Basic Purpose:
The Product Marketing Manager is responsible for maintaining and directing ownership of one or more Mission Research products throughout the product cycle.

Role Qualifications:

• Must be able to coordinate between technical teams and business stakeholders
• Must have thorough command of the systems and processes that will be used to achieve project objectives

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Defining product vision
• Gathering product requirements
• Creating design concept and functional specifications
• Managing change and scope control
• Facilitating the creation and delivery all of the product’s requisite trainings
• Developing and implementing a company-wide go-to-market plan by working with product marketing
• Creating product definitions and position messaging for sales and marketing
• Coordinating the creation of sales tools
• Developing, implementing and deploying marketing campaigns to deliver the appropriate value proposition and attract new prospects by working closely with the product development team
• Implementing market research programs to gain insight into competing products, industries and trends in web and on-demand application development market to help drive product direction
• Working with internal teams, customers, and industry analysts to build awareness of and demand for product’s capabilities and their business value
• Participating in customer-facing events, user conferences, and trade shows as a product and industry expert
• Analyzing potential partner relationships for the product and make strategic recommendations
• Defining best practices for use of product for clients on new and enhancing capabilities and processes
• Designing, developing, and delivering public webinars, customer training, and internal training on new product offerings
• Project management
• Conducting usability testing and beta programs
• Other duties as assigned

Essential Skills, Knowledge, and Experience:

• Minimum of 3 years product design, management or equivalent marketing experience in the technology industry.
• Demonstrate a solid knowledge of product, marketing and business strategic thinking, including:
  • Analyzing and determining customer requirements
  • Producing Product Vision documents
  • Producing Product Concept documents
  • Producing Functional specifications
• Possess strong quantitative analytical, and technical abilities
• BA/BS degree or equivalent work experience.
• Must have a thorough understanding of the software development process, including:
  • Vision/Concept documents
  • Functional specifications
  • System/architectural design
  • Software development
  • Configuration
  • Testing, and
  • Deployment
• Must be able to identify and mitigate risks throughout the product life cycle
• Must understand change management and scope control principles
• Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, as well as strong organizational skills
• Must be able to work well both independently and in a team environment.
• Understanding of relevant technologies, including:
  • Internet products and technologies
  • Database-based software applications (Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, SQL)
  • Visual Basic 6
  • DHTML
  • Windows Scripting technologies

Non-Essential Skills, Knowledge, and Experience:

• Line-of-business knowledge of Nonprofits is a plus.
• MBA is a plus

Physical demands and work environment:
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Work environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually minimal.

Please email resume and salary requirements to jobs@missionresearch.com. No phone calls, please.