Staff Product Marketing Manager, Ads

San Francisco, CA (On-site)

$204K/yr – $229K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own GTM and activation for ad products from alpha to GA, turning advertiser needs into differentiated messaging and scalable launches.

  • GTM Ownership: Lead launches for new Ad products from Alpha to GA and shape motions for new audiences.
  • Enablement & Collateral: Build and disseminate pitch decks, case studies, CommDocs, and web assets to empower sales.
  • Market Insights: Conduct market research, segmentation, and competitive analysis to surface advertiser pain points and inform product opportunities.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute go-to-market launches for new Ad products, taking products from Alpha to GA
  • Create and disseminate all internal and external collateral, including CommDocs, pitch materials, case studies, web assets and more
  • Conduct market research, customer segmentation, competitive analysis to uncover advertiser pain points and product opportunities
  • Lead activation initiatives, crafting differentiated messaging, value props, and GTM motions that resonate with new audiences and meet their unique needs
  • Build and scale impactful sales enablement programs, training, collateral, objection handling, and tools, to empower the Sales team to confidently pitch and close deals in new categories
  • Define and track activation goals and KPIs across verticals, continuously refining strategies to improve GTM performance and ensure scalable, repeatable success
  • Partner with Business Marketing to establish Discord’s thought leadership and category presence in new industries, shaping the narratives we bring to market through events, content, and industry partnerships

Requirements

  • 10+ years of Product Marketing experience in the advertising or related industry
  • Technical understanding of the ads ecosystem
  • Deep experience bringing products to market from strategy and ideation through to testing and GE release
  • Proactive problem-solving mindset, understanding and synthesizing advertiser needs and translating these into product recommendations
  • Excellent GTM capabilities, with true 0 to 1 product launches
  • A proven ability to influence XFN partners and leadership
  • Experience within the Gaming or Mobile verticals.
  • An ability to influence product roadmaps with robust Inbound
  • Excel in ambiguous environments—excited about building new processes, business models, and scaling an advertising business from the ground up

Preferred

  • Bonus points if you have worked on the Gaming vertical in the past.

Benefits

  • equity + benefits
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Bessemer Venture Partners India

Bessemer Venture Partners is one of the world's oldest and most active venture capital firms, founded in 1911. We have 400+ active portfolio companies, and 150+ IPOs and deSPACs to our name.We've been investing in India since 2006 with a dedicated, on-the-ground team focused on early-stage founders building enduring companies. With over 80 investments in India, we back businesses across AI, Consumer, Cybersecurity, Fintech, and Healthcare. Our India portfolio includes Swiggy, BigBasket, Urban Company, Bharat Matrimony, Medi Assist, NephroPlus, Moxie, Boldfit, Aivar, Graph AI, Easebuzz, Perfios, Transbnk, and more. Globally, our portfolio has included Pinterest, Shopify, Twilio, LinkedIn, DocuSign, Fiverr, Toast, and ServiceTitan. We pride ourselves on partnering with many of our companies from the earliest of stages until their IPO and beyond. Born from innovations in steel more than a century ago, Bessemer’s storied history has afforded its partners the opportunity to celebrate and scrutinize its investment decisions (see Memos) and also learn from the investments we didn’t make (see Anti-Portfolio).We are committed to forging the legacy companies of tomorrow and if you're building something that matters, we'd like to connect.

Founded in 2006
Bengaluru, Karnataka, IND
16 employees (1 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
229K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
43.3%
Direct
38.5%
Referral
5.5%
Social
8.1%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~16

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1 (6% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
5