Have you ever worked for a company that actually wanted you to bring your whole self to work every single day?

About Tradeshift
Tradeshift is a unicorn in the fintech industry. We are disrupting a typically stagnant environment by connecting companies of all sizes and providing them with the platform and network needed to create value from old processes like procurement, invoicing, payments, and workflow. We recognize that business is both messy and social - two revelations that have driven the development of Tradeshift, a platform for all your business interactions.

Product Marketing Team 

But to be able to disrupt the market, we need to understand the needs and challenges of our target market, the solutions and process they run today, and how to excite the market toward a future of possibilities with Tradeshift. To help us with this we are looking for a research professional to work within our product marketing team to help guide the team’s strategic direction. 

Role

• Develop, conduct and manage market, competitive and user research leveraging syndicated research and internal primary research data. 
• Set the research strategy, define the research gaps, execute, and communicate the results to internal and external stakeholders.
• Develop and lead the competitive intelligence program at Tradeshift
• Develop a repository to document all the market intelligence outputs for easy retrieval. Investigate emerging markets and technology and drive audience/industry/category specific thought leadership.
• Partner with marketing, research/UX and product organizations to understand consumer needs and product use cases, define brand positioning, develop audiences, improve product-market fit, execute go-to-market plans, and optimize/improve marketing communications to achieve business objectives
• Design and carry out qualitative and quantitative research projects to help validate strategies as well as develop a shared understanding of our key audiences.
• Create and execute a plan to document and publish customer success stories.

What a day is like:
Be the subject matter expert on market and competitive trends and build compelling presentations and materials to communicate developments to internal stakeholders such as sales, customer success, marketing and executives.

You’re perfect for this role if you:

• 3-5 years of experience working with research within the B2B SaaS space.
• Strong analytical mindset and ability to identify best methods for research considering best practices and availability of resources.
• Good communicator verbally and in writing with the ability to simplify complex results and share findings meaningfully to a variety of different stakeholders. 
• Self-driven and ambitious: you thrive in a fast-paced, innovative and high-growth technology environment.
• Ability to execute on research projects fast without compromising rigor. 
• Ability to prioritize projects effectively, juggling multiple projects with tight deadlines.
• Start-up and team-mentality with an open mindset and willingness to step in on projects when needed, also when they fall outside of your core areas of work. 
• Eager to constantly learn new things with a curious and bold attitude.
• Relevant university degree.
• Supply chain or enterprise payments domain experience is a big plus.

Location: Remote...but not alone.
Your colleagues are wicked smart and some of the kindest and nicest people around. We’re never assholes. You’ll be given the opportunity to do creative problem solving for issues that actually matter, and have a real impact on the projects you are driving.

Culture 
Our culture began day one when three Danes poured their brains, heart, and guts into creating a platform that could connect every business in the world. We expect each employee to approach their work with the same amount of pride and passion. One day you might find us having a ping pong match in the middle of the work day, and then you’ll find us handing off projects to colleagues in different time zones so we can continue progress around the clock. 

TradeShifters come from various backgrounds and nations, and we all thrive off challenging the status quo. We take pride in nurturing employee happiness, encouraging personal development, and welcoming teammates from all walks of life.

We value diversity and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Why you might like working here:

• You love autonomy and the freedom to get your work done how you want 
• You like sharing your opinions and feeling like they matter
• You want to work for a company that requires you to bring your whole self to work every day: brains, heart, and guts.
• Career and professional development opportunities

• Flexible hours and vacation policy

• Supplemented cell phone plan

• Lunch provided daily from local SF eateries and snacks

• Fully paid 6 months parental leave
• A competitive compensation package + equity

• 100% covered medical, dental and vision benefits

• Life, short and long-term disability insurance

• 401k

• Wellness and volunteer Programs

• Fun company events like happy hours, outings and much more!

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.