Location: San Francisco preferred, open to remote for exceptional candidates
What is Verse?
Organizations today are under growing pressure to navigate the transition to clean energy — not just to meet sustainability goals, but to manage risk, control costs, and build long-term resilience. Yet the complexity of energy markets and a lack of accessible tools have made it difficult for most companies to take meaningful action. Verse was created to change that.
Our mission is to make the case for clean energy irrefutable. Through our AI-powered platform, Aria, we help organizations plan, procure, and operate clean energy to achieve their financial and sustainability goals. Verse transforms clean energy ambition into action — giving businesses the clarity and confidence to lead in a rapidly evolving energy landscape.
The Role
As the Director of Product Marketing, you will report directly to the Chief Commercial Officer and play a pivotal role in shaping how we communicate our platform's value to the world, driving our growth at a critical moment in the clean energy transition. You’ll craft compelling messaging, develop go-to-market strategies, and empower our sales team to win enterprise customers looking to reduce their energy costs and emissions. This is a unique opportunity to lead the product marketing function from the ground up, influence the direction of a fast-growing Series A company, and help some of the world’s largest organizations tackle a ubiquitous challenge: achieving sustainability goals while saving money. If you're passionate about making a real-world impact and thrive in a collaborative, mission-driven environment, this role offers the perfect blend of strategic leadership and hands-on execution.
Key Responsibilities
- Market Positioning & Messaging: Develop and refine compelling product positioning and messaging that highlights the unique value proposition of our enterprise energy management platform..
- Go-to-Market Strategy: Own the go-to-market (GTM) strategy for product launches, collaborating with product management, sales, and marketing to ensure successful execution.
- Customer Insights: Conduct market research and gather customer insights to inform product development, positioning, and sales strategies.
- Sales Enablement: Create sales tools and collateral, such as presentations, case studies, and product training, to enable the sales team to communicate value effectively to enterprise customers.
- Competitive Analysis: Monitor the competitive landscape, identifying opportunities to differentiate our offerings and maintain market leadership.
- Demand Generation Support: Collaborate with the demand generation team to develop campaigns that drive awareness, engagement, and pipeline growth.
- Metrics & Reporting: Define and track key performance metrics to measure the effectiveness of product marketing initiatives and inform future strategies.
What We’re Looking For (Minimum Qualifications)
- Experience: 5+ years in product marketing, with at least 2 years in a leadership role.
- Strategic Thinker: Ability to translate complex product features into clear, customer-focused value propositions.
- Customer-Centric: Proven ability to understand and articulate customer needs and translate them into actionable marketing strategies.
- Collaborative Leader: Demonstrated success in working cross-functionally with product, sales, and marketing teams to achieve business goals.
- Exceptional Communicator: Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present confidently to both internal teams and external audiences.
- Analytical Skills: Proficiency in using data to inform decision-making and measure success.
What Will Make You Standout (Preferred Qualifications)
Experience in enterprise SaaS product marketing is required, experience in energy markets is preferred.
- Knowledge of the clean energy or corporate sustainability space is a strong plus, though not required.
What makes Verse a great place to work?
Lead with Empathy: We lift each other up with humility and kindness, always putting colleagues and customers first
Be Honest & Transparent: We prioritize effective communication to build trust with our team, customers, and stakeholders
Move with Balance & Precision: We believe speed and perseverance must be accompanied by thoughtfulness and reflection
Leave the World a Better Place: We are passionate about our mission, and we strive to create a sustainable world for future generations
Base Pay Range
$160,000-$200,000
This is the estimated base salary range for this position, which does not include the value of benefits or a potential equity grant. A wide range of factors are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets, market conditions, experience and training, licensure and certifications, and business and organizational needs.
Benefits and Employee Perks
- Competitive compensation and equity grant at a high-growth start up
- Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental and vision insurance, and 401k
- Flexible hours and unlimited PTO
- Diverse and inclusive working environment
Verse is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered for hire, promotion, and compensation without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital or familial status.
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What We Do
Verse is an enterprise SaaS company that helps organizations reduce the cost and emissions of their power.
Our software and services help corporate energy buyers evaluate specific clean power goals (e.g., cost, emissions, risk), and develop procurement roadmaps to achieve annual matching, carbon matching, and/or hourly matching. Companies can also improve risk management and optimize operational load and generation portfolios. With unparalleled data, real-time analysis within minutes, and optimization for least cost, Verse helps organizations turn their energy challenges into successes. For more information, visit www.verse.inc.
