[Contract] Product Marketing Manager – Competitive Intelligence & AI Beta Program

Clever•San Francisco, CA

5d•Remote

About The Position

Clever is seeking a contract Product Marketing Manager to enhance its competitive intelligence program and establish an external beta program for its AI strategy. This role is primarily analytical, focusing on structured interviewing, competitive research, and synthesizing findings into actionable insights for leadership. The Product Marketing Manager will collaborate closely with Product and Engineering teams to define external use cases for the platform, laying the groundwork for Clever's future go-to-market strategy in this area.

Requirements

Proven experience running competitive intelligence programs and/or win-loss research in a B2B software company.
Ability to transform raw signals into a defensible, actionable point of view.
Experience recruiting and managing external beta/design-partner programs, including structured customer interviewing.
Comfortable interfacing directly with Product and Engineering leadership and prospective enterprise customers with minimal oversight.
Strong synthesis and writing skills.
Available for a focused, part-time engagement with a hard deliverable date.
Commitment to inclusion and belonging.

Nice To Haves

EdTech, identity/auth, or AI infrastructure background.

Responsibilities

Update and enhance the existing competitive intelligence (CI) program, including refreshing monitoring cadence and establishing a formal win-loss interview process.
Produce a synthesized view of the agentic identity landscape, building upon and connecting to existing CI efforts.
Recruit and manage external beta customers/design partners for AI product development.
Oversee the beta program timeline, participant engagement, and structured feedback capture from end to end.
Collaborate with Product and Engineering leadership to define external use cases for the platform.
Synthesize research and interviews into a clear, usable point of view for leadership.
Document learnings and prepare a handoff briefing for the incoming Product Marketing Manager lead.