Staff Product Marketing Manager, Ads

California, USA

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

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the go-to-market for new ad products from Alpha to GA, including activation, collateral, and messaging that resonates with new buyers.

  • GTM Launch & Activation: Own strategy and execution from alpha to GA with audience-specific messaging in the ad products space.
  • Enablement & Collateral: Build training, pitch decks, case studies, and sales tools to arm reps for new categories.
  • Market Insight & Partnerships: Run market research, segmentation, and competitive analysis, and partner with Marketing to establish category thought leadership.

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.
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