Product Marketing Specialist

**About ZE**:
ZE PowerGroup Inc. (ZE) is a global leader in the development of data management, analysis, and business automation software. ZEMA is our enterprise-level suite of products. ZEMA enables users to capture, transform, manipulate, analyze, report and visualize data quickly and easily. We work with world-class companies in energy, commodities, and finance industry to serve users in trade, risk management and IT. We design and develop ZEMA, a sophisticated suite of products that provide clients with powerful capabilities for data collection, process automation, and business intelligence through web based analytical tools, services, and dashboards. We are looking to expand our market domain through active campaigning and sales engagement. Our head office is in Richmond, BC, and we have operations in Calgary, Houston, Raleigh, New York, London, and Singapore.

**COVID-19 considerations**:
To keep our employees as safe as possible, we've transitioned to a hybrid position.You may be directed by the ZE management to report to Richmond office as per the business requirements.

**Responsibilities**:
The Product Marketing Specialist must be an orchestrator, ensuring all relevant groups collaborate on and execute a shared go-to-market strategy for solutions that combine multiple products and services.

Working with the Product Management and Sales team, the role will have primary or shared responsibilities for:

- Collaborating with executives, product management, marketing, business solutions, market data services team, and research & development to define new ways to position and Market the ZEMA suite
- Develop clear and differentiated product positioning and messaging that resonates with the target audience in the energy, trading, and commodities sector. Conduct market research, competitive analysis, and customer interviews to identify unique value propositions and key differentiators. Craft compelling messaging to effectively communicate the benefits of ZEMA Suite and its capabilities.
- Performing market research (primary and secondary) to segment the market and establish buyer insight, identifying what opportunities, challenges and dynamics exist for the organization and its portfolio of solutions.
- Developing and collaborating on go-to-market strategies to bring best-in-class solutions to market through effective, well managed launch campaigns
- Equip the sales team with the necessary knowledge and tools to effectively articulate the value of ZEMA and overcome customer objections. Provide ongoing support and training to ensure sales success.
- Validating the alignment between the solution offering and the identified target segments and ideal customer profiles
- Outlining strengths and weaknesses of the current offer and ZEMA solution
- Working with several departments to define the messaging, content, tools and programs that will be required to bring a solution to market or increase traction for existing offers. Collaborate with the customer success team to gather customer feedback and incorporate it into product enhancements and marketing strategies.

**Create Positioning, Messaging, Storylines and Content**:
A Product Marketing Specialist must ensure that compelling and impactful communications are created and delivered by:

- Developing clear and crisp solution positioning for a set of products and services that will guide messaging and other go-to-market strategies
- Ensuring that solution positioning is comprehensive and explains the additive value of multiple products or services
- Working with marketing to explore and define the core questions and FAQ's buyers need to have addressed throughout their buying and owning life cycles
- Crafting storylines to communicate value, and that can be applied and contextualized for different buying scenarios
- Articulating solution stories within the context of the larger brand storyline
- Helping to create and execute a content strategy that supports all stages of the buying journey through the channels and formats most valued by buyers
- Inspiring and contributing to thought leadership development and delivery

**Skills**:
**Excellent communication skills**:

- Must be able to command and sustain attention, and be a natural, authentic storyteller
- Must be able to determine when to probe for additional lessons and when to push forward
- Must be able to deliver clear, compelling and articulate written and verbal communications

**Creative skills**:

- Has a good eye for evaluating creative design options that will resonate with target buyers
- Open to experimenting with new approaches and establishing KPIs that can help determine effectiveness
- Ability to balance innovation against known and effective approaches

**Analytical skills**:

- Ability to analyze and understand the underlying business problem(s) for buyer organizations
- Ability to identify signals and measures that can be incorporated into KPIs
- Ability to analyze and interpret disparate dat