Full-Time

Product Marketing Manager

Posted on 8/18/2026

Swayable

Swayable

51-200 employees

Ad pre-testing using RCT data science

Compensation Overview

$110k - $140k/yr

+ Equity Options

New York, NY, USA

Hybrid

Three days in the Williamsburg, Brooklyn office each week.

Category
Growth & Marketing (1)

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Requirements
  • 4-6 years of product marketing experience, including experience in business-to-business software as a service.
  • Ability to build frameworks, processes, and strategy from scratch.
  • Strong written communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to simplify complexity.
  • Ability to write launch announcements, build competitive teardowns, and run cross-functional syncs.
  • Ability to identify gaps, move quickly, and independently define playbooks.
  • Ability to partner directly with engineers and product managers to turn technical concepts into simple, powerful stories.
  • Strong project management skills and the ability to manage multiple launches while keeping teams aligned under pressure.
  • Experience with sales enablement and competitive positioning for technical audiences.
Responsibilities
  • Work with engineers, product managers, and Sales to understand the roadmap and translate innovations into reusable sales enablement materials.
  • Own a repeatable launch cadence for major features and smaller updates.
  • Own sales enablement materials, including decks, one-pagers, case studies, and objection handling.
  • Work with Marketing to ensure brand and positioning strategy translates cleanly at the sales level.
  • Design and run Sales University end-to-end, including the full onboarding and certification curriculum.
  • Own the standard demo narrative and environment used by sales representatives.
  • Attend qualification calls to capture what resonates and which objections arise, flag upsell and expansion signals to Customer Success post-sale, and track post-sale success against pre-sale commitments.
  • Build a reusable pilot-to-program playbook template and conversion-criteria framework.

Swayable provides a pre-testing platform that measures ad and message effectiveness before launch. It uses randomized controlled trials and data science to isolate the persuasive impact of each asset and analyzes custom audience segments, gathering insights from thousands of participants within about 24 hours. Major brands like Airbnb, Amazon, Meta, Paramount, T-Mobile, and Uber rely on it to save money and improve communications by identifying what works best. As a public benefit corporation, its goal is to help brands optimize ads and messages with truthful reporting and measurable results.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$260K

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2017

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What believers are saying

  • Swayable launched Insights Factory in April 2026, delivering PowerPoint-ready insights within seconds.
  • Jobs postings in mid-2026 show hiring for CRO, VP Marketing, and AI scientists.
  • ARF trusteeship plus major-brand logos strengthen credibility for larger agency and advocacy deals.

What critics are saying

  • Swayable’s tiny reported funding base, $120K, limits resilience against slower enterprise sales.
  • AI testing tools from Adobe, Meta, and agencies commoditize pre-launch measurement by 2027.
  • Enterprise marketing budgets anchor revenue; one budget freeze can crush growth and trigger layoffs.

What makes Swayable unique

  • Swayable pairs patented RCTs with causal AI, not opinion surveys, for ad testing.
  • James Slezak joined ARF’s 2026 trustees, reinforcing Swayable’s scientific credibility with advertisers.
  • The platform serves Amazon, Airbnb, Meta, Paramount, T-Mobile, and Uber.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Paid Vacation

401(k) Retirement Plan

Equity Options

Professional Development Budget

Hybrid Work Options

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

1%

1 year growth

1%

2 year growth

0%
PR Newswire
Mar 12th, 2026
Swayable CEO James Slezak joins Advertising Research Foundation board of trustees

James Slezak, CEO of Swayable, has been appointed to the Advertising Research Foundation Board of Trustees for 2026. The ARF, founded in 1936, comprises over 400 top advertisers, agencies and research firms, and trustees guide its mission to advance scientific practice in advertising and marketing. Swayable is a creative pre-testing platform that uses randomised controlled trials and machine learning to measure messaging impact. The company, founded by Slezak in 2018, serves major brands including Amazon, Airbnb, T-Mobile, DoorDash and Paramount. Slezak holds a PhD in experimental physics from Cornell University and previously served in senior roles at The New York Times and McKinsey & Company. He currently serves on the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Information Integrity.

PR Newswire
Oct 30th, 2024
Tyler Montague Joins Swayable as Vice President of Customer & Research Success

Tyler Montague joins Swayable as Vice President of Customer & research Success.