Product Marketing Specialist - Market & Competitive Intelligence

Chicago, IL (Remote)

$55K/yr – $75K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the competitive intelligence loop and cross-functional storytelling that shapes product messaging and sales enablement for a SaaS portfolio.

  • Competitive Monitoring and CI assets: turn market signals into battle cards, briefs, and presentations for sales and product use.
  • Product Messaging and Sales Enablement: embed competitive insights into messaging and updates that clarify customer value across teams.
  • Analyst Relations and Cross-functional alignment: support analyst inquiries and coordinate with product, sales, CS, UX, partnerships, marketing, and engineering to stay aligned.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Competitive monitoring: Track top-tier and trade news impacting Meltwater, key competitors, and the broader market, and communicate through Slack, email, and monthly newsletters.
  • Competitive Intelligence Assets: Develop and maintain competitive assets—including battle cards, research briefs, and presentations and support sales and product team requests for competitive insights.
  • Analyst Relations: Support M&CI Manager with regular briefings and inquiries with industry analysts and assist with analyst research evaluations as needed.
  • Product Messaging & Positioning: Incorporate competitive insights into product messaging and communicate product updates that clearly articulate customer value.
  • Sales Enablement: Manage and maintain sales and marketing assets that support revenue generation across prospects and existing customers.
  • Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with the global Product Marketing team and stakeholders across product, sales, customer success, UX, partnerships, marketing, and engineering to ensure alignment.

Requirements

  • Experience: 2-5 years of Product Marketing experience, ideally within a SaaS environment or an agency setting.
  • Preference given to those with an understanding of GTM, Messaging, Sales Enablement, Market & Competitive Intelligence, and Analyst Relations.
  • Education: A bachelor’s degree is required, and in Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field is a plus.
  • Skills: Strong analytical and strategic thinking abilities; Organizational skills to manage multiple projects and deliverables; Excellent written and verbal communication skills; Enthusiasm for working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with strong time management and prioritization skills; Comfortable presenting to internal and external audiences; Ability to work collaboratively across teams and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Knowledge: Deep understanding of the SaaS industry, market trends, and customer needs; Understanding of trends and technologies shaping the Marketing, PR, Communications, and Social Media landscapes; Familiarity with Social Listening & Monitoring, Influencer Marketing & Campaign Measurement, Media Intelligence, Consumer Intelligence, AI, and its application in Public Relations and Marketing; Experience with tools such as SalesHood, Gong, ChatGPT, Claude, Pendo, Intercom, ProductBoard, Salesforce, Totango, Asana, Marketo, Wistia, Loom, Miro, Frame.io, Camtasia is advantageous.

Nice to Have

  • Experience in public relations, communications, or analyst relations is a plus, but not required.

Benefits

  • Enjoy flexible paid time off that allows you to have an enhanced work-life balance.
  • Excellent medical, dental, and vision options
  • 401(k) matching, life insurance, commuter benefits, and parental leave plans
  • Complimentary CalmApp subscription for you and your loved ones, because mental wellness matters.

Meltwater

3.7 Glassdoor

Meltwater empowers companies with a suite of solutions that spans media, social, consumer, and sales intelligence. By analyzing ~1 billion pieces of content each day and transforming them into vital insights, Meltwater unlocks the competitive edge to drive results. With 27,000 global customers, 50 offices across six continents, and 2,300 employees, Meltwater is the industry partner of choice for global brands making an impact.

Founded in 2001
San Francisco, California, USA
2.6K employees (317 in marketing)
71% recommend to a friend
86% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
926.7K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$119.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
37.5%
Direct
56.1%
Referral
4.9%
Social
1%
Paid
0.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2.6K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
302 (12% of company)
Median Career Experience
15 years
Median Tenure
4.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

Funding

Total Funding
$300M
Last Raise
Private Equity, 2 years ago

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