Principal Product Marketing Manager, Customer Success and Staircase

Sacramento, CA (Remote)

$180K/yr – $210K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 9 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own the product marketing for Customer Success and Staircase, shaping strategy, messaging, and GTM, and lead cross‑functional launches while infusing AI‑native approaches to scale the function.

  • Define audience, market opportunity, positioning, and competitive strategy.
  • Lead cross‑functional go‑to‑market launches and enable Sales and Success teams.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own the Customer Success and Staircase product marketing strategy: audience, market opportunity, positioning, competitive strategy, and go-to-market priorities across buyers and users.
  • Develop clear, compelling positioning and messaging that translates complex customer success capabilities into value for executive and technical audiences.
  • Lead the joint Customer Success and Staircase narrative through integration: the combined value proposition, the migration and expansion story for existing customers, naming and pricing and packaging..
  • Own end-to-end go-to-market and lead cross-functional teams through high-stakes launches, from flagship releases to incremental updates, partnering with Integrated Campaigns, Demand Generation, and Events to drive measurable business results. Equip Sales and Success teams to win with high-quality enablement — competitive agents, pitch decks, and feature materials.
  • Synthesize customer, market, and competitive insight to inform product strategy, roadmap prioritization, and differentiated commercialization plans.
  • Represent the product area externally and internally in executive narratives, keynotes and conferences, and analyst engagements, including Gartner Magic Quadrant and equivalent evaluations.
  • Pioneer AI-native ways of working inside the PMM function with a systems builder's instinct: you don't just produce the deck, you build the process, agents and skills that let it happen faster next time
  • This role may require occasional travel (up to 15%) for team meetings, training, or company events.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of product marketing experience in B2B tech (SaaS preferred)
  • Exceptional positioning, writing, and storytelling. You make sophisticated technology concrete and relevant to both executive buyers and the practitioners
  • Deep experience marketing to enterprise audiences, with demonstrated command of complex buying committees, long sales cycles, and sophisticated business needs.
  • Hands-on AI fluency: you already use AI tools to change how you do your own work, and you have a point of view on how AI changes this category.
  • High comfort toggling between big-picture strategy and detailed execution, with a strong bias to action. You operate as a credible peer to executives — including in a General Manager or BU model — taking clear positions and driving alignment.

Preferred

  • A knack for design and the ability to work fluently in Figma and Canva.
  • Experience vibe coding prototypes, landing pages, and product imagery.
  • Experience with light video creation and editing.

Benefits

  • The starting base salary range for this role is $180,000– $210,000 USD annually. This role is also eligible for commission based on performance and participation in Gainsight’s equity program. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as skills, experience, and location.
  • We offer a comprehensive benefits package including fully covered medical premiums (employee-only), flexible PTO, 401(k) plan, dental and vision coverage, and remote work options. Additional benefits include a $10,000 lifetime fertility stipend and access to coworking spaces around the globe. You'll also enjoy dedicated Recharge Holidays - one long weekend each quarter to relax and reset.
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Gainsight

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At Gainsight, our mission is to be living proof you can win in business while being human first. Gainsight, the world’s leading Customer Success platform, helps businesses drive efficient growth by unifying the post-sales customer journey. Our innovative suite of solutions—including customer success, customer education, product experience, community management, and conversational AI insights—are trusted by companies of all sizes and industries, including nearly 200 publicly traded organizations.With Gainsight, businesses can leverage AI-driven insights from real-time customer interactions to enhance engagement, improve retention, and drive expansion. Our platform makes it easier for customer success, product, and community teams to scale efficiently and gain a holistic view of their customers, driving product adoption and building thriving customer communities.Gainsight joined the Vista Equity Partners portfolio in 2020. In 2021, we won their Excellence in Engineering award in recognition for our product and engineering advancements.A remote-friendly company, we have offices in the US, UK, Netherlands, Israel, and India. Gainsight received the top spot in Glassdoor's Best Places to Work for 2023. It has also been named as one of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world by Forbes, one of the fastest-growing private companies in America by Inc. Magazine, and one of 20 Great Workplaces in Tech by Fortune Magazine.

Founded in 2009
San Francisco, California, USA
1.1K employees (63 in marketing)
80% recommend to a friend
90% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$180K/yr – $210K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
43 (4% of company)
Median Career Experience
9.5 years
Median Tenure
4.2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Funding

Total Funding
$156.3M
Last Raise
$52M
Series E, 9 years ago

Funding History

  • May 2017
    Series E • $52M
  • Nov 2015
    Series D • $50M
  • Oct 2014
    Series C • $25M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
137.2K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$13.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
47.5%
Direct
42.9%
Referral
6.7%
Social
2%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.1K

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