Director Product Marketing, ADP DataCloud

Job Description

ADP is seeking a Director, Product Marketing, to drive product marketing strategies and activities that support our award-winning people analytics and data solutions powered by ADP DataCloud. The successful candidate will be an energetic, results-oriented professional with the right combination of marketing experience and technical prowess to help propel sales and adoption of ADP people analytics and data solutions.

This position is part of the Growth Marketing team which includes Product Marketing, Business Unit Marketing, Competitive Intelligence, Analyst Relations, Market Insights, Pricing Strategy, and Pre-Sale Product Experience. The team’s areas of focus are:

• Bring an external perspective to everything that we do
• Elevate our product focus and drive strategic launches with impact
• Increase demand for ADP offerings through a data-driven approach

At ADP we are driven by your success. We engage your unique talents and perspectives. We welcome your ideas on how to do things differently and better. In your efforts to achieve, learn and grow, we support you all the way. If success motivates you, you belong at ADP.

We strive for every interaction to be driven by our CORE values: Insightful Expertise, Integrity is Everything, Service Excellence, Inspiring Innovation, Each Person Counts, Results-Driven, & Social Responsibility.

The Director of Product Marketing will work closely with a cross-functional team across Product Management and Development, Marketing, Sales, Service and Operations to craft and execute go-to-market plans and product launches. The role will also collaborate with our Market Insights, Competitive Intelligence and Analyst Relations teams to develop a unique market perspective and craft relevant, differentiated product positioning and messaging for a truly unique and compelling set of people analytics and data solutions. This person also plays a key role as an expert on our data analytics products and communicating them to various internal and external audiences.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage strategic and tactical product marketing activities to drive awareness, sales and adoption of ADP people analytics, benchmarking and data solutions powered by ADP DataCloud
• Lead projects with complexity and significant impact on the business
• Deliver positioning, differentiated messaging and buyer journey experiences that equip the sales team to win new business and expand client relationships
• Build and orchestrate go-to-market strategies for new product launches
• Act as a link between Product Management, Business Unit Marketing and Corporate Marketing to ensure adequate marketing plans, launch plans and communications are created and followed for successful go-to-market
• Anticipate market needs by understanding trends and regulatory issues
• Recommend the direction and allocation of resources for product marketing programs for ADP people analytics and data solutions, and work with cross-functional teams across the businesses to execute programs
• Serve as a trusted resource to explain sophisticated capabilities that use data science, artificial intelligence and machine learning
• Provide an outside-in view of the human capital management (HCM) category and its buyers, and infuse that voice of the customer into deliverables
• Incorporate competitive awareness/differentiation, market sizing and other intelligence to inform strategies and content
• Work with Analyst Relations team on evaluations and briefings in support of people analytics and data solutions
• Communicate ongoing innovations through key product news, milestones and road map presentations to internal and external audiences
• Consult with the Brand, Business Unit Marketing, and event teams to integrate product messaging into external-facing demand generation programs
• Collaborate on product demo strategies and messaging; be able to demo the analytics offering to internal and external audiences
• Maintain accurate measurement and metrics on product marketing asset utilization and effectiveness

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QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

• Bachelor’s degree required or equivalent
• Minimum of 5-7 years in product marketing and related roles
• Knowledge and experience in technology and Software as a Service (SaaS)
• Experience in working with and empowering sales teams
• Technology product messaging and launch experience with proven results

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Preference will be given to candidates who have the following:

• Knowledge and experience in analytics offerings and Human Capital Management (HCM)
• Experience working within a complex business and with large sales teams

PERSONAL TRAITS REQUIRED:

• Ability to solve unique and complex problems with broad impact on the business by tapping into conceptual and innovative thinking
• Communicate complex ideas, anticipate potential objections and persuade others, often at senior levels, to adopt a different point of view
• Strong technical acumen and the ability to quickly ramp to become a trusted resource on a sophisticated product
• Highly collaborative team player with the knowledge, intellect and temperament to work effectively in a fast-paced, energetic and complex environment
• Leadership skills to influence across organizational lines and executive presence as well as outstanding interpersonal, verbal, written communication, presentation and process facilitation skills with the ability to present views in a compelling manner
• Personal initiative, results-orientation and integrity
• Proven analytical skills to help tackle projects and situations with decision-making grounded in data and analysis
• Exceptional business acumen with the ability to uncover an understanding of clients’ and prospects’ most critical business needs and demonstrate how ADP’s capabilities can drive business value
• Comfortable with ambiguity
• Ability to succeed within a matrix organizational design environment

In the state of Colorado, we are offering the following benefits (subject to change):

Salaried and hourly workers who work on average 32 or more standard hours per week:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 401(k), Charitable Contribution Match, Holidays, Personal Days & Vacation, Student Loan Repayment Program and Paid Volunteer Time Off

We believe in good faith that compensation for a successful candidate based in Colorado would be between the range listed below. The below is for Colorado only.

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