StackAdapt is the leading technology company that empowers marketers to reach, engage, and convert audiences with precision. With 465 billion automated optimizations per second, the AI-powered StackAdapt Marketing Platform seamlessly connects brand and performance marketing to drive measurable results across the entire customer journey. The most forward-thinking marketers choose StackAdapt to orchestrate high-impact campaigns across programmatic advertising and marketing channels.
We are looking for a Senior Product Marketing Manager to lead vertical go-to-market initiatives, with a focus on the travel and auto segments. This is a new and pivotal role within StackAdapt's marketing team. As the first dedicated Product Marketing Manager supporting these strategic verticals, you'll have the opportunity to define the playbook, influence product priorities, and help establish StackAdapt as the partner of choice for travel and automotive marketers.
StackAdapt is a remote-first company; we are open to candidates located anywhere in Canada and the United States for this position and encourage those from all backgrounds to apply. This role reports into the Director of Product Marketing.
What You'll Be Doing:- Vertical GTM Leadership: Own the go-to-market strategy for priority industry verticals, with a primary focus on travel and auto, and expand to additional verticals as the role grows.
- Travel and Auto Vertical Strategy: Build and execute tailored GTM strategies for travel and automotive brands, agencies, and partners that activate media programmatically.
- Positioning and Messaging: Develop clear and differentiated positioning and messaging for StackAdapt's solutions within the travel and auto verticals and other key industries, speaking to the needs of agencies, platforms, and end advertisers.
- Market and Competitive Insight: Lead market research and competitive analysis for the travel and auto solutions landscape in programmatic, identifying opportunities, risks, and whitespace to refine StackAdapt's offering and narrative.
- Launch and Lifecycle Management: Plan and execute launches and enhancements that are specific to vertical needs, from campaign tools and workflows to measurement, compliance, and data partners.
- Cross Functional Collaboration: Work closely with product, sales, trading, partnerships, content, and demand generation to ensure tight alignment on vertical strategy and priorities, including strong partnership with travel and auto-focused sales teams.
- Metrics and Reporting: Define and track KPIs for vertical initiatives, including adoption, win rates, revenue contribution, and pipeline health, and report back insights with clear recommendations.
- 5+ Years in B2B Product Marketing: Experience in B2B product marketing, segment marketing, or vertical marketing, ideally in adtech, martech, SaaS, or data driven products, with exposure to programmatic advertising and high-value vertical marketing.
- Programmatic and Digital Advertising Knowledge: Solid understanding of programmatic buying, audience targeting, measurement, and how travel and auto advertisers use digital channels across the funnel.
- Entrepreneurial Mindset: Comfort operating in a new and evolving function, with a bias to action, testing, and iterating to unlock growth in strategic verticals.
- Analytical and Strategic Thinking: Ability to synthesize market trends, customer input, and performance data into clear recommendations that influence product and commercial decisions.
- Collaboration Skills: Proven success partnering with sales, product, and leadership to build alignment and deliver measurable business impact. Experience supporting specialized teams such as political or public sector is a plus.
- Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, confident building narratives for both internal stakeholders and external clients across travel, automotive, and other vertical accounts.
- Experience in the travel or automotive advertising ecosystem is a strong plus, but not required.
- Background at a travel or automotive agency, consultancy, ad platform, or in-house role serving travel brands or automotive manufacturers and dealerships would be especially valuable.
- Strong understanding of travel booking cycles or automotive purchase funnels, seasonal trends, consumer intent data, and stakeholder dynamics across brands and agencies is a plus.
The compensation range listed for this role reflects the expected base salary for candidates located in the posting country based on a global rate. It is informed by market data and the approved budget for this position. StackAdapt maintains different compensation ranges for roles across other countries and regions, and final offers will be aligned to the candidate’s current location. We do not ask candidates about current or prior salary history, and we will not use such information, if volunteered, in setting an offer.
This range represents base salary only. Depending on the role, candidates may also be eligible for additional compensation such as annual bonuses, commissions, equity awards, and a comprehensive benefits package.
Factors Influencing Final Compensation:
- The final compensation offer will be determined by a variety of factors, which may include, but are not limited to: the candidate's specific experience, technical skills, knowledge, abilities, and relevant education, licensure, and certifications.
- Other business factors, such as organizational needs and budget alignment, may also be considered in the final offer.
- Highly competitive salary
- Retirement/ 401K/ Pension Savings globally
- Competitive Paid time off packages including birthday's off!
- Access to a comprehensive mental health care program
- Health benefits from day one of employment
- Work from home reimbursements
- Optional global WeWork membership for those who want a change from their home office and hubs in London and Toronto
- Robust training and onboarding program
- Coverage and support of personal development initiatives (conferences, courses, books etc)
- Access to StackAdapt programmatic courses and certifications to support continuous learning
- An awesome parental leave program
- A friendly, welcoming, and supportive culture
- Our social and team events!
Please note: Benefits and perks may vary depending on your country of employment and the nature of your engagement. In locations where StackAdapt does not have a legal entity, employment and benefits are administered in accordance with local regulations and partner policies.
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