[Wattpad] Product Marketing Manager
About The Position
Wattpad is looking for a creative, results-focused Product Marketing Manager to help shape how millions of people discover, experience, and connect with stories on Wattpad. This role sits at the intersection of product and brand, owning how we bring our product to market and ensuring it resonates deeply with our global community. In this role, you will report to the Head of Marketing and partner closely with Product, Research, Community, and Design teams to ensure we’re building the right experiences for evolving user needs, while staying true to our brand and fandom culture. Your mission involves a deep focus on market research, product positioning, and go-to-market strategies across the core platform and new feature launches. This role is ideal for someone who is equally comfortable thinking strategically and rolling up their sleeves to execute.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in Product Marketing, preferably in B2C tech, media, or entertainment
- Proven ability to develop positioning and lead go-to-market strategies for digital products
- Strong strategic thinking paired with excellent execution skills
- Experience working closely with Product and Design teams in an agile environment
- Ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment without direct authority
- Deep curiosity about user behavior, culture, and emerging trends
- Passion for storytelling, fandom, and entertainment - bonus points for being a Wattpadder!
- Experience in qualitative and quantitative research approaches to help identify and validate product marketing opportunities
- Proficient in tools like Looker, Amplitude, and marketing measurement platforms
Nice To Haves
- Experience with community-driven platforms or creator ecosystems
- Familiarity with Gen Z audiences and digital content trends (e.g. fan culture)
- Experience with experimentation and lifecycle marketing
Responsibilities
- Lead ongoing market, competitive, and audience research to inform product direction and positioning
- Identify emerging trends in storytelling, fandom, and entertainment consumption, translating into clear opportunities for cross-functional teams
- Define and evolve product positioning, messaging, and value propositions across the platform, ensuring consistency between product experience and brand narrative
- Shape how features are packaged and communicated to drive adoption and engagement
- Own end-to-end GTM strategy and execution for new features, experiments, and product initiatives
- Develop clear marketing plans, track success metrics, and deliver post-launch optimization strategies
- Collaborate closely with Product Managers and Designers from ideation through launch
- Ensure user needs, motivations, and market context are embedded in product and marketing decisions
- Act as the voice of our users and the market within cross-functional teams
Benefits
- Career development; we believe in mentorship and investing in your learning, supporting you to achieve your goals
- Top industry health benefits, including vision and dental
- Your own health/wellness account to spend each year
- RRSP Contributions (Canada), 401K Contributions (USA)
- Generous vacation and Maternity/Parental leave top-up program
- Corporate discount for gym memberships for you and your family
- Work from almost anywhere in the world for part of the year
- Winter break shutdown and a whole lot more!
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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