Technical Product Marketing Manager

About Mother Duck

Don’t let the quirky name fool you:
At Mother Duck
, we’re on a mission to make data warehousing fun, frictionless, and ducking awesome for developers and data practitioners building blazing fast internal and customer-facing analytics experiences. We're building a cloud-hosted version of DuckDB, working hand-in-hand with the creators of the fastest-growing and fastest-improving query engine on the planet. Unlike other databases, Mother Duck was architected to unify local development with cloud operations to bridge the gap between software and data engineering workflows.

Our team is a mix of thoughtful, passionate, and empathetic data industry veterans.

We’re looking for a full-stack product marketer to tell the Mother Duck story to our most technical audiences, both full-stack and infrastructure engineers, as well as data engineers and analysts.

We’re building some incredible things here, and you’ll be responsible for translating new product to clear, compelling value propositions. You’ll work across the entire product marketing surface area, from capturing customer insights to crafting messaging, content, and executing launches that sing louder than a loon.

This role can be based in our New York City, San Francisco, or Seattle hubs.

You will:

• Build clear, differentiated messaging that helps developers and data teams understand how Mother Duck makes big data feel small, especially for our customer-facing analytics use cases.

• Create compelling demos, blogs, case studies, and other technical content that drives demand for Mother Duck’s most differentiated features.

• Own launches for new features and products -- from positioning and messaging, to partner marketing, to internal enablement and launch execution.

• Develop deep customer empathy and market expertise to inform product direction, partnership strategy, and campaign execution. It’s our job to advocate for the customer in everything we do!

• Move with agency to find creative ways to connect our messaging with our key audiences. The more unorthodox, the better!

• Enable customer-facing teams on product features and use cases with sales and partner enablement assets -- pitch decks, one-pagers, competitive battle cards, and more.

• Define success metrics and help track adoption, conversion, and product-market fit across key segments.

• Experience in product marketing or a related role driving the adoption of technical products, such as developer relations, solutions engineering, or product management.

• A technical background, or some experience building software for end users.

• You’re fluent in full-stack applications, familiar with products for developer audiences, and excited about databases (especially DuckDB!)

• Experience with product launches, sales enablement, and partnership ecosystems.

• Evidence of excellent writing and storytelling chops -- especially when explaining technical features for diverse audiences.

• A collaborative nature and excitement to work cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Dev Rel, and Sales.

• A “get it done” attitude with a love for fast-paced, scrappy environments.

• Bonus points if you’ve marketed to data teams, full-stack developers, or infrastructure engineers.

• “They’re a natural translator between technical and non-technical teams.”

• “They always know which feathers to ruffle to get a GTM plan off the ground.”

• “They turn vague ideas into messaging that sticks like bread to a duck’s bill.”

• “I love learning about new products from our marketing team–it’s always clear why customers should care.”

• “Mother Duck is creating some of the most unique technical content in the industry.”

Does this role sound appealing to you, but you’re missing some of the requirements or don’t quite think you’re qualified? Please apply anyway. Research has shown that underrepresented groups in technology often shy away from roles which aren’t a 100% match. We aim to build a diverse team and will strongly consider applicants who bring many of the requirements plus have other experiences which round out their qualifications.

Mother Duck is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and affirming action employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Mother Duck is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.