About this role
SummaryTemporal is becoming the foundational infrastructure for AI-powered products. As AI-native companies and research labs move from experimentation to production, they face new reliability, orchestration, and scale challenges that Temporal is uniquely positioned to solve.
We are hiring a Sr Staff Product Marketing Manager to lead product marketing for Temporal’s AI initiatives. This role will define how Temporal is positioned for AI-native companies, AI labs, and AI-driven use cases within traditional SaaS and enterprise organizations. You will own the narrative for why Temporal matters in the era of AI and translate complex, technical capabilities into clear, compelling value for developers, platform teams, and business stakeholders.
This is a “full stack” product marketing role with broad ownership and high impact. You will work closely with product, engineering, sales, and marketing leadership to shape strategy and drive adoption across fast-growing AI segments and use cases.
This role reports to the Director of Product Marketing.
What You’ll Do
Define and own positioning and messaging for Temporal’s AI use cases across AI-native startups, AI labs, and enterprise customers adopting AI
Develop clear value propositions for how Temporal supports AI workflows, agents, LLM orchestration, human-in-the-loop systems, and long-running AI processes
Lead competitive intelligence related to AI infrastructure, orchestration, workflow engines, and adjacent platforms
Partner with product and engineering to influence roadmap decisions based on market and customer insights
Plan and execute product launches, announcements, and GTM strategies related to AI capabilities and use cases
Create high-quality external content including web pages, blogs, solution briefs, case studies, decks, and sales enablement materials
Enable sales and solutions teams with messaging, pitch narratives, and objection handling for AI-driven deals
Work with demand gen, developer relations, and comms to ensure consistent AI positioning across channels
Serve as a subject-matter expert internally on AI market trends, customer needs, and buyer personas
Measure and iterate on messaging and GTM effectiveness based on customer feedback and market response
Who You Are
We value folks who bring both strong experience and a POV, as well as a growth mindset to learn new skills and take on new projects. The skills and perspectives below are some of the things we’ll be looking for that will help you get off to a strong start.
Senior, strategic product marketer with experience owning end-to-end PMM for complex, technical products
Deep familiarity with AI, ML, or data platforms, especially in developer-facing or infrastructure contexts
Comfortable marketing to highly technical audiences including developers, platform teams, and architects
Able to translate technical concepts into crisp, differentiated messaging without oversimplifying
Strong storyteller who can create narratives that resonate with both technical and business stakeholders
Proven track record of influencing product direction and GTM strategy at a senior level
Highly collaborative, with experience working closely with product, engineering, and sales leadership
Self-directed and comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
Detail-oriented in execution but able to think at the system and market level
Excited by the opportunity to define a category and shape how AI-powered systems are built in production
Compensation
The estimated pay range for this role is $225,000 - $275,000
This role is eligible to participate in Temporal's equity plan