About the Role
The Associate Director, Product Marketing serves as a critical connection point between product, sales, marketing, customer, partner, and business development teams. This role is a key influencer of go-to-market strategy, identifying market opportunities, defining product strategies, leading sales and GTM product enablement, and supporting pipeline development and revenue generation. The Associate Director will create value-based messaging, collaborate cross-functionally, and act as a leader and domain expert.
Responsibilities
- Guide, create, and deliver differentiated product positioning and strong messaging.
- Create insightful buyer personas and compelling content that communicates value and supports a buyer’s journey-based sales cycle.
- Support the execution of a GTM strategy related to product/domain responsibilities.
- Perform market, customer, and competitive research to understand market segments, produce buyer insights, and identify new product opportunities.
- Lead in the creation of new product/feature messaging and support product management teams in roadmap development.
- Support marketing programs that drive awareness, engagement, and pipeline.
- Collaborate with demand-generation teams to build and execute high-response campaigns.
- Help field sales, customer success, and partner teams in their efforts to land new prospects and expand business with existing customers.
- Enable sales, GTM teams, and strategic partners in positioning Enablon products.
- Provide thought leadership and innovative ideas to the broader marketplace.
- Build and grow relationships through customer advocacy (CABs, UGs, corporate events, field activities).
- Build and execute cross-functional projects that align to corporate objectives and deliver clearly defined goals and outcomes.
Requirements
- Strong data analysis skills for deriving insights and a willingness to change direction based on results illustrated through analytics.
- Project planning and management experience to support cross-functional, metrics-driven projects.
- A relationship builder, particularly with functions outside of marketing, including product management, engineering, sales, customer success, services, and operations teams.
- A consensus building leadership style, decisive decision-maker, and persuasive influencer.
- Skills in developing strong relationships with the research analyst community and other industry influencers (associations, thought leaders, partners, etc.).
- Some travel may be required (20-30%).
- Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.
Skills
- Product positioning
- Messaging development
- Buyer persona creation
- Market research
- Competitive analysis
- Product roadmap development
- Marketing program support
- Campaign execution
- Sales enablement
- Partner enablement
- Thought leadership
- Customer advocacy
- Cross-functional project management
- Data analysis
- Relationship building
- Consensus building
- Influencing
- Research analyst relations
- Industry influencer relations
Location
- Onsite (potential requirement)
Work Type
- Hybrid (implied by travel and onsite requirement)
Experience Level
- Associate Director
- 10+ years of B2B technology experience
- 5-7 years of experience in product marketing roles
- 5 years proven experience in managing a global team
Education Level
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Marketing, Business, Sales or a related field of study is preferred, or equivalent experience.
Salary/Compensations
- $133,400.00 - $238,400.00 USD
- This role is eligible for Bonus.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans
- 401(k)
- FSA/HSA
- Commuter Benefits
- Tuition Assistance Plan
- Vacation and Sick Time
- Paid Parental Leave
About the Company
- Wolters Kluwer is a dynamic global technology company that makes a difference every day.
- We are innovators with impact, providing expert software and information solutions that leading professionals rely on.
- We help advance sustainability, health, justice, prosperity, and commerce around the world.
- Wolters Kluwer reported 2025 annual revenues of €6.1 billion.
- The group serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs more than 21,000 people worldwide.
- Our mission is to empower professional customers with AI-powered solutions to make critical decisions, achieve successful outcomes, and increase productivity.
- We deliver trusted, AI-powered expert solutions combining deep domain knowledge, proprietary content, and advanced technology.
- Nearly 70% of our digital revenues come from AI-powered solutions.
- We are committed to helping professionals navigate complexity, improve workflows, and solve critical challenges through cloud-based, AI-powered platforms.
- With a nearly 190-year legacy, Wolters Kluwer continues to evolve its portfolio of digital solutions and services.
Equal Opportunity
- As a global organization, we recognize that solving a wide range of complex problems requires diverse perspectives and innovative thinking.
- We aim to provide a welcoming environment and equitable opportunities for all employees regardless of background, nationality, race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or religion.
- This principle is ingrained in our company values and articulated in our Code of Business Ethics.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, transgender status, and sexual orientation), national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law, and we do not tolerate discrimination on any of these bases.
