Senior Product Marketing Manager (3-6 month contract)
Marketing & Communications, Product · Full-time
San Jose, CA, USA · London, UK · Remote
USD 90-120 / hour
Why you will want this role:
Real ownership from week one. You will run launches already on the roadmap, with a clear brief and a structured handover.
A category buyers care about right now. You will put agentic AI in front of CFOs and finance leaders at some of the world’s largest companies.
Portfolio-worthy work. You will leave with shipped launches, messaging, and sales assets for an enterprise AI brand.
A defined commitment. The contract has a clear scope and end date, with the option to extend or move into a permanent role.
What success looks like:
First 2 weeks: Complete the handover, meet your cross-functional partners, and take ownership of in-flight launches.
First 30 days: Ship your first launch assets and refresh at least one battlecard, datasheet, enablement deck or messaging document.
By the end of the contract: Deliver every planned launch on time and hand back a well-documented, up-to-date body of work.
What you will do:
- Plan and run product and feature launches across key channels, from brief to sales enablement.
- Own internal and external launch communications, including sales enablement and customer-facing messaging.
- Keep Product, Sales, Customer Success, and Demand Gen aligned on what’s launching and why it matters.
- Refine and document messaging frameworks and value propositions across our finance automation products.
- Turn product capabilities into clear, differentiated messaging for finance personas, from AP managers to CFOs.
- Keep competitive positioning and battlecards current.
- Research market trends, buyer needs, and competitor moves, then turn findings into recommendations.
- Gather voice-of-customer insights to shape messaging, content, and campaign direction.
- Use product usage data and feedback to sharpen positioning and spot new opportunities.
- Create collateral such as product one-pagers, solution briefs, web copy, and sales decks.
- Give campaign teams the product angle and messaging guidance for cross-channel programmes.
Launches and go-to-market
Messaging and positioning
Market and customer insight
Content and campaigns
What you bring:
- 3+ years in product marketing, ideally in B2B SaaS.
- A track record of shipping product launches or go-to-market programs.
- A talent for making complex technology simple and compelling for business buyers.
- Comfort picking up work mid-flight and running with it after a short handover.
- Strong project management. You keep several workstreams moving without dropping detail.
- Experience working with distributed teams across time zones.
Nice to have:
- Experience with finance, P2P, S2P, AP automation, or enterprise automation software.
- Experience marketing AI products to enterprise buyers.
90 - 120 USD
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