Carta

Lead Product Marketing Manager

Carta$173K — $204K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of hands-on product marketing/GTM experience
  • Preferred experience in SaaS fintech or product marketing for VC-related entities
  • Collaborative mindset suited to a fast-paced environment
  • Strong creative problem-solving abilities
  • Proficiency in breaking down problems and driving creative solutions
  • Excellent communication for translating complex strategies into understandable value propositions

Responsibilities

  • Leverage deep knowledge of private markets finance to shape product positioning and launches
  • Create impactful marketing assets to support sales and partner success
  • Develop and implement an outbound product marketing strategy to generate leads
  • Collaborate on marketing planning with a focus on revenue-driving initiatives
  • Partner with Demand Generation for cohesive outbound campaign execution
  • Ensure high-quality creative outputs with clear briefs
  • Coordinate cross-functionally to align go-to-market strategies across departments
  • Conduct customer research to inform targeted messaging and positioning
  • Track and analyze performance for product launch and enablement effectiveness
  • Assist Customer Marketing in developing upsell and cross-sell strategies
  • Provide customer feedback to influence product development

Benefits

  • Equity options for all full-time roles
  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Collaborative and inclusive company culture
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development
  • Participation in customer-facing events for brand representation
Full Job Description
The Problems You'll Solve

At Carta, our employees set out on a mission to unlock the power of equity ownership for more people in more places. We believe that the problems we solve today unlock the opportunities of tomorrow. As a Lead Product Marketing Manager focused on GTM enablement, you'll work to:
  • Bring deep knowledge of private markets finance personas and buying groups (venture capital, private equity, private credit) to how we position, launch, and sustain products - with a specific lens on what resonates in a sales conversation
  • Develop and maintain high-impact assets including sales decks, battlecards, objection-handling guides, one-pagers, demo narratives, and channel-specific materials that equip AEs and partners to win
  • Build and execute outbound PMM strategy in close partnership with Sales, translating product capabilities into pipeline-driving narratives and segment-specific messaging
  • Deploy PMM planning and prioritization in conjunction with the wider marketing team, evaluating what investments - in deliverables and resourcing - are needed to move revenue
  • Partner with Demand Generation and Integrated Marketing to ensure outbound campaigns reflect product positioning and are built with sales workflow in mind
  • Enable strong creative execution through high-quality briefs in partnership with Creative and Program Management, with a bias toward assets that perform in the field
  • Operate cross-functionally across PMM, Creative/Brand, Enablement, Ops, and Sales to align GTM motions from awareness through close
  • Develop segment and persona-level messaging informed by customer research, competitive intelligence, and direct feedback from the field
  • Act as a key analytics owner for launch and enablement performance - tracking what's being used, what's converting, and what needs to evolve
  • Collaborate with Customer Marketing on upsell and cross-sell plays that expand revenue within existing accounts
  • Influence product development by surfacing structured customer and seller feedback into the product roadmap
  • Be present in market through owned and external events; represent Carta's product narrative at customer events, internal kickoffs, and industry conferences
The Team You'll Work With

You'll be joining our Marketing team, as part of our Product and Customer Marketing team. Marketing is the engine for growth at Carta. We bring our values to life through our brand, and drive demand for products and services across a complex market landscape. We infuse the customer in everything we design, define and deliver and reflect the inspiration and ambition of our customers in the work we do.
About You

A successful Product Marketing Manager for this role would likely have:
  • 8+ years of hands-on product marketing/GTM experience
  • Preferably, SaaS fintech experience and/or product marketing experience at companies that serve VC or similar investor types
  • Motivation to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
  • Creative problem solving skills
  • Ability to diagnose problems, isolate them into their component parts, and drive towards creative solutions
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to distill complex thoughts and strategies into actionable value propositions for prospects and customers
Salary

Carta's compensation package includes a market competitive salary, equity for all full time roles, exceptional benefits, and, for applicable roles, commissions plans. Our minimum cash compensation (salary + commission if applicable) range for this role is:
  • $182,750 - $215,000 salary in San Francisco, CA; New York, NY
  • $173,613 - $204,250 salary in Seattle, WA


About Carta

Carta is a financial services company that provides equity management software for companies and investors. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Carta's software allows companies to manage their cap tables, valuations, and equity plans, while also providing investors with access to private markets. The company has raised over $600 million in funding and has over 1,000 employees.
Learn more about Carta
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1,000 employees
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Founded
2012

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