Senior Director of Product Marketing, MadHive
$142.2-185k
Advertising solution leveraging cryptography & machine learning
Posted today
Advertising solution leveraging cryptography & machine learning
201-500 employees
Posted today
$142.2-185k
201-500 employees
Company mission
To take complex, cutting-edge technology and turn it into intuitive, easy-to-use solutions that empower local media buyers.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of experience in product marketing, product strategy, solutions marketing, or a related field, including significant experience in adtech, martech, digital media, or enterprise software
- Deep technical understanding of programmatic advertising, advertising platforms, data-driven media buying, measurement, and the broader adtech ecosystem
- Demonstrated experience leading product marketing for a complex platform or portfolio of technical products
- Proven ability to translate highly technical concepts into clear, differentiated, and commercially compelling narratives
- Experience owning large-scale go-to-market strategies and cross-functional product launches
- Strong understanding of product development processes and experience partnering closely with Product and Engineering leaders
- Experience influencing product strategy through market, competitive, customer, and commercial insights
- Strong executive presence and the ability to advise, influence, and communicate with senior leaders
- Experience building, leading, and developing product marketing teams
- Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and storytelling skills
- Strong analytical skills and experience using data to evaluate market opportunities, product adoption, and go-to-market performance
- Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, evolving environment with a high degree of ownership and accountability
What the job involves
- The Senior Director of Product Marketing will lead the product marketing strategy for Madhive’s advertising technology platform and solutions. This role sits at the intersection of Product, Engineering, Sales, Client Success, and Marketing and is responsible for translating complex technical capabilities into clear market positioning, differentiated product narratives, and scalable go-to-market strategies
- This leader will own product marketing across the portfolio, including positioning, messaging, market intelligence, product launches, sales enablement, and product adoption. They will serve as a strategic advisor to senior leadership and help shape product priorities by bringing a strong understanding of the market, customers, competitors, and evolving adtech ecosystem
- The Senior Director will build and lead the product marketing function, establish the frameworks and operating rhythms required to support a growing product portfolio, and ensure Madhive’s commercial teams can confidently articulate the value of our technology
- Define and lead the product marketing strategy across Madhive’s programmatic advertising platform, products, and solutions
- Establish the product marketing vision, priorities, operating model, and success measures in alignment with company and commercial goals
- Advise senior leadership on product positioning, market opportunities, customer needs, competitive threats, and go-to-market priorities
- Build scalable product marketing processes and frameworks that support multiple products, audiences, and stages of the product lifecycle
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of product marketing professionals
- Develop differentiated positioning, messaging, and value propositions for complex adtech products and technical capabilities
- Translate product architecture, data capabilities, integrations, automation, measurement, and workflow functionality into clear customer and market value
- Partner closely with Product and Engineering to develop a deep understanding of product capabilities, technical dependencies, use cases, and roadmap priorities
- Create messaging frameworks that can be consistently applied across sales materials, product launches, customer communications, campaigns, and executive presentations
- Ensure product narratives are technically accurate, commercially compelling, and tailored to different audiences, including brands, agencies, broadcasters, publishers, and internal teams
- Own the end-to-end go-to-market strategy for new products, features, integrations, and major platform enhancements
- Determine target audiences, use cases, competitive differentiation, launch strategy, enablement needs, adoption goals, and success metrics
- Lead cross-functional launch planning across Product, Engineering, Sales, Client Success, Marketing, and Revenue Operations
- Establish launch readiness standards and ensure teams are prepared to position, sell, support, and measure new capabilities
- Evaluate launch and adoption results and use insights to refine messaging, enablement, and future go-to-market plans
- Develop a comprehensive understanding of the adtech landscape, including programmatic buying, demand-side platforms, data and identity, measurement, supply paths, optimization, and emerging technologies
- Lead ongoing market, customer, and competitive research to identify trends, whitespace opportunities, and risks
- Create competitive intelligence, battlecards, market assessments, and executive-level recommendations
- Lead voice of customer and bring these customer and market insights into product planning and prioritization discussions
- Partner with customer-facing teams to identify recurring needs, objections, adoption barriers, and opportunities for product differentiation
- Develop the product narratives, tools, and training required for Sales and Client Success teams to communicate Madhive’s value effectively
- Create high-impact enablement materials, including pitch decks, solution briefs, product demonstrations, technical overviews, competitive guides, case studies, and objection-handling resources
- Lead product and solution training for commercial teams and ensure enablement remains current as the platform evolves
- Partner with Sales leadership on strategic opportunities, executive-level presentations, requests for proposals, and complex customer conversations
- Measure the effectiveness of product marketing programs through adoption, pipeline influence, win rates, sales readiness, product usage, and customer feedback
Our take
The rise in streaming content has revolutionized digital advertising, offering advertisers the potential for more precise campaign calibration. However, alongside this opportunity come new challenges such as consumer overload, ad fraud and data privacy concerns, compounded by the need to integrate with traditional linear television. Navigating these complexities requires a comprehensive solution, and that's where MadHive steps in.
Utilizing AI technology, MadHive's video ad software suite tackles these challenges head-on. It intelligently identifies optimal ad placements, manages ad frequency to prevent saturation, and gauges consumer intent across various platforms including web, mobile and TV. This capability allows advertisers to execute nationwide campaigns with pinpoint local targeting - a remarkable achievement in the dynamic digital content landscape.
Unsurprisingly, MadHive boasts an impressive client roster, boasting a 95% renewal rate with major names like Fox, McAfee and Tegna Premion. This consistent satisfaction has propelled MadHive to expand its offering into critical areas such as data privacy. It also launched the industry's first agentic suite for local media, that supports users to build smarter campaigns faster, and hence accelerate their revenue.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
36% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jun 2023
$300m
LATE VC
Aug 2018
$3m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $306.4m
Company benefits
- 401(K) Matching
- Company Equity
- Retirement Plans
- Performance Bonuses
- 100% Company-Covered Health Insurance
- Dental Benefits
- Vision Benefits
- Generous Maternity and Paternity Leave
- Paid Holidays
- Unlimited Vacation
- Free Lunch In-Office
- Commuter Benefits
Company HQ
Tribeca, New York, NY
Leadership
Jim Wilson
(CEO)Prior to joining Madhive in 2024, Jim was the CEO of North America for Talon.
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