Full-Time

Head of Product Marketing

Posted on 7/16/2025

Justworks

Justworks

1,001-5,000 employees

PEO platform for payroll, HR, compliance

Compensation Overview

$225k - $281.3k/yr

New York, NY, USA

Hybrid

Hybrid work model; NY office-based

Category
Growth & Marketing (1)
Requirements
  • Minimum of 12 years of experience in product marketing, go-to-market strategy, or related functions, with minimum of 5 years in leadership roles guiding strategic, cross-functional work.
  • Proven track record of leading a product marketing function within a B2B Software as a Service or platform company, ideally with experience in hybrid go-to-marketing motions (eg sales-led, product-led, and partner-driven).
  • Demonstrated ability to build and scale a modern product marketing management (PMM) team, including hiring, org design, and implementation of systems and processes that drive impact across a matrixed environment.
  • Expertise in customer segmentation, positioning, packaging, and go-to-market strategy with a history of driving measurable outcomes across acquisition, retention, and monetization.
  • Comfortable navigating ambiguity and leading through influence; skilled at aligning stakeholders across Product, Sales, Customer Success, Marketing, Finance, and Strategy.
  • Deep understanding of how to align audience insight, product strategy, messaging, and GTM execution in complex, multi-product environments.
  • Strong communicator and storyteller, capable of distilling complexity and influencing executive audiences through clear framing and strategic insight.
  • Familiarity with HR, payroll, benefits, compliance, and other services for SMBs a plus, but not required.
Responsibilities
  • Lead the Product Marketing Function: Define and implement the strategy, structure, and operating model for a high-performing product marketing team.
  • Establish clear ownership, scalable processes, and cross-functional rhythms that position PMM as a strategic partner to Brand Marketing, Growth Marketing, Product, Revenue, and Strategy.
  • Build the culture and infrastructure that enable the team to execute effectively and influence outcomes across the GTM organization.
  • Deepen Our Understanding of Audiences and Ecosystem: Lead audience and ecosystem strategy across buyers, customers, users, and partners, ensuring we understand who we serve, how they make decisions, and what drives their success.
  • Own the definition and evolution of Ideal Customer Profiles (ICPs), aligning internal teams around a shared understanding of our target audience to inform roadmap, messaging, packaging, and activation.
  • Turn customer, competitor, and ecosystem insights into action to shape what we build, how we position it, and how we bring it to market.
  • Position and Bring Our Offerings to Market: Develop differentiated, insight-driven positioning frameworks that articulate the value of our offerings to target audiences across the lifecycle.
  • Ensure messaging shows up clearly and consistently across campaigns, sales enablement, product experiences, and partner content.
  • Own go-to-market strategy and execution for new products, features, integrations, and experiences, aligning cross-functional teams around successful launch and adoption.
  • Build and scale a repeatable GTM rhythm that connects upstream planning, downstream execution, and post-launch performance feedback.
  • Advance Monetization through Pricing & Packaging: Collaborate with Product, Finance, and Strategy leaders to evolve pricing and packaging in ways that reflect customer value and support platform growth.
  • Shape how offerings are structured, bundled, and monetized while balancing buyer needs and business objectives.
  • Ensure pricing and packaging decisions are grounded in customer insight, competitive context, and alignment across revenue-driving teams.
Desired Qualifications
  • Base wage range for this position based in our New York City Office is targeted at $225,000.00 - $281,250.00 per year.
  • Familiarity with HR, payroll, benefits, compliance, and other services for SMBs a plus, but not required.

Justworks is a Professional Employer Organization (PEO) that provides an all-in-one platform for small and mid-sized businesses to manage payroll, HR tools, corporate benefits, and regulatory compliance. It co-employs workers through its platform, handles payroll processing, benefits enrollment, and ongoing HR and compliance tasks, all available via a subscription. The product works by integrating payroll, benefits administration, HR tools, and compliance support into a single system; customers pay a monthly fee for access and services. What sets Justworks apart is its focus on offering a unified, enterprise-level benefits and compliance experience tailored for SMBs, reducing administrative workload and helping companies scale with built-in HR and payroll capabilities. Its goal is to enable business growth by taking over administrative and regulatory tasks so teams can concentrate on core activities.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

Late Stage VC

Total Funding

$159.8M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2012

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Supports payments to contractors in 60+ countries via platform integration.
  • Launched standalone Justworks Payroll and Expenses for global expansion.
  • Automates 1099 filings ensuring IRS compliance for year-end reporting.

What critics are saying

  • Deel undercuts with 20% lower EOR fees, eroding SMB market share.
  • Rippling captures 35% more SMBs via superior HR-payroll-EOR automation.
  • Papaya Global sues Via for IP theft, halting international payments.

What makes Justworks unique

  • Justworks integrates PEO payroll, HR, compliance into single platform for SMBs.
  • Acquired Via in September 2023 to enable international contractor payments.
  • Offers 24/7 human support with corporate-level benefits for modern workforce.

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Benefits

Health - Believe in our vision. Medical and dental, too. Get support for your mental and financial health. Beta test new benefits and perks for our platform.

Workplace - Volunteer and get paid to give back. Take paid parental leave. Enjoy monthly team events that help turn coworkers into lifelong friends.

Wellness - Enjoy subsidized ClassPass memberships. Take advantage of regular yoga, meditation, and other wellness programming.

Perks - Be an owner, not an employee. Get time off whenever you need it. Take a sabbatical. Invest in your future financially and with professional learning and development opportunities.

Growth & Insights and Company News

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6 month growth

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1 year growth

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