Senior Director, Product Marketing (Customer Solutions)

Company Description

Freshworks makes it fast and easy for businesses to delight their customers and employees. We do this by taking a fresh approach to building and delivering software that is affordable, quick to implement, and designed for the end user. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, Freshworks has a global team operating from 13 global locations to serve more than 65,000 companies -- from startups to public companies – that rely on Freshworks software-as-a-service to enable a better customer experience (CRM, CX) and employee experience (ITSM). 

Freshworks’ cloud-based software suite includes Freshdesk (omni-channel customer support), Freshsales (sales automation), Freshmarketer (marketing automation), Freshservice (IT service desk), Freshchat (AI-powered bots), supported by Neo, our underlying platform of shared services.

Freshworks is featured in global national press including CNBC, Forbes, Fortune, Bloomberg and has been a BuiltIn Best Place to work in San Francisco and Denver for the last 3 years. Our customer ratings have earned Freshworks products TrustRadius Top Rated Software ratings and G2 Best of Awards for Best Feature Set, Best Value for the Price and Best Relationship.

Job Description

Freshworks is looking for a Senior Director of Product Marketing to execute the go-to-market strategy for the Customer Service Suite of products. Reporting to the VP of Product Marketing, you will lead a global team of product marketers focused on developing compelling and differentiated product positioning and messaging.  In this role, you communicate a clear, consistent, and creative value proposition for our target markets while acting as the bridge between our sales and product teams. You are an expert on our buyer persona and collaborate on the creation of orchestrated campaigns, SEO, field marketing, and demand generation programs sharing responsibility for achieving revenue and adoption goals. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Product Positioning: Develop compelling multi-level product positioning for single product or product bundles
• Product Roadmap: Serve as a key partner to the product management and engineering teams, helping them craft, define and modify our roadmap based on both customer and market activity
• Drive product & feature adoption: Partner with PMs to increase conversion through trial, feature discovery, adoption and product revenue
• Market Trends and Competition: Develop deep knowledge of market trends and the competitive landscape to shape marketing strategy and actionable insights
• Tailor offers based on segmentation, including SMB, Mid-market, and Enterprise customer segments
• Drive product launches: Oversee the development and execution of launch plans for product enhancements or new products
• Develop content and enable the GTM: Communicate products' value proposition with the go-to-market teams and enable sales teams with compelling content, tools, and training, and deliver a range of marketing assets including: SEO, website copy, sales tools, event materials etc.
• Partner with various marketing and GTM teams: Including demand generation, brand, communications, Partnerships, Analyst Relations, to ensure unified marketing execution
• Build the team: Develop and grow the best in class Product Marketing team for your domain - ensure they are set up to succeed and are successful in their roles, regardless of geographic location

Qualifications

• 10+ years of product marketing experience in B2B tech, preferably in SaaS
• Successful expert who has created and executed product marketing strategies managed budgets and led hands-on execution
• Have developed the positioning, messaging, and content for products that serve multiple use cases and personas
• Experience with technical products and can effectively communicate with technical audiences, stakeholders and customers
• Ability to size and prioritize market opportunities and build business cases, analyze competition and build competitive intel and collect and use customer insights using both qualitative and quantitative methods to drive strategic decisions.
• Proven track record of building and leading a global product marketing team of individual contributors and managers
• A customer-obsessed marketer who demonstrates a deep, data-based understanding of the user to advocate effectively for the customer’s needs across the business, and collaborates naturally to broaden a growth-based mindset
• Self-starter with the ability to navigate ambiguity and challenging priorities