Lead Product Marketing Manager

San Francisco, CA (On-site)

$200K/yr – $235K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 5 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive product marketing for major launches and cross-product initiatives, shaping audience strategy, messaging, and cross-functional alignment to accelerate growth.

  • Own go-to-market for major launches and cross-product initiatives.
  • Must-have: 10+ years in product marketing with cross-functional leadership and measurable launches.
  • Standout: Track record turning insights into differentiated value propositions.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead go-to-market strategy for major launches and cross-product initiatives
  • Set the strategic direction for audience targeting, positioning, and messaging
  • Partner with cross-functional leadership to align product, brand, and growth goals
  • Translate complex research and insights into strategic recommendations that shape product roadmaps and marketing execution
  • Oversee integrated campaigns that engage students, teachers, and other key audiences across owned, paid, and community channels
  • Guide and elevate the creative process — from messaging frameworks to naming and narrative development
  • Analyze performance data to drive continuous learning and scalable playbooks
  • Own PMM foundations, including competitive analysis, audience strategy, and differentiated value propositions
  • Mentor junior PMMs and contribute to the evolution of the team’s best practices

Requirements

  • 10+ years in product marketing or related roles, including time in consumer tech and experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives
  • Demonstrated success in leading major product or platform launches with measurable business impact
  • Exceptional storytelling and messaging development skills — able to articulate a clear, differentiated vision across diverse audiences and channels
  • Deep experience leveraging research, experimentation, and data to guide product positioning, segmentation, and go-to-market strategies
  • Proven ability to influence and align executive and cross-functional partners across Product, Design, and Marketing
  • Strong strategic thinking with the ability to balance high-level vision and executional detail
  • Expert communication and presentation skills — comfortable shaping strategy and inspiring alignment at all levels of the organization
  • Experience leading comprehensive market research programs and competitive intelligence efforts
  • Strategic understanding of key product and marketing metrics, with the ability to evaluate investment opportunities and tradeoffs
  • Thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and brings a scaling mindset to team and process development

Preferred

  • Familiarity with the Ed Tech landscape and/or Gen Z consumers
  • Experience working within a freemium consumer subscriptions business
  • Experience driving cross-selling and onsite marketing campaigns
  • Experience at a company that specializes in user-generated content
  • Some background in both growth and core product marketing
  • Experience with AI product positioning and launches

Benefits

  • Collaborate with your manager and team to create a healthy work-life balance
  • 20 vacation days (and we expect you to take them!)
  • Competitive health, dental, and vision insurance (100% employee and 75% dependent PPO, HMO, VSP Choice)
  • Employer-sponsored 401k plan with company match
  • Access to LinkedIn Learning and other resources to support professional growth
  • Paid Family Leave, FSA, HSA, Commuter benefits, Wellness benefits
  • 40 hours of annual paid time off to participate in volunteer programs of choice

Quizlet

3.4 Glassdoor

Quizlet is a leading consumer learning brand that builds learning tools to inspire and empower students and teachers. Our team is already supporting a user base of over 60 million active users. We're also among the top 20 U.S. websites and top education apps for iOS and Android - and it's only the beginning. We’re a fast-growing Series C startup, valued at $1 Billion and backed by Union Square Ventures, Costanoa Venture Capital, Icon Ventures, Owl Ventures, Altos Ventures and General Atlantic.With our massive reach and focus on delivering high-quality innovative learning tools, we're having a major global impact on education. Read more at https://quizlet.com/mission. Come join us — we're hiring!

Founded in 2005
San Francisco, California, USA
553 employees (140 in marketing)
41% recommend to a friend

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
48.9M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.3M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
62.2%
Direct
35.1%
Referral
2.2%
Social
0.4%
Paid
0.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~553

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
127 (23% of company)
Median Career Experience
10 years
Median Tenure
1.8 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$62M
Last Raise
$30M
Series C, 6 years ago

Funding History

  • May 2020
    Series C • $30M
  • Feb 2018
    Series B • $20M
  • Nov 2015
    Series A • $12M