product Managers, Sales Leads, and Engineering teams to launch integrated growth initiatives.
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Founded in 1999
Austin, Texas, USA
2.8K employees (189 in marketing)
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Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
978.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
48.3%
Direct
42.6%
Referral
6.6%
Social
1.1%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2.8K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
146 (5% of company)
Median Career Experience
16 years
Median Tenure
4.2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$532.5M
Last Raise
$315M
Post IPO Equity, 5 years ago

Funding History

  • Feb 2021
    Post IPO Equity
  • Dec 2020
    Post IPO Secondary • $315M
  • Feb 2010
    Post IPO Equity • $10M

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