Product Marketing Manager

San Francisco, CA·Posted 2mo ago
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<p><strong>About&nbsp;The&nbsp;Role</strong></p> <p>We’re building the infrastructure for AI agents that actually do things — trade, transact, collaborate, and operate autonomously. Our products (NEAR AI Cloud, OpenClaw, IronClaw, NEAR Intents, and the AI Agent Marketplace) are shipping fast, and we need someone who can turn that momentum into structured, repeatable launches that drive real growth. You’ll be our first dedicated product marketer. That means you’re not inheriting a playbook — you’re writing it.</p> <p><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></p> <p>This&nbsp;role&nbsp;reports&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;Head&nbsp;of&nbsp;Product&nbsp;Marketing&nbsp;and&nbsp;works&nbsp;daily&nbsp;with&nbsp;our&nbsp;Chief&nbsp;Product&nbsp;Officer,&nbsp;Head&nbsp;of&nbsp;Product,&nbsp;Head&nbsp;of&nbsp;Engineering,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Director&nbsp;of&nbsp;BD.&nbsp;You’ll&nbsp;own&nbsp;product&nbsp;marketing&nbsp;across&nbsp;the&nbsp;entire&nbsp;portfolio&nbsp;—&nbsp;not&nbsp;a&nbsp;single&nbsp;product&nbsp;line,&nbsp;all&nbsp;of&nbsp;them.</p> <ul> <li>Build the commercial map: Conduct rigorous market research to define our TAM, SAM, and SOM across multiple AI agent verticals, ensuring our GTM efforts are focused on the highest-leverage opportunities.</li> <li>Own&nbsp;go-to-market&nbsp;strategy&nbsp;and&nbsp;execution&nbsp;for&nbsp;every&nbsp;product&nbsp;launch.&nbsp;Build&nbsp;the&nbsp;launch&nbsp;playbook&nbsp;from&nbsp;scratch,&nbsp;run&nbsp;it,&nbsp;improve&nbsp;it,&nbsp;repeat.</li> <li>Develop&nbsp;positioning&nbsp;and&nbsp;messaging&nbsp;frameworks&nbsp;that&nbsp;make&nbsp;complex&nbsp;AI&nbsp;infrastructure&nbsp;products&nbsp;clear&nbsp;and&nbsp;compelling&nbsp;to&nbsp;developers,&nbsp;enterprises,&nbsp;and&nbsp;early&nbsp;adopters.</li> <li>Write&nbsp;first-draft&nbsp;content&nbsp;—&nbsp;blog&nbsp;posts,&nbsp;landing&nbsp;pages,&nbsp;launch&nbsp;briefs,&nbsp;case&nbsp;studies&nbsp;—&nbsp;then&nbsp;coordinate&nbsp;with&nbsp;writers&nbsp;and&nbsp;cross-functional&nbsp;partners&nbsp;to&nbsp;refine.</li> <li>Drive&nbsp;top-of-funnel&nbsp;growth&nbsp;and&nbsp;qualified&nbsp;lead&nbsp;generation.&nbsp;You’re&nbsp;measured&nbsp;on&nbsp;pipeline&nbsp;impact,&nbsp;not&nbsp;just&nbsp;“brand&nbsp;awareness.”</li> <li>Be&nbsp;the&nbsp;connective&nbsp;tissue&nbsp;between&nbsp;Product,&nbsp;Engineering,&nbsp;BD,&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;market.&nbsp;You&nbsp;translate&nbsp;what&nbsp;we’re&nbsp;building&nbsp;into&nbsp;why&nbsp;anyone&nbsp;should&nbsp;care.</li> <li>Use&nbsp;AI&nbsp;tools&nbsp;in&nbsp;your&nbsp;daily&nbsp;work.&nbsp;We’re&nbsp;an&nbsp;AI&nbsp;company&nbsp;—&nbsp;we&nbsp;expect&nbsp;you&nbsp;to&nbsp;use&nbsp;AI&nbsp;to&nbsp;move&nbsp;faster,&nbsp;draft&nbsp;better,&nbsp;and&nbsp;think&nbsp;bigger.&nbsp;If&nbsp;you’re&nbsp;not&nbsp;already&nbsp;using&nbsp;LLMs&nbsp;to&nbsp;accelerate&nbsp;your&nbsp;workflows,&nbsp;this&nbsp;isn’t&nbsp;the&nbsp;right&nbsp;fit.</li> <li style="font-weight: bold;"><strong>This role is based in San Francisco and requires being onsite at least 3 days a week.</strong></li> </ul> <p><strong>Your First 90 Days</strong></p> <p>By&nbsp;the&nbsp;end&nbsp;of&nbsp;your&nbsp;first&nbsp;quarter,&nbsp;you&nbsp;should&nbsp;have:</p> <ul> <li>Delivered a data-driven market segmentation report that defines our current winnable market (SOM) and identifies the specific "wedge" use cases for our next two product launches.</li> <li>Owned&nbsp;and&nbsp;shipped&nbsp;at&nbsp;least&nbsp;one&nbsp;structured&nbsp;product&nbsp;launch&nbsp;end-to-end,&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;documented&nbsp;playbook&nbsp;that&nbsp;the&nbsp;team&nbsp;can&nbsp;reference&nbsp;and&nbsp;reuse.</li> <li>Established&nbsp;draft&nbsp;positioning&nbsp;and&nbsp;messaging&nbsp;across&nbsp;all&nbsp;four&nbsp;product&nbsp;lines&nbsp;—&nbsp;not&nbsp;perfect,&nbsp;but&nbsp;directional&nbsp;and&nbsp;in-market.</li> <li>Built&nbsp;working&nbsp;relationships&nbsp;with&nbsp;Product,&nbsp;Engineering,&nbsp;and&nbsp;BD&nbsp;leadership&nbsp;so&nbsp;that&nbsp;launches&nbsp;feel&nbsp;coordinated,&nbsp;not&nbsp;chaotic.</li> </ul> <p><strong>By&nbsp;12&nbsp;Months</strong></p> <ul> <li>A&nbsp;repeatable&nbsp;launch&nbsp;engine&nbsp;that&nbsp;accelerates&nbsp;velocity&nbsp;across&nbsp;all&nbsp;products.</li> <li>Clear,&nbsp;differentiated&nbsp;positioning&nbsp;that&nbsp;resonates&nbsp;with&nbsp;developers&nbsp;and&nbsp;enterprise&nbsp;buyers.</li> <li>Measurable&nbsp;contribution&nbsp;to&nbsp;product-market&nbsp;fit&nbsp;discovery&nbsp;across&nbsp;the&nbsp;portfolio.</li> <li>Qualified&nbsp;lead&nbsp;growth&nbsp;you&nbsp;can&nbsp;point&nbsp;to&nbsp;and&nbsp;say&nbsp;“that&nbsp;was&nbsp;us.”</li> </ul> <p><strong>Who You Are</strong></p> <ul> <li>Strategic &amp; Analytical: You have a proven track record of moving from broad market research to specific TAM/SOM modeling, using those insights to architect GTM strategies that actually move the needle on revenue.</li> <li>You’ve used LLMs to accelerate market sizing or competitive intelligence, e.g., automating TAM sizing, developing lead lists, synthesizing thousands of developer forum posts, or analyzing competitor pricing pages at scale.</li> <li>6-10 years of product marketing experience, ideally at B2B SaaS and/or AI-focused companies.</li> <li>You’ve&nbsp;built&nbsp;launch&nbsp;processes&nbsp;from&nbsp;scratch&nbsp;—&nbsp;not&nbsp;just&nbsp;followed&nbsp;someone&nbsp;else’s&nbsp;template.</li> <li>Strong&nbsp;writing&nbsp;chops.&nbsp;You&nbsp;can&nbsp;produce&nbsp;a&nbsp;solid&nbsp;first&nbsp;draft&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;blog&nbsp;post,&nbsp;landing&nbsp;page,&nbsp;or&nbsp;launch&nbsp;brief&nbsp;without&nbsp;waiting&nbsp;for&nbsp;a&nbsp;copywriter.</li> <li>Comfortable&nbsp;with&nbsp;technical&nbsp;products.&nbsp;You&nbsp;don’t&nbsp;need&nbsp;to&nbsp;write&nbsp;code,&nbsp;but&nbsp;you&nbsp;can&nbsp;read&nbsp;docs,&nbsp;talk&nbsp;to&nbsp;engineers,&nbsp;and&nbsp;translate&nbsp;features&nbsp;into&nbsp;customer&nbsp;value.</li> <li>High&nbsp;initiative&nbsp;and&nbsp;comfort&nbsp;with&nbsp;ambiguity.&nbsp;You&nbsp;don’t&nbsp;wait&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;told&nbsp;what’s&nbsp;next.</li> <li>You&nbsp;actively&nbsp;use&nbsp;AI&nbsp;tools&nbsp;in&nbsp;your&nbsp;work&nbsp;and&nbsp;are&nbsp;excited&nbsp;to&nbsp;push&nbsp;the&nbsp;boundaries&nbsp;of&nbsp;what’s&nbsp;possible&nbsp;with&nbsp;them.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Nice-to-have:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Experience&nbsp;with&nbsp;developer&nbsp;tools,&nbsp;infrastructure,&nbsp;or&nbsp;platform&nbsp;products.</li> <li>Familiarity&nbsp;with&nbsp;crypto/Web3&nbsp;ecosystems&nbsp;(but&nbsp;not&nbsp;required&nbsp;—&nbsp;AI&nbsp;and&nbsp;SaaS&nbsp;experience&nbsp;matters&nbsp;more).</li> <li>Experience&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;consumer&nbsp;+&nbsp;B2B&nbsp;hybrid&nbsp;product&nbsp;environment.</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Where You Might Be Coming From</strong></p> <p>You might be the first or second PMM at a Series A–C AI or developer tools company. Maybe you’re at a place like Vercel, Replit, Hugging Face, Scale AI, or a similar startup where you built the launch function from scratch and now want to do it again at a company where the products are even more ambitious. Or you’re at a larger company and itching to get back to the stage where your work has outsized impact.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><em>Heads Up — This Role Isn’t For Everyone</em></p> <p><em>If you need established processes to plug into, a single product to focus on, or a manager who tells you exactly what to do every day — this isn’t the right role. We’re early stage and moving fast. Priorities shift. You’ll context switch between four product lines in a single day. The people who thrive here are the ones who find that energizing, not exhausting.</em></p><div class="content-conclusion"><p>We value</p> <ul> <li>ECOSYSTEM-FIRST: <em>always put the health and success of the ecosystem above any individual's interest</em></li> <li>OPENNESS: <em>operate transparently and consistently share knowledge to build open communities</em></li> <li>PRAGMATISM OVER PERFECTION: <em>find the right solution not the ideal solution and beat dogmatism by openly considering all ideas</em></li> <li>MAKE IT FEEL SIMPLE: <em>strive to make the complex feel simple so the technology is accessible to all</em></li> <li>GROW CONSTANTLY: <em>learn, improve and fail productively so the project and community are always becoming more effective</em></li> </ul> <p>NEAR is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. NEAR is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, please let your recruiter know during the interview process.&nbsp;</p></div>