Product Marketing Strategist

Costa Mesa, CA (On-site)

$70K/yr – $92K/yrMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 5 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive product strategy and roadmap for assigned product lines in a B2B environment.

  • Must-have: 3–5 years in product management in a B2B setting
  • Standout: cross-functional leadership across R&T, Sales, and Marketing

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute the marketing strategy for assigned product lines.
  • Develop and maintain a product roadmap in coordination with senior management, R&T, and other stakeholders.
  • Lead product development vision, ensuring customer needs are represented in technical and innovation roadmaps.
  • Identify opportunities and risks by monitoring market trends, customer expectations, and industry standards.
  • Act as the voice of the customer internally, providing proactive vision for product and client base development.
  • Lead value exploration, definition and validation initiatives on identified opportunities and market needs, translating it into viable concepts
  • Trigger, support and guide R&T and R&D projects with market and business inputs, ensuring it's in line with the defined strategy and targeted value
  • Create business product specifications and ensure requirements are met during development phases.
  • Create the marketing strategy of new products/solutions
  • Build business models and business plans to support new product launches and feature enhancements.

Requirements

  • Experience: Minimum 3-5 years of relevant experience (product/service development, product management or similar), in a B2B environment.
  • Experience in project management.
  • If no master degree, equivalent experience from a different education background is ok.
  • Education: Master’s Degree in Marketing or Business, plus relevant business experience
  • Strong computer skills, including MS Office, particularly Excel and Powerpoint.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills in English (French is a plus).
  • Excellent leadership, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to mobilize stakeholders and drive creativity and enthusiasm.
  • Strong problem-solving mindset, reliability, and proactive attitude.
  • Effective time management and multitasking abilities.
  • Strategic, entrepreneurial spirit; future-oriented and pragmatic.
  • Excellent communication, organization, and presentation skills.
  • Strong understanding of product management, requirements analysis, pricing, planning, and competitive analysis
  • Ability to work on multiple projects concurrently and reprioritize quickly based on latest information

Preferred

  • Experience in an aerospace environment, preferably aircraft interiors or systems, or in business development of technical products.
  • French language skills are a plus.

Benefits

  • health care (medical, dental and vision), life insurance, 401(k) savings plans with company match, paid time off, and employee discounts & rewards for consumer products/services and more!
  • equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, age, national origin, ancestry, disability/medical condition, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic characteristics or information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws.
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Safran

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Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and holds, alone or in partnership, world or European leadership positions in its core markets.

Founded in 2005
Paris, Île-de-France, FRA
76K employees (3,029 in marketing)
82% recommend to a friend
89% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
714.9K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$3
Traffic Source Mix
Search
54.4%
Direct
36.4%
Referral
6.2%
Social
2.1%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~76.3K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1,371 (2% of company)

Funding

Last Raise
Post IPO Equity, 1 years ago

Funding History

  • Jan 2025
    Post IPO Equity

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