Senior Manager, Product Marketing

Craft the Flexport story to connect 

The opportunity:

Flexport is looking for a skilled and enthusiastic Senior Manager to lead our growing product marketing team. In this role, you will lead a team of Product Marketing Managers focused on bringing products to market, creating awareness, and driving adoption. Armed with a passion for innovation and taking new offerings to market on a multi-channel, multi-segment, global scale, you should enjoy working closely with key stakeholders to assess new markets, develop compelling business cases, identify product use cases, and create marketing activities that drive Flexport revenue and growth. This position is based in San Francisco or Bellevue. 

Come help us disrupt global trade!

You will:

• Lead Flexport’s team of Product Marketing Managers and implement best practices for executing on a variety of marketing strategies
• Provide leadership for the go-to-market strategy and execution for Flexport’s products and services
• Gather, analyze, and synthesize information about the industry and technology, focusing on both existing and emerging competitive landscapes
• Understand Flexport’s customers and users and act as the voice of the customer to Marketing, Product, and Supply counterparts and leadership
• Identify opportunities to drive product growth, and develop data-driven recommendations to attain pipeline and other business KPIs

You should have:

• 4-8 years relevant experience (preference for marketing, tech companies, product management, or industry backgrounds) in fast-moving environments
• Proven leadership skills, ability to manage up and drive consensus among executive stakeholders
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and managing stakeholders with diverse needs and perspectives
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and understand complex market dynamics (ecosystem, customers, competition) and how it impacts marketing and product strategy
• Proven track record with creating a range of marketing assets, and crafting compelling messaging and positioning for technology products
• MBA a plus 
• A "compliance first" attitude to keep our regulators happy and enthusiastic about Flexport since we operate in a heavily regulated industry

About Flexport:

We believe global trade can move the human race forward. That’s why it’s our mission to make global trade easy for everyone. We aim to do this by building the Operating System for Global trade - a strategic model combining advanced technology and data analytics, logistics infrastructure, and supply chain expertise. We’re shaping the future of a $8.6T industry with solutions powered by innovative technology and exceptional people. Today, companies of all sizes—from emerging brands to Fortune 500s—use Flexport technology to move more than $19B of merchandise across 112 countries a year. 

In February 2022, we raised a $935 million Series E funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz and MSD Partners, with participation from new investor Shopify, as well as existing partners. At a valuation of $8 billion, we’re experiencing record growth and are proud to have the support of the best investors in the game who believe in our mission, solutions, and people.

Worried about not having any freight forwarding experience?

• Don’t be! We’re building the first Operating System for Global Trade. That’s why it’s incredibly important for us to bring people fromdiverse backgrounds and experiences together with our industry veterans to help move the freight forwarding industry forward.
• What’s freight forwarding and why does it matter? Freight forwarding is the coordination and shipment of goods from one place to another and it’s what makes global trade possible. Flexport is on a mission to make global trade easier for everyone because we believe it canhelp connect the world and break down economic barriers.
• We know this industry is complex. That’s why we invest in education starting day one withFlexport Academy, a one week intensive onboarding program designed specifically to set every new Flexport employee up for success. 

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.