Full-Time

Head of Product Marketing

Posted on 9/18/2024

Step Mobile

Step Mobile

201-500 employees

Fintech services for credit building and banking

Fintech
Financial Services

Senior, Expert

Remote in USA

Category
General Marketing
Growth Marketing
Growth & Marketing
Required Skills
Data Analysis

You match the following Step Mobile's candidate preferences

Employers are more likely to interview you if you match these preferences:

Degree
Experience
Requirements
  • 7+ years experience in marketing; 5+ of those years in product marketing, with a preference for some experience in a startup environment
  • Product marketing experience working across the funnel in B2C tech and/or a consumer app
  • Strong preference for a player-coach role, unafraid to roll-up your sleeves and get hands-on with campaign development
  • Experience managing a nascent product marketing/lifecycle marketing team with direct responsibility for owned communication channels
  • Excellent written communication skills, with an ability to craft a clear and compelling narrative for unique audiences
  • Analytical and experimental mindset, can use and leverage data and insights to brainstorm ideas, make decisions and drive growth
Responsibilities
  • Lead go-to-market strategy, planning, and launches for the entire portfolio: core banking, credit, rewards, lending, and investing
  • Develop and lead a full-funnel lifecycle marketing perspective from top-of-funnel awareness through ongoing engagement and retention
  • Partner with the broader marketing team to execute campaigns that drive new signups, expansion, and/or product adoption
  • Advocate for our customers through research and discovery work; translate their needs to inform and influence our product roadmaps
  • Effectively partner with product, design, customer support, engineering, and other company functions while focusing on down-funnel conversion and retention
  • Oversee and lead the team’s development of annual and quarterly plans to drive growth across the customer lifecycle to generate high impact and meaningful learnings
  • Build and coach a small team of lifecycle marketers; lead with a passion for learning and development
Desired Qualifications
  • Preference for some experience in a startup environment
  • Strong preference for a player-coach role, unafraid to roll-up your sleeves and get hands-on with campaign development

Step Mobile provides banking services aimed at helping individuals under 18 build a positive credit history. Their main product is a secured Visa Credit Building Card, which allows users to establish credit early, along with a savings account offering a 5.00% interest rate for qualifying deposits. Users can also invest in fractional shares of stocks, ETFs, and bitcoin with no commission fees. The company operates on a subscription model, charging $99 per year, and aims to make banking and investing accessible for younger audiences.

Company Stage

Debt Financing

Total Funding

$171.5M

Headquarters

Palo Alto, California

Founded

2018

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

2%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

0%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Increased interest in financial literacy boosts demand for Step's educational products.
  • Embedded finance trends could expand Step's reach and user base.
  • Fractional investing popularity supports Step's investment offerings for younger demographics.

What critics are saying

  • Competition from major tech companies pressures Step to maintain competitive interest rates.
  • Reliance on Evolve Bank & Trust poses risks if partnership disruptions occur.
  • Crypto investing exposes Step to regulatory scrutiny and market volatility.

What makes Step Mobile unique

  • Step offers a secured Visa card for credit building before age 18.
  • Step provides a 5.00% interest rate on savings with qualifying direct deposits.
  • Step allows fractional investing in stocks, ETFs, and bitcoin starting at $1.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Stock Options

Flexible Work Hours

Paid Vacation

Paid Parental Leave

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

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