Full-Time

Product Marketing Manager

Posted on 4/16/2025

GumGum

GumGum

501-1,000 employees

Digital advertising specializing in contextual ads

Compensation Overview

$93k - $112k/yr

+ Bonus + Commission + Stock Incentive Program

Junior, Mid

New York, NY, USA

Candidates should be located within a 'commutable' distance to the office for occasional in-person collaboration.

Category
Product Management
Product
Required Skills
Sales
Product Management
Marketing
Requirements
  • BA/BS degree required
  • 2-3 years of experience in product marketing or equivalent experience, such as product management, content marketing, business development, sales planning, or customer success.
  • Experience building and executing marketing and go-to-market plans and campaigns
  • Demonstrates an ability (or potential ability) to tell a compelling story with our products
  • Digital Media Experience (worked at agency or DSP/SSP in past)
Responsibilities
  • Build and execute go-to-market (GTM) plans for new products and enhancements
  • Influence the product roadmap by gathering customer insights and competitive intelligence
  • Define buyer personas, their pain points, and purchase criteria, ensuring alignment across product and sales teams
  • Collaborate with sales, product, marketing, and client services teams to analyze market feedback and competitive trends, ensuring GumGum remains ahead of the competition
  • Develop compelling messaging and positioning for products that translate into marketing materials such as one-sheets, decks, FAQs, and sales collateral
  • Partner with sales to create product-driven sales plays, internal product training, and enablement programs to help the team win more deals
  • Develop and deliver product and industry training to client-facing teams and partners
  • Create and maintain internal training materials to ensure consistent and accurate messaging
  • Lead internal and external training sessions as new products and features are introduced
  • Support media and analyst relations efforts, including speaker presentations, scripts, panel discussions, and ongoing analyst updates
  • Collect and analyze Voice of the Customer (VOC) insights in collaboration with client services and sales teams
  • Monitor industry and competitive landscapes to refine product positioning and messaging.

GumGum focuses on digital advertising through contextual advertising, which places ads based on the content users are currently engaging with, rather than their past behavior. This approach allows businesses to reach consumers effectively while respecting their privacy. They also specialize in in-game advertising and connected TV advertising, helping publishers maximize revenue through their technology. Additionally, GumGum offers educational resources through GumGum University to inform clients about the benefits of contextual advertising.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

Late Stage VC

Total Funding

$133.8M

Headquarters

Santa Monica, California

Founded

2007

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • The rise of CTV advertising offers growth potential for GumGum's services.
  • Brands seek culturally relevant ads, aligning with GumGum's Fuse Media partnership.
  • Increased focus on privacy-friendly solutions aligns with GumGum's contextual advertising approach.

What critics are saying

  • Competition from Oracle and Adobe threatens GumGum's market share.
  • Ad-blocking technology on mobile devices poses a risk to ad delivery.
  • Evolving privacy regulations could impact GumGum's operations if data usage expands.

What makes GumGum unique

  • GumGum specializes in privacy-friendly contextual advertising, avoiding personal data usage.
  • They offer in-game advertising, tapping into a growing $17.6 billion market by 2026.
  • GumGum's Mindset Graph uses AI to enhance ad targeting accuracy and efficiency.

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Benefits

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Flexible Work Hours

Remote Work Options

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

4%

1 year growth

6%

2 year growth

1%
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