Product Marketing Strategist

Oakland, CA (Hybrid)

$51/hr – $56/hrSenior Level7+ years expContract

Posted 5 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own GTM strategy development and cross-functional execution for key GTMs, translating market insights into positioning, messaging, and proof points while coordinating with Product, Marketing, and Sales.

  • Define and deliver GTM deliverables with on-time and on-budget execution
  • Align GTM work with enterprise objectives and customer needs
  • Track KPIs and optimize programs using data-driven insights

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Drive GTM strategy development for key GTMs within defined scope, timelines, and business objectives
  • Ensure GTM alignment with enterprise business objectives and customer needs
  • Apply market research, competitive intelligence, and data insights to represent the voice of the customer within GTM strategy
  • Partner with Product, Marketing, and Sales teams to develop positioning, messaging, value propositions, and proof points that resonate with B2B/B2C audiences and differentiates Blue Shield of California’s products in the marketplace
  • Drive GTM strategy and execution across teams to maximize target audience reach and engagement, delivering on-time and on-budget (deliverables like product positioning/messaging and GTM strategy, orchestrated delivery of GTM deliverables)
  • Manage stakeholders through strong communication, reliability, and follow‑through within assigned initiatives
  • Influence decision-making through strategic recommendations, effective communication, and data-driven insights.
  • Create and deliver presentations and materials for internal audiences, with guidance from the Senior Manager
  • Track and report on defined KPIs and performance metrics to assess GTM effectiveness and identify optimization opportunities
  • Escalate risks, tradeoffs, or ambiguity when direction or authority is unclear

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
  • 7+ years of prior relevant experience in product marketing, marketing, product strategy
  • Demonstrated success with developing and executing product launches that deliver measurable business impact
  • Experience creating positioning, messaging and value propositions
  • Strategic thinker with strong analytical, organizational and executional skills
  • Demonstrated ability to collaborate cross‑functionally while influencing and managing stakeholders across organizational levels
  • Experience leading cross-functional initiatives involving product, business, marketing, and operational teams
  • Demonstrated history of successfully managing complex projects required
  • Flexible and able to work with ambiguity; creating and improving processes
  • Experience using market research, competitive insights, and performance data to champion the voice of the customer to stakeholders required

Preferred

  • Background in healthcare (payer or digital health), highly regulated, or digital technology preferred
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Blue Shield of California

Blue Shield of California strives to create a healthcare system worthy of its family and friends that is sustainably affordable. The health plan is a tax paying, nonprofit, independent member of the Blue Shield Association with nearly 6 million members, over 7,500 employees and more than $25 billion in annual revenue. Founded in 1939 in San Francisco and now headquartered in Oakland, Blue Shield of California and its affiliates provide health, dental, vision, Medicaid and Medicare healthcare service plans in California. The company has contributed more than $60 million to Blue Shield of California Foundation in the last three years to have an impact on California communities. For more news about Blue Shield of California, please visit news.blueshieldca.com.

Founded in 1939
Oakland, California, USA
7.9K employees (335 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$51/hr – $56/hr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
267 (3% of company)
Median Tenure
6.8 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.9M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.7M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
27.7%
Direct
64.6%
Referral
6.9%
Social
0.2%
Paid
0.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~7.9K
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Product Marketing Strategist

Blue Shield of California · Oakland, CA · Hybrid