Director of Product Marketing

London, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableDirector/Executive6+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own market intelligence, positioning, and go-to-market rigor to shape Planday’s product and commercial strategy, delivering clear differentiation and revenue impact.

  • Market & Customer Insight: Drive competitive intelligence and ongoing customer/product usage research to guide product direction and messaging.
  • GTM & Content Strategy: Define end-to-end launches, value propositions, and collateral that convert across target ICPs and markets.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Competitive Analysis: Define and lead Planday's competitive intelligence strategy — synthesising competitor positioning, pricing, and product signals into clear, insight-driven recommendations that sharpen our differentiation and inform product and commercial decisions
  • Customer Research: Lead a continuous programme of customer research and product usage analysis — translating buyer motivations, adoption patterns, and churn signals into strategic insight that shapes product direction and marketing priorities
  • Value Proposition Definition: Define and own Planday's positioning and messaging architecture — establishing an insight-backed narrative that spans ICPs, personas, and markets, and serves as the strategic foundation for every marketing activity and commercial conversation
  • Packaging & Pricing: Lead the strategic direction of Planday's packaging and pricing — partnering with Finance, Commercial, and Product teams to define tier structures and pricing models that drive revenue growth and competitive advantage
  • Launch Strategy & Execution: Define and lead Planday's end-to-end GTM strategy for product launches — setting the framework for cross-functional alignment, establishing launch excellence as a repeatable standard, and ensuring every release lands with commercial impact
  • Content & Collateral: Set the strategic direction for Planday's core product content — commissioning and shaping website copy, product pages, datasheets, case studies, and demo scripts that reflect our positioning and drive measurable conversion
  • Sales Enablement: Define Planday's sales enablement strategy — building a best-in-class suite of data-informed playbooks, battlecards, and training programmes that equip customer-facing teams to win consistently and close efficiently
  • Marketing Alignment: Drive commercial alignment across Regional, Partner, Performance, and Brand & Content Marketing — ensuring every campaign and customer touchpoint is anchored in Planday's strategic positioning and backed by customer insight
  • Lifecycle Marketing: Lead the lifecycle marketing strategy — partnering with post-sales functions to define the data-driven messaging, user journeys, and targeted interventions that drive activation, expansion, and long-term retention across the customer base
  • Define the vision and operating model for the Product Marketing function — setting clear objectives, building a culture of craft and accountability, and raising the bar on what great product marketing looks like at Planday
  • Serve as a strategic partner to the CMO and senior leadership — bringing a data-informed point of view to business planning, investment decisions, and commercial strategy
  • Represent Product Marketing at a leadership level across the business — influencing product roadmap decisions and commercial priorities through customer insight and market intelligence
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Planday

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Planday from Xero is a leading digital solution that uncomplicates everyday scheduling and workforce management by making it easier for businesses and shift workers around the world to communicate, collaborate, and get work done.Powered by a community of local industry experts, Planday provides a best-in-class digital platform that is easy to use, accurate, secure, and compliant with local needs and standards. From payroll and accounting to POS and reporting, its open API and tech ecosystem is scalable to fit shifting business needs and to build an engaged, flexible workforce.Founded in 2004, Planday is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark and supports over 400,000 users across Europe, Australia and the US. Planday was acquired by Xero in 2021.For more information, please visit www.planday.com

Founded in 2005
Copenhagen Municipality, Capital Region of Denmark, DNK
253 employees (27 in marketing)
57% recommend to a friend
80% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.1M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$10.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
19.9%
Direct
76%
Referral
2.9%
Social
0.5%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~253

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
16 (6% of company)

Funding

Total Funding
$73.1M
Last Raise
$40.6M
Series C, 8 years ago

Funding History

  • Aug 2018
    Series C • $40.6M
  • Jun 2017
    Series B • $14.7M
  • Mar 2016
    Series B • $14M