Director of Product Marketing

1 Month ago • 15 Years + • Product

Job Summary

Job Description

tonies is seeking an experienced product marketing leader to drive product and GTM strategy. The role involves understanding customer needs, shaping messaging and positioning, influencing the product roadmap with insights, and orchestrating content and enablement. Key responsibilities include driving market context by analyzing competitors and consumers, collaborating with teams to define product strategy, establishing differentiated positioning and narrative for product segments, developing clear communication strategies for the purchasing funnel, and creating value propositions for consumers and retailers. The role also includes leading packaging strategy, developing product bundles, promotional messaging, and driving global go-to-market plans for product launches with on-time delivery of strategies and global toolkits to ensure local success. Additionally, the role focuses on customer retention by understanding customer lifetime value and facilitating seamless transitions across the product portfolio.
Must have:
  • 15+ years of product marketing experience
  • Substantial experience in CPG industry
  • Strong expertise in North American and European markets
  • Proven leadership in global product messaging
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills
  • Data-driven mindset
Good to have:
  • Toy experience
  • Deep understanding of omnichannel retail
  • Experience with competitive analysis and positioning
  • Product launch management
  • Pricing and GTM strategy
  • Sales enablement
  • Customer insights
  • Ability to influence and inspire others
  • BS/BA degree in Marketing, Business, or Product Development
  • MBA highly preferred
  • Familiarity with Circana data
  • Ability to step up into a director-level leadership role
Perks:
  • Global teamwork
  • Inclusive work environment
  • Deutschlandticket or public transport subsidy
  • Office parking space contribution
  • Leasing bicycle
  • Remote work subsidy
  • Company pension plans subsidy
  • Occupational pension schemes subsidy
  • Occupational disability insurance subsidy
  • 30 days paid annual leave
  • Three additional days off
  • Up to 10 "toniecation days" (unpaid leave)
  • Flexible working (up to 5 days remote)
  • Workations (up to 30 calendar days abroad)
  • Internal and external training opportunities
  • Individual learning budget
  • Language learning app access (Babbel)
  • Meditation app access (Calm)
  • Discounts on tonies products

Job Details

About tonies:
tonies® is the world’s largest interactive audio platform for children with around 9.3 million Tonieboxes and 119 million Tonies sold. The intuitive and award-winning audio system has changed the way young children play and learn independently with its child-safe, wireless, and screen-free approach.Founded in 2013 by two fathers in Germany, where every second child now owns a Toniebox, the company is replicating its successful business model and expanding internationally. tonies brings the joy and magic of interactive audio entertainment and audio education to children around the world, with products available in over 28 countries on 4 continents and more to come. Tonieboxes have already been activated in over 100 countries.

tonies offers a range of more than 1,300 Tonies figurines to be placed on top of the Toniebox and around 4,400 digital titles through mytonies (library and app) – ranging from tonies Originals productions to content from around 400 licensing partners worldwide, including Disney, Warner Bros., NBC Universal, Mattel, Marvel, Paramount, Hasbro, Universal, Sony Music and many more.With an average playtime of ~270 minutes per week it is the perfect everyday companion for little ones.tonies has more than 560 employees, achieved a group revenue of €481 million in the last fiscal year 2024 (+33% YoY) and is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (tonies SE).
You as part of tonies:
We are seeking an experienced product marketing leader to drive product and GTM strategy across the business. You will be the expert on our customer needs, drive messaging and positioning strategy, influence the product roadmap with customer and competitive insights, and orchestrate the production of compelling content and enablement across the organization.
Your tasks and responsibilities will include:

Drive market context. Builds and maintains the necessary ”outside-in” context of the market, consumers and competitors for the organization. Help shape the organziations’ perspective on what should we build for who, closely collaborating with global consumer insights, product and content teams.

Positioning and messaging. Establish a differentiated positioning and narrative for individual segments within the product portfolio. Define the market opportunity, target customer, buyer persona and create clear communications that accelerate them through the purchasing funnel. Establish clear value propositions for consumer and retailer communications.

Packaging. Leads the development and management of the packaging strategy, collaborating with the brand team on the execution. Develop product bundles, promotional, and point of purchase messaging and executions.

GTM and product launch. Drive the global GTM plan for product launches including on time delivery of the strategy and global toolkit to ensure local success. Global toolkit includes the briefing, strategy content, partnerships, and activations. It also includes development of retail and internal support materials.

Customer Retention. Develop understanding of customer lifetime for specific product segments and how to then transition customers seamlessly across the product portfolio.
What we are looking for:
  • **Candidates must be currently located in the UK (London), France (Paris), the US (Boston) or Germany (ideally Düsseldorf)**

  • 15+ years of product marketing experience at global consumer brands, with substantial experience within the CPG industry (toy experience a strong plus).  
  • Strong expertise across both North American and European markets is required, including a deep understanding of omnichannel retail in these regions.
  • Proven leadership for global  product messaging, competitive analysis and positioning, product launch management, pricing, GTM strategy, sales enablement, and customer insights to inform strategic campaigns that help drive customer acquisition, retention, and expansion.
  • Clear wins in developing and executing  product messaging and positioning globally for consumers that disrupted the marketplace. 

  • Excellent collaboration and organization skills, excelling at both high-level thinking and execution as well as influencing and inspiring others to achieve a common goal.

  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills. This role demands someone whose superpower is communicating effectively across multiple stakeholders.

  • BS/BA degree in Marketing, Business, Product Development, or related field (MBA highly preferred)

  • Strong familiarity with Circana data and a data-driven mindset with the ability to translate insights into actionable product or business decisions.

  • This could be an excellent opportunity for a senior manager in a large organization who is ready to step up into a director-level leadership role.

Why tonies?
Benefits vary by location; the details below apply to our Germany-based roles.
  • Global Teamwork: We collaborate across departmental and country borders on our vision to bring the Toniebox into every child's room in the world.
  • Come as you are: This applies not only to the dress code but also to everything else. Because only where you truly feel comfortable can you give your best.
  • Mobility: Choose the option that suits you best - a Deutschlandticket (public transport ticket) for unlimited mobility, a monthly contribution for an office parking space, a leasing bicycle, or a remote work subsidy.
  • Enhanced Security: Benefit from subsidies for company pension plans, occupational pension schemes, and occupational disability insurance.
  • Rest & Time Off: Enjoy 30 days of paid annual leave as well as three additional days off such as Rosenmontag, Christmas Eve, and New Year's Eve. After one year of employment, you can also use up to 10 "toniecation days" (unpaid leave days).
  • Flexible Working: Equipped with individual equipment, you can work remotely for up to 5 days in consultation with your team - depending on your area of responsibility. And if you're up for a workation, you can work from abroad for up to 30 calendar days per year.
  • Continuous Learning: Benefit from our internal and external training opportunities as well as an individual learning budget to continuously expand your knowledge.
  • Language Learning & Relaxation: Improve your communication skills with the language learning app Babbel and find relaxation through our access to the meditation app Calm.
  • Discounts: Benefit from attractive discounts on our entire range of tonies products.
Good to know:
Please note: The hiring team for this position conducts the recruitment process in English. We kindly ask that you submit your application documents in English.

As part of our principles, we are committed to supporting inclusion and diversity at tonies®. We actively celebrate our colleagues’ different abilities, ethnicities, faith and gender. Everyone is welcome and supported in their development at all stages in their journey with us. 

We look forward to hearing from you!

Florina Varga
 Senior Talent Acquisition Manager

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