Director of Product Marketing - Growth

Are you an experienced and exceptional Director of Product Marketing excited to lead product-led growth strategies in a fast-paced environment? Do you obsess about accelerating high-velocity sales models? And do you have a solid technical understanding of distributed architectures microservices and APIs? If so read on!

Apollo GraphQL is revolutionizing how software teams build and scale applications. Our technology enables seamless connections between front-end applications and back-end data sources and we’re focused on driving product-led growth (PLG) and high-velocity sales.

As a Director of Product Marketing at Apollo you'll lead the growth marketing team and have a leading voice in our growth strategies. You’ll create compelling narratives that drive rapid conversion and enterprise engagement working closely with the Product Sales and Demand Generation teams to influence product strategy and pipeline growth in this player/coach role.

What You'll Do

• Lead mentor and develop product marketing managers fostering a culture of collaboration innovation transparency and continuous improvement.

• Provide guidance support and resources to empower team members to excel in their roles and contribute to overall departmental success.

• Collaborate with senior leadership to align initiatives with organizational objectives and priorities.

• Occasionally step in as interim team leader when the VP of Product is unavailable.

• Lead the development of a product-led growth strategy crafting compelling messaging and positioning for PLG initiatives.

• Create content that accelerates the buyer’s journey including blogs product explainer videos articles customer stories and sales-facing materials.

• Own full stack product marketing responsibilities for PLG led motions - from strategy creation to acquisition activation and engagement.

• Partner cross-functionally with product and growth teams on strategic roadmaps and developer engagement.

• Collaborate with sales and demand generation teams to ensure alignment on PLG strategies and content distribution.

• Develop marketing collateral that highlights Apollo’s offerings and supports high-velocity sales efforts.

Who You Are

• You have 5+ years of product marketing experience most of which has been focused on PLG strategies and high-velocity sales.

• Have a passion for coaching and developing team members.

• You have a strong technical understanding of distributed architectures microservices and APIs.

• You're Exceptional at translating technical insights into value-driven customer facing messages.

• You have a proven ability to create content that drives engagement and conversion in fast-paced environments.

• You’re passionate about developers and have experience in enterprise SaaS or developer platforms.

• You thrive in a startup environment and excel in managing competing priorities.

• Self-sufficient driven and thrive on building GTM strategies content and enablement materials without supervision.

Nice To Have

• Experience in the API Gateway space.

$200000 - $235000 a year

At Apollo we strive to provide competitive market-informed compensation whilst ensuring consistency within the team in each country. We make hiring decisions based on your skills experience and our overall assessment of what we learned during the hiring process. In addition to the U.S. base salary range we also provide equity and benefits.

Apollo offers all U.S. employees a choice of 3 Anthem Blue Cross medical plans and California residents can also choose from an additional 2 Kaiser medical plans. Dental and Vision benefits are provided by Sun Life Financial.

Location: This is a remote position that can be done from anywhere in the United States or Canada.

Equal Opportunity: Apollo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a talented and diverse workforce.

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E-Verify: Apollo is an E-Verify employer and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. For more information please visit E-Verify.