Job Description

From the day we opened our doors in 1971, MRI Software has built flexible, game-changing real estate software solutions to improve peoples lives. The only way to carry out that mission is to hire the absolute best employees on earth. People like you.Work hard, play hard. Always. Our relentless commitment to client success, our employee resource groups and our promise to empower our teams to reach their full potential are a few examples of what makes MRI Software special.And were insanely dedicated to creating a work environment that you look forward to every single day. Thats why we invest heavily in our employee engagement, so you enjoy the tech industrys best perks. Together with the whole Pride, (lion roar for "family") employees, customers, and partners, were on a mission to break new ground and lead the real estate industry into a digital-first future.We understand the need to provide a flexible working environment partnered with team collaboration and socialisation. Therefore, we operate a hybrid working model with 2/3 days of working from home per week. This role is based in the Cape Town/Johannesburg office.As a product marketing manager, you will tell the world (and company) the story of our products. Additionally, you will be charged with crafting the strategy around the messaging and marketing for new launches. As a product marketing manager, you will be the expert in buyers, how they buy, and their buying criteria, and you will transfer that knowledge to the sales and marketing channels. Key responsibilities include:

• Product positioning and messaging: develop and maintain differentiated positioning and messaging for the products and solutions in your segment. Understand and document key business and technical benefits for buyers.
• Sales enablement: Communicate the value proposition of the products in your segment to the Sales team and develop sales tools that support the selling process of your products. This includes externally facing content such as PowerPoint presentations, brochures, and data sheets, as well as internally facing content such as competitor cheat sheets, battle cards, and other training materials.
• Support strategic sales activities: work directly with the sales team, bringing your subject matter expertise, creativity and innovation to sales cycles
• Content: create content, including website content, case studies, product videos, blogs, etc to support demand generation, client communications and product launches
• Product launches: serve as the Marketing lead for all new product launches, upgrades and releases in your segment. Develop the Marketing launch plan with relevant team members and project manage Marketing launch activities
• Product Evangelist: be a strong advocate & evangelist for the products and services in industry forums/events/conferences, Analyst Relations activities, etc.
• Understand marketing channels and digital tools: understand how customers buy and utilise solutions. Understand the channels they use to consume information and their journeys online and in-app. Utilis this knowledge and digital tools to improve usage of the product and adoption of other solutions
• Market intelligence: develop and maintain a detailed understanding of industry trends, competitor capabilities, and customer needs in your market segment. Share relevant information with Product Management, Sales and other Marketing team members.

REQUIREMENTS:

• BA/BS degree in business, marketing or a related field.
• 3+ years of software product marketing experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent people skills to work effectively with remote team members and cross-functional teams in a matrix management arrangement
• Occasional local travel to events including limited international travel
• Experience in PropTech or enterprise software (Saas) advantageous
• Detailed orientated and systems driven Design Thinking certificates advantageous

Were obsessed with making this the best job youve ever had!We want our teams to love working here, so weve created some incredible perks for you to enjoy:

• We want our staff to love working here, and so weve created a few unique perks such as office breakfasts, quarterly lunches and virtual social events. Additionally, we value your input in your employee experience and have employee-led groups such as our DEI committee, employee resource groups such as Women and Allies, and our Pride Event Group
• Have confidence in your health with our offered Medical Aid Scheme.
• Invest in our competitive Personal Pension plan and help set you up for your future.
• Big on family? So are we! Here at MRI Software we recognise that your family is important, and being able to spend quality time with your family as it grows is a wonderful experience. Therefore, the MRI Software Parental Leave benefit is designed to give you the opportunity to spend time with your new arrival(s).
• Enjoy a fantastic work-life balance with 25 days of annual leave plus Public Holidays, in addition to a bank of 16 hours of "Flex Time Off" to be used whenever and however you choose!
• Further your professional development with our Tuition Reimbursement Schemes
• Enjoy the flexibility of working from anywhere in the world for two weeks out of the year!

MRI continues to strive to amaze as a global industry leader in real estate software. Whether you are joining as a new pride member or bringing your expertise back, your talent is important to maintaining MRIs high client experience standard and continuing our growth in the PropTech space.Amazing growth takes amazing employees. Are you up to the challenge?We know the and can get in the way of meeting remarkable candidates, so please dont hesitate to apply xe2x80x94 wed love to hear from you!As a global company, we believe diversity brings benefits for our people, customers and clients. This is why MRI Software is committed to being an inclusive employer, regardless of your ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, military and veteran status.Diversity, Equality and Inclusion are values that are critical to our success; come and see for yourself.

MRI Software