Product Marketing Manager

Are you ready to make a difference at a high-growth, global company, recognized as a “Visionary” in Gartner’s 2017 Magic Quadrant for Digital Commerce?  

A Platinum Salesforce Partner, CloudCraze is the only SaaS based commerce product on the market, built natively in the Salesforce platform.  With a core focus in the B2B space, CloudCraze is customer-focused, allowing our clients the ability to provide a tailored experience in order better connect and drive on-going relationships with their customers in ways that are commonly only experienced in B2C environments. 

Position Overview

Reporting into the EVP of Strategy, you will be responsible for assisting outbound marketing activities for CloudCraze products. You will craft or assist in the crafting of the messaging and positioning for our solutions, targeted horizontally and vertically.

You'll assist in the development and execution of innovative marketing programs that drive demand. Attention to detail and an eye for quality, along with the ability to grasp and translate technical capabilities into benefits is crucial.  In your role as a Product Marketing Manager you will become the expert in buyers, how they buy and their buying criteria and will transfer that knowledge to the sales channel.

Key Responsibilities:

• Product Positioning - Transfer product positioning and messaging that differentiates our products in the market to tangible deliverables. Deliverables include, but not limited to:  Sales Decks, Data Sheets, Web Content
• Sales enablement – communicate the value proposition of the products to the sales team and develop the sales tools that support the selling process of your products
• Product launches – Support the execution of launches of new products and releases. manage the cross-functional implementation of the plan
• Market intelligence – Gather intelligence on the market, how buyers perceive competition, and make buying decisions; be the expert on your competition and how to crush them
• Win - Loss – Identify trends to why we are winning or losing deals to improve our own content, and provide enablement to field as to how they are communicating our value

Minimum Qualifications:

• 3+ years of software product marketing experience or in a field facing role, ideally experience in eCommerce, CRM or B2B Marketing
• Experience working inside a robust cloud ecosystem, such as Salesforce, Microsoft Azure, etc.
• Expert proficiency in PowerPoint and presentation skills
• Bachelor’s in Business or English
• Very strong written communication skills
• Willing to travel 25%
• Excellent people and management skills to interact with staff, colleagues and cross-functional teams, and third parties

Why Work Here? 

Start -up feel with grown up benefits. Competitive pay, 401(k) with company matching contribution, Blue Cross and Blue Shield medical, Vision, Dental, Life and Disability. Chicago-based employees also have access to a free gym on site, equipped with lockers and showers.   

Transparency. No more wondering what's going on with the business and where its headed. Through quarterly "All Hands" and monthly "OurHour" meetings, we get together to discuss all things CloudCraze: recent client go-lives, new customer wins for the quarter, education on our partners or clients, financials and more, leaving plenty of time for Q&A with our CEO and executive team.   

Pledge 1%.  CloudCraze is part of Pledge 1%, a corporate philanthropy movement dedicated to making the community a key stakeholder in every business.  Pledge 1% empowers companies to donate 1% of product, 1% of equity, 1% of profit or 1% of employee time to improve communities around the world. 

Get involved and have fun. We all take an active part in making this a fun place to work in and outside of the office. Get involved and give back through philanthropic organizations we volunteer with, or internal groups focused on culture, team building, and employee recognition. Sports your thing? We are active in several intramural sports teams and were kickball champs in our latest league.  

Boat, bus or bike to work? We've got you covered with a FSA you can contribute pre-tax dollars, up to $255 per month, and use for transportation to work or parking fees. Bike year round, like some of our employees?  We have an indoor bike storage facility and a lengthy bike rack right outside the office for keeping your wheels safe.   

No more trudging out in bad weather to find lunch. We have a Fooda Popup Monday Friday, right in our lobby. And an organic fruit delivery to the office every week so there's plenty of healthy choices, literally at your fingertips.  

Casual dress. Cut your dry-cleaning costs and pack your suits up. We have a casual dress code that matches our fun and focused culture.  

If qualified, we will respond. No agencies or solicitations, please. At this time, CloudCraze is not sponsoring visas for employment authorization. Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities.