Product Marketing Associate Director

Oakland, CA (On-site)

$248K/yr – $261K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead product marketing strategy and cross-functional GTM execution to accelerate member growth and product adoption for Credit Karma’s consumer tech offerings.

  • Own GTM strategy and cross-functional execution to drive member adoption and growth.
  • Must-have: 10+ years of product marketing with end-to-end ownership of complex initiatives.
  • Standout: Large B2C tech/Fintech or subscriptions experience with cross-functional leadership.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • GTM strategy: Develop marketing strategies and launch plans to drive member adoption and business growth, including but not limited to, opportunity sizing, customer research, market analysis, competitive analysis, segmentation, targeting, positioning, messaging framework, and channel strategies
  • Strategic growth: Drive complex growth initiatives across the portfolio - develop business cases, evaluate opportunities, analyze business performance and customer data, identify priorities, and push and execute for progress through Credit Karma teams
  • GTM plan and program execution: Collaborate with growth marketing, product, brand, and creative strategy teams to build and deliver on GTM plans that deliver on company goals and KPIs
  • Product planning: Collaborate with product and research teams to influence product strategy and roadmap development
  • Partnership and influence: Work with product and marketing teams to execute strategies and programs. Inspire action through data-driven insights (market research, testing plans, etc)
  • Customer Journeys: Build strategies for acquisition, engagement, retention, upsell/cross-sell across offerings
  • Leadership: Act as a thought leader within the PMM organization, modeling best-in-class product marking, shaping best practices, frameworks, and methodologies, and mentoring more junior PMMs

Requirements

  • 10+ years of product marketing experience in consumer technology, with a track record of owning and driving complex, high-impact initiatives end-to-end
  • 4+ years in product marketing at a large B2C tech company, Fintech and B2C subscriptions experience a plus
  • Deep expertise in product marketing fundamentals: segmentation, positioning, messaging, launch strategy, lifecycle strategy, and growth experimentation

Preferred

  • Demonstrated ability to independently define strategy in ambiguous environments and translate it into clear execution plans
  • Highly collaborative work style with proven success influencing cross-functional partners (product, growth, analytics, brand, creative) without direct authority
  • Strong strategic and analytical horsepower — able to frame the right problems, size opportunities, extract insights from data, and convert them into decisive action
  • A builder’s mindset: comfortable creating structure where none exists and driving clarity across teams
  • High ownership mentality with a bias for action; self-directed, resourceful, and accountable for outcomes
  • Experience balancing big-picture thinking with operational excellence
  • Executive presence and the ability to simplify complexity for senior leadership
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Credit Karma

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Credit Karma is focused on championing financial progress for more than 130 million members in the U.S., Canada and U.K. While we're best known for pioneering free credit scores, our members turn to us for resources as they work toward their financial goals. This includes tools for credit and identity monitoring, credit card recommendations, shopping for loans (car, home and personal), and growing their savings* -- all for free. We’ve grown significantly through the years, adding more than 70 million members in the last five alone. We currently have more than 1,300 employees spread across offices in San Francisco, Charlotte, Los Angeles, Leeds, London and one coming soon to Oakland. Disrupting the financial industry is not an easy task. That’s why we know it’s one worth doing. Our core values of helpfulness, ownership, progress and empathy guide our work and our relationships. Championing financial progress for everyone is a big mission that requires passionate people working together to make a difference in the world. If you’re up for the task, we’d love to have you on our team. Check out our open positions: https://www.creditkarma.com/careers. *Banking services provided by MVB Bank, Inc., Member FDIC

Founded in 2007
Oakland, California, US
2K employees (231 in marketing)
87% recommend to a friend
95% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
36.5M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$13.9M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
19.9%
Direct
74.9%
Referral
4%
Social
0.2%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
131 (7% of company)
Median Career Experience
10.5 years
Median Tenure
4.3 years

Funding

Total Funding
$868M
Last Raise
$500M
Secondary Market, 8 years ago

Funding History

  • Mar 2018
    Secondary Market • $500M
  • Jun 2015
    Series E • $175M
  • Sep 2014
    Series D • $75M

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