GS1 Canada

Director of Product Marketing

GS1 Canada

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: TorontoCanada

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Salary

💰 CA$120,000 - CA$150,000 per year

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About the role

  • Build & Lead a High-Performing Product Marketing Function
  • Refine the current team roles and operating model to align with best-in-class product marketing practices.
  • Coach and upskill team to become strong product marketers.
  • Establish repeatable processes for messaging, positioning, launches, competitive intelligence, and go to market planning.
  • Execute responsibly within to meet organizational goals within defined budgets.
  • Own Product Positioning, Messaging & Value Propositions
  • Develop clear, differentiated value propositions that articulate product value across industries, use cases, and segments.
  • Ensure product messaging is consistent across all channels, assets, and customer touchpoints.
  • Drive Strategic Go-to-Market (GTM)
  • Lead end-to-end GTM strategy for new products, enhancements, and market expansions.
  • Partner closely with Product Management, UX, and Community Engagement teams to ensure successful commercial outcomes.
  • Create launch frameworks, readiness plans, and measurable success metrics.
  • Market, Customer & Competitive Intelligence
  • Build a robust insights program that provides the organization with ongoing market, buyer, and competitor intelligence.
  • Translate insights into actionable recommendations for product, sales, and leadership.
  • Sales Enablement & Revenue Support
  • Equip account teams with tools, training, content, and competitive narratives that accelerate engagement velocity.
  • Work with account leadership to improve success rates and optimize product storytelling.
  • Cross-Functional Leadership
  • Serve as the connective tissue between Product, Corporate Communications, Community Engagement, and Customer Success.
  • Influence product roadmaps using data-driven market and customer insights.
  • Elevate product understanding across the organization.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of B2B Product Marketing experience, with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
  • Proven success building or transforming a product marketing function.
  • Solid experience with platform, SaaS, or complex solutions, exceeding product go-to-market & launch KPIs.
  • Background working in complex B2B sectors (e.g., retail, healthcare, foodservice, supply chain) and/or deep expertise supporting small business segments is a bonus.
  • Deep expertise in messaging, positioning, segmentation, GTM, competitive intelligence, and sales enablement.
  • Strong people leadership: ability to coach, mentor, and elevate capabilities across a diverse team.
  • Excellent strategic thinking paired with operational discipline and structure.
  • Superior cross-functional communication and stakeholder alignment skills. Analytical mindset with comfort using data to drive decisions and measure impact.
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Hard Skills & Tools
B2B Product MarketingGo-to-Market (GTM) StrategyMessagingPositioningCompetitive IntelligenceSales EnablementMarket InsightsProduct LaunchSegmentationData Analysis
Soft Skills
LeadershipCoachingStrategic ThinkingOperational DisciplineCross-Functional CommunicationStakeholder AlignmentAnalytical MindsetMentoringTeam DevelopmentInfluencing