Product & Growth Marketing Director (AI) (Manchester)

Matillion is The Data Productivity Cloud. We are on a mission to power the data productivity of our customers and the world, by helping teams get data business ready, faster. Our technology allows customers to load, transform, sync and orchestrate their data.

We are looking for passionate, high-integrity individuals to help us scale up our growing business. Together, we can make a dent in the universe bigger than ourselves. We have a fantastic opportunity for a Product & Growth Marketing Director (AI) to join our team.

We are seeking a high-energy, ambitious, multi-disciplinary marketing leader to support our go-to-market strategy for Matillion’s new AI product. This role involves building demand-generation campaigns, creating compelling brand content, elevating our customers and executives in thought leadership, and refining our positioning to secure a strong market presence.

The ideal candidate will have proven experience in early-stage start-ups and a passion for creating categories or disrupting markets through innovative, technical marketing. Comfort with technical complexity, enterprise sales motions, and cross-functional collaboration with teams like DG, Creative, and Field is essential. As a front-runner in AI disruption for data engineering, candidates should possess knowledge of AI markets, strong product marketing skills, and the ability to clarify positioning, understand customer profiles, develop market insights, and align Product, Marketing, and Sales teams.

What you will be doing:

• Develop and execute a comprehensive marketing program across positioning, demand generation, content marketing, customer marketing, and field marketing to meet pipeline and brand awareness goals.
• Create clear, compelling, and differentiated messaging that resonates with target audiences, emphasizing the product’s unique value in AI and data transformation.
• Elevate customers, employees, and executives with thought leadership content that differentiates Matillion’s AI product and educates the market on its disruptive potential.
• Ghostwrite and support executive content creation to establish our CEO, CPO, and Chief Engineering Officer’s voice in the market.
• Enable the sales team with tools, training, and content such as pitch decks, demo scripts, case studies, and competitive analyses.
• Partner with Product Marketing, Demand Generation, Field, and Corporate marketing teams to integrate AI products into broader marketing initiatives.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Customer Success teams to align on features, customer needs, and product improvements.
• Track and measure the effectiveness of marketing efforts, using data to optimize campaigns and drive growth.

What we are looking for:

• 5+ years in product marketing, with a focus on AI, SaaS, or data-related products; at least 3+ years in a leadership role.
• Experience in growth marketing techniques and early-stage start-up marketing strategies.
• Proven success in launching and growing disruptive products, especially in data or analytics.
• Strong strategic thinking and tactical execution skills to drive product adoption and revenue.
• Leadership experience across cross-functional teams including product, sales, engineering, and customer success.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to craft compelling messages and influence stakeholders.
• Comfort with data and analytics to assess campaign success and inform strategy.
• Experience working in fast-paced startup environments with high adaptability.
• Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, or a related field.

Preferred:

• Experience with AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, or Snowflake products and support teams.
• Pragmatic Marketing certification is a plus.

At Matillion, we offer competitive compensation aligned with market standards, based on role, experience, and qualifications. The estimated annual salary range for this position is £80,000 - £120,000, with final salary determined during hiring.

Our culture is collaborative, fast-paced, ambitious, and transparent, fostering work-life balance through flexible, hybrid working arrangements. Benefits include:

• Company Equity
• 30 days holiday + bank holidays
• Paid volunteering leave
• Health insurance
• Life Insurance
• Pension
• Mental health support

More about Matillion: Trusted by enterprises like Cisco, DocuSign, Slack, and TUI, Matillion’s technology enables loading, transforming, syncing, and orchestrating data for diverse use cases including insights, analytics, data science, machine learning, and AI. With over $300M raised from top Silicon Valley investors, our mission is to enhance data productivity worldwide. We value thoughtful, innovative work and have been recognized as a great place to work by multiple industry research firms. Our headquarters are in Manchester, UK, and Denver, Colorado.

If you're interested but don’t meet all criteria, please apply anyway. Reach out to talent@matillion.com if you’d like to learn more or discuss other opportunities. Matillion is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, religion, gender, age, disability, or other protected characteristics.