Head of Product Marketing

Optimism; New York (NY); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in blockchain infrastructure, Optimism is looking for a Senior Product Marketing Manager to spearhead marketing strategies and product launches. The position requires deep expertise in crypto, excellent communication skills, and the ability to interact with various stakeholders to enhance product visibility. Join a remote-first team passionate about shaping the future of web3.

Benefits

Competitive package with a token

Opportunity to work with leading infrastructure projects

Fully remote team

Qualifications

• Experience as a Product Marketing Manager or similar in web3.
• Active user of on-chain applications with understanding of blockchain infrastructure.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute product marketing strategy.
• Craft product positioning and messaging for target audiences.
• Conduct market research and competitive analysis.

Skills

Product Marketing

Communication

Market Research

Social Media Management

Blockchain Knowledge

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Marketing, or Economics

Job description

At Gelato, we are building a rollup-native cloud platform designed to support millions of developers in creating next-gen rollups and apps, ultimately bringing billions of users on-chain.

Our mission is straightforward: tackle the next generation of web3 infrastructure engineering challenges to make the permissionless internet accessible to everyone. To achieve this, we hire the best—those who aim to make an impact, work hard, and are fully locked in.

We look for individuals who solve complex problems and deliver meaningful work. Most importantly, we seek those enthusiastic about crypto infrastructure because work at our pace needs to be fun. As a remote-first company, we are committed to hiring the best talent from around the globe.

As a Senior Product Marketing Manager as part of the Marketing team reporting to Head of Marketing you’ll be responsible for:

What You’ll Do

• Responsible for the development and execution of Gelato’s product marketing strategy.

• Build, organize, and execute product launches and initiatives. Ensure successful messaging and narratives for website updates, thorough documentation, Twitter campaigns and appeal to the right audiences

• Own, plan and execute the product marketing content calendar on social media, predominantly Twitter
• Craft compelling product positioning and messaging that communicate the value of our infrastructure solutions to different audience segments. Coordinating with developers, designers, and product teams to make sure we have everything needed to present our products in the best way possible to our users and community. This will include the initial product launch, iterative feature upgrades, or the general product brand.
• Create market and competitive analysis, client case studies, and product positioning.
• Work closely with our strategic Rollup as a Service clients across their development lifecycle, proactively helping them with general execution and go-to-market by coordinating and creating launch blog posts, tweets, and press releases supporting them with chain launches.
• Work directly with infrastructure providers (RPC providers, Bridges, Wallets, SDKs, etc.) and application teams across the ecosystem to create joint go-to-market content and build deep marketing relationships
• Work closely with the product team to deeply understand technical features and translate them into user benefits that resonate with target audiences.
• Measure and report against the performance of product marketing initiatives
• Conduct market research and competitive analysis to identify trends, customer pain points, and positioning opportunities in the blockchain infrastructure space

• Relevant experience as a Product Marketing Manager or Product Manager, with demonstrated experience in coordinating and interacting with web3 projects
• Deep understanding and experience in managing crypto-focussed accounts on social media platforms like X. You know how to communicate to a crypto native audience
• A curious individual with a strong passion for and understanding of blockchain technologies focusing on infrastructure, ideally an active user of onchain applications with an understanding of ecosystem trends.
• You possess excellent written and verbal communication skills and are comfortable influencing both internal and external teams in a professional setting
• Prior expertise in creating engaging user-centric content focused on product and technical features, drilling down into the technical concepts while stewarding business priorities
• A flexible and reliable team member, comfortable taking ownership and navigating ambiguity
• You have a degree in Computer Science, Marketing, and/or Economics, or experience contributing to software products as shown through individual projects or other work
• Experience at a high-growth technology startup / web3 infrastructure is strongly preferred

• Fully remote team, with team members in Zug, Paris, New York, London, Singapore, and many other cool places. We highly value having availability overlapping with (CET) working hours to enhance collaboration with the core team.
• Competitive package with a token.
• Chance to participate in shaping the future of web3 by working with the biggest infrastructure projects such as Optimism, Arbitrum, and Celestia.
• World-class Investors - We are backed by the community, including top-tier VCs such as Hack VC, IOSG, Animoca Brands, Dragonfly, and Galaxy Digital.