Product Marketing Manager, Africa at Zipline Nigeria

Job Title: Product Marketing Manager, Africa

About You and the Role  

• As a key member of the Africa marketing team, you’ll help build the foundation for a world-class product marketing function.
• Partnering closely with the Sales and Impact Evaluation teams, you’ll create compelling sales materials and assets, provide strategic and tactical support for important conferences and events, and develop content that tells inspiring stories.
• The end goal is to ensure that Zipline’s work and impact are thoroughly visible and recognizable within the markets where we operate, as well as to global audiences who care about health and development.
• The ideal candidate is a systems thinker who excels at making the complex feel understandable and relatable.
• We’re looking for an excellent communicator, skilled collaborator, and adept problem solver who can run strategy in parallel with brass tacks tactical execution.
• You work well across different backgrounds and cultures, as well as time zones!

What You’ll Do

• Partner closely with the Africa Sales team to drive awareness of Zipline’s work and impact in the areas that matter to our core audiences – in health, agriculture, economic development, and climate
• Write and develop marketing assets that convey the value, benefits, features and functionality of Zipline’s system, including case studies, blog posts, social media content, sales enablement material, and other promotional materials
• Position Zipline in front of the right audiences at aligned global conferences; partner with our research team to develop and pitch abstracts that feature us and our research
• Work with our customers to tell their stories across our owned channels and partner with Comms to identify earned media opportunities
• Partner with social media and editorial leads to develop and execute content calendars 
• Manage local vendors to produce multimedia content (photo, video), printed materials, and branded swag

What You’ll Bring

• 7+ years of proven experience in marketing with a focus on product marketing preferred
• Experience in health and/or development sectors a plus
• Experience defining and driving product marketing for B2B or B2G technology products in complex, fast-moving markets
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Understanding of social media platforms, algorithms, and analytics a plus
• Comfort managing ambiguity and experience quickly building content and processes from the ground up
• Ability to prioritize and balance conflicting demands while leading multiple simultaneous projects
• Self-starter, highly motivated and solution-oriented
• Fluency in English (fluency in French is a bonus)
• Ability to travel: ~25%

Application Instructions:

The application deadline is not specified. Therefore qualified and interested candidates can “CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT APPLICATION” It is important to visit the official website (link found below) for detailed information on how to apply successfully for this vacancy.

Note

• Once hired you will go through a rigorous training program with Zipline Academy to gain a deep understanding of our history, our mission, our impact, and our UAS systems.
• The program includes thorough Flight Operations training that covers different parts of our system and our drone.
• This role is on a two-year fixed-term contract.
• Zipline is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other characteristics protected by state, federal or local law or our other policies.
• We value diversity at Zipline and welcome applications from those who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this position, please apply!

Website:

Official Job Website: https://www.flyzipline.com/careers