Product Marketing Manager - Organized Play

Bellevue, WA (Hybrid)

$95K/yr – $172K/yrMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive go-to-market and cross-functional marketing for Organized Play and Play! Pokémon Stores, with ownership of Casual Play GTM and B2B assets.

  • Must-have: 5–7 years in relevant marketing with GTM strategy experience.
  • Standout: Cross-functional leadership across global teams and B2B/B2C campaigns.
  • Standout: Experience shipping game titles or CPG is a plus.

Job Description

Drive go-to-market and cross-functional marketing for Organized Play and Play! Pokémon Stores, with ownership of Casual Play GTM and B2B assets.

  • Work with the Manager, Product Marketing – Organized Play and Premier Events to deliver impactful results through support of key B2B and B2C marketing initiatives for Organized Play programs and Play! Pokémon Stores.
  • Support Organized Play program and Play! Pokémon Store marketing efforts by being a point of contact between internal TPCi cross-functional teams and external partner organizations.
  • Own GTM strategy for Casual Play programs and campaigns, including Pokémon Club.
  • Lead strategy for B2B marketing assets for Organized Play programs and Play! Pokémon Stores.
  • Coordinate with Organized Play teams so that the TPCi cross-functional teams are fully informed to conduct aligned marketing activities.
  • Work with Organized Play and cross-functional teams to develop pragmatic processes to support evolving marketing strategies and initiatives on a global scale.
  • Lead communication and execution within TPCi and ensure all teams and stakeholders are properly informed and campaigns launch as planned.
  • Assist in the development and review of creative materials, Organized Play asset management, and product reviews, including internal/external feedback loops and approvals.
  • Assist in the maintenance of marketing calendars, ensuring milestones are up-to-date and communicated to key stakeholders in all partner offices and organizations.
  • Assist in the creation and maintenance of campaign performance reports, tracking against business and marketing key performance indicators (KPIs).
  • Document decisions with meeting notes, following up on action items as required.
  • Know your customers and market so intimately that you define and communicate a clear, differentiated, defensible, and monetizable market position.

Requirements

  • Five (5) to seven (7) years of relevant professional experience or a demonstrated equivalent level of expertise.
  • Bachelor's degree in a related field or a demonstrated equivalent level of applicable experience.
  • Understanding of TCG Organized Play and specialty retail marketing programs (B2B and B2C) preferred.
  • Experience with B2B asset development and support for independent retail and non-profit locations preferred.
  • Prior experience shipping game titles or CPG is a plus.
  • Demonstrated business-related experience in multinational corporations including Japan and the USA.
  • Proven knowledge in defining and executing a short and long term go-to-market strategies.
  • Outstanding communication skills. The ability to work across teams and communicate marketing goals/results at a team, executive, and company level.
  • Ability to adapt to changing deadlines, emerging needs, policy changes, and the variety of nuances that can happen in product development.
  • Ability to operate at a strategic level to define new market opportunities and assess product-market fit but also to work tactically to drive projects to successful completion.

Benefits

  • An innovative culture driven by impact, delivering meaningful outcomes.
  • Company events that celebrate the spirit of Pokémon.
  • Competitive cash-based compensation programs.
  • 100% employer-paid healthcare premiums for you.
  • Generous paid family leave.
  • Employer-paid life insurance.
  • Employer-paid long and short-term income protection insurance.
  • US Employees: 401k Employer Matching.
  • UK/IRE/MX Employees: Pension Employer Contributions.
  • Fitness reimbursement.
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The Pokémon Company International

Join one of the most popular children’s entertainment properties in the world! The Pokémon Company International, a subsidiary of The Pokémon Company in Japan, manages the property outside of Asia and is responsible for brand management, licensing, marketing, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the animated TV series, home entertainment, and the official Pokémon website. Pokémon was launched in Japan in 1996. For more information, visit https://corporate.pokemon.com/en-us/

Founded in 1996
Bellevue, Washington, USA
2K employees (569 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

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Traffic Source Mix
Search
75.3%
Direct
21.5%
Referral
1.9%
Social
1.1%
Paid
0.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2.1K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
375 (18% of company)
Median Career Experience
14 years
Median Tenure
4.5 years

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