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As New Zealand's largest telecommunications and digital services company, Spark's purpose is to help all of New Zealand win big in a digital world. We provide mobile, broadband, and digital services to millions of New Zealanders and thousands of New Zealand businesses. 

We operate in an exciting and constantly evolving industry, where the pace of change brings new and unique challenges every day, so we operate using Agile ways of working to allow us to meet the fast-changing needs of our customers. Agile replaces the traditional hierarchical organisational structure to produce a transparent, collaborative environment with highly productive teams who are empowered to deliver better outcomes for our customers, communities, and all of New Zealand. 

About the Role: 

We’re looking for two experienced Product Marketers to join us and work within product development squads delivering technology solutions for large business and government customers. These roles are in our Future Connectivity and Cloud portfolios. You will be responsible for driving a product to ‘product market fit’, working cross functionally, enabled by a deep understanding of both the customer and the competitive landscape.

Day to day you will be involved in: 

• Market and customer research, combined with commercial analysis to determine market opportunity
• Input into proposition development
• Define positioning and key messaging
• Develop customer profiles and use cases
• Understand competitive environment and market trends
• Manage internal storytelling, portfolio, and Go-To-Market strategies
• Cross-functional collaboration and communication

The experience you'll bring:

• Experience in Product Marketing ideally in B2B segments
• Unique combination of analytical and creative skills
• Strong commercial mindset with the ability to uncover customer needs
• Experience in designing solutions that drive commercial success
• Excellent influencing, teamwork, collaboration, and leadership skills
• Experience working within a large organisation and collaborating with cross-functional teams
• Familiarity with an Agile operating model

WHY CHOOSE US: 

Diversity and Inclusion: Te Kanorau me te Whakawhāiti mai 

At Spark, we are constantly looking for ways to build a more inclusive culture.  Our vision is for diversity and inclusion to be "how things are done at Spark", embedded into our day-to-day activities, standards, and business practices.  We want you to feel totally comfortable bringing your whole self to work regardless of your gender, ethnicity, orientation, age, or ability. 

Sustainability: Toitū

 Sustainability is a key focus for us.  We are dedicated to supporting Aotearoa New Zealand's recovery and economic transformation.  The principle of equity is at the very heart of our approach, and we remain committed to working in partnership to make a positive contribution to digital equity in line with our focus on Diversity and Inclusion. 

Benefits: Awhina 

 Our people matter and we make sure we look after them. As a valued employee of Spark, we've got our people covered with a range of leading benefits including: 

• Wellbeing - Comprehensive medical insurance, life and income protection.  Access to wellbeing coaches, EAP and in-house Specialist Clinical support through our leading Mahi Tahi Wellness programme. 

• Hybrid ways of working - for most teams at Spark this means being in the office for 4 days a week, and 1 day being flexible. 

• Leave - in addition to four weeks annual leave, we offer purchased leave, enhanced parental leave support and study leave.

• Spark Credit – we provide permanent employees with $120 monthly Spark credit to use on any of our amazing products. 

• Spark Share scheme – periodically we offer the opportunity to buy into our share scheme. 

• Career development – access to an internal marketplace that connects employees with experiential, on the job learning across Spark.

Due to the nature this role, we are only considering applicants that are based in New Zealand with permanent residency, citizenship, or a valid work visa (with at least 18 months remaining).