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Zendesk

Senior Product Marketing Manager, Competitive Intelligence

Zendesk, Washington, District of Columbia, us, 20022


Who we're looking for

Check below to see if you have what is needed for this opportunity, and if so, make an application asap.Customer Service and Support software is a $30+ billion market that is growing at 17%+ each year. The top 10 vendors own 50% of the Market. The CRM world is as competitive as ever, our business is looking to our Competitive Intelligence team to increasingly influence the strategic direction of the company and product. In this role, you will become enriched with deep subject matter expertise in not only our competition but also the markets we serve. You’ll have the opportunity to use this intelligence to influence the business across sales, marketing, product, success, etc. wherever you see opportunities. This role is a hybrid of traditional roles in product analysis, strategy, product marketing, and sales support – requiring a mix of skills including: research, writing, positioning, data analysis and operational support. If you have a passion for driving broad and strategic impact to the business, driving initiatives, and working cross functionally, getting up on stage and getting our business passionate about our strong position, this role is meant for you.

What you'll be doing

Conduct ongoing in-depth research and analysis on competitor go-to-market strategy and product capabilities by using a number of different sources including win/loss reports, secondary research (analyst reports, webinars, PR, etc.), and publicly available information.

Own Data and Insights delivery for the CI team; optimizing CRM data quality and analytics, win/loss programs, and external market research.

Support field teams with global competitive training (in partnership with Sales Enablement), scalable self-serve competitive assets (internal and external facing), as well as high touch support on sales deals and in competitive situations with customers (present to prospects and customers if needed).

Provide prescriptive mentorship to our sales and customer success teams through 1:1 engagement to help Zendesk win and retain every customer.

Support the delivery of regular cadence of company-wide briefings and department specific updates (Company all hands, Product Summits, C-staff meetings, Sales Kickoff, Sales & Success Training) to deliver competitive insights.

Work with cross-functional teams (e.g., Product, Marketing, Sales, Finance, and Legal) to ensure competitive insights and the CI team’s POV are incorporated into decision making.

Qualifications

5-7+ years of CI, market intelligence, sales, and/or pre-sales experience.

Technical proficiency and curiosity.

You enjoy getting into the details with software products and understand how they fit within established and constantly evolving markets.

Able to distill large amounts of information into compelling stories and presentations.

Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to draw insights from complex data sets.

Shown executive presence and ability to deliver compelling presentations to a wide range of audiences including executive management, sales teams, customers and partners.

Experience driving strategic programs across the business.

Benefits

The US annualized base salary range for this position is $143,000.00-$215,000.00.

This position may also be eligible for bonus, benefits, or related incentives.

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