Global Head of Product Marketing

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The Role / Position Overview

The B2B division of the Financial Times licences FT content to organisations around the world. Based in London, the Global Head of Product Marketing will lead the go-to-market strategy; build out product and solution value propositions and messaging for key customer segments that will be translated to marketing collateral, campaigns, and sales enablement tools. 

The role is highly customer centric and  requires working closely with product, sales, marketing  and CSM teams throughout the sale cycle stages with a focus on creating deliverables/outputs to support sales growth. You will  need to be a self-starter with knowledge, ideas and the ability to inspire and coach others.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategy; you’ll define, build and execute, along with your team, a product marketing strategy to help improve the success of our solutions in the market.
• Management; lead, develop and inspire a team of 2 product marketers.
• Product Champion; help inform the overall marketing strategy with valuable product marketing intelligence. Be the evangelist, internally and externally, for our full solutions offering
• Customer Insight: Build detailed persona’s and gain a deep understanding of the markets we serve to help inform sales and marketing activities.
• Messaging:; using customer research and competitor intelligence, develop product positioning and messaging, including differentiators and use cases.
• GTM; work closely with sales and marketing teams to create and support the go-to-market strategy. 
• Stakeholder Management; work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders and regularly present to the teams.
• Asset Creation: create tools (eBooks, presentations, videos, data sheets, case studies)  to enable sales throughout the entire sales lifecycle. 
• Launches/Enhancements: oversee the marketing of solution products’ launches, feature releases and enhancements
• Content Creation: collaborate with teams to create marketing content plan that will engage customer segments and enable the sales team to present the solutions we offer.

Required Skills / Experience

• Ideally 6-8+ years of Product Marketing experience in B2B
• Previous people management experience in a pure product marketing role
• Strong understanding of all elements of the product marketing process
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work with diverse teams
• Ability to leverage data and insights 
• Learns quickly in a fast-paced team environment
• Problem solving skills. 

What’s in it for you? Our Benefits

Our benefits vary depending on location, but we are committed to providing best in class perks across all our offices as well as an inclusive environment to develop your career. Examples of our benefits include; generous annual leave allowances, flexible working (including working from home), medical cover, enhanced maternity & paternity packages, subsidised gym memberships and Giving Back opportunities. Full details of our benefits can be found here.

Further Information

The FT is committed to providing an inclusive working environment for all. We are an equal opportunities employer who seeks to recruit and appoint the best talent regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We have implemented a hybrid working model and we also promote flexible working and will consider specific requests around flexibility for all roles where it can be accommodated. Please let us know if you require any adjustments as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements, or have any questions, [email protected] and a member of our team will be happy to help.

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