Go To Market Manager
Nelnet · United States · 3 wk ago
RemoteRemoteBusiness Development$125k–$150k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes description paragraphs before responsibilities. Should we include an "About the role" section? The instruction: use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. So we need to decide which sections have content.
We have:
- Intro paragraph about Nelnet Business Services and culture. Could be "About the role"? Actually "About the role" would describe the role. The intro includes description of company and role responsibilities overview. Could treat as "About the role". It's substantive.
- Then "JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:" with a long list of responsibilities (multiple sentences). That's responsibilities.
- Then "Requirements And Skills" includes bullet-like list but not bullet formatting. It includes requirements: Bachelor's degree..., 7+ years..., Demonstrated experience..., etc. Also includes "Preferred Qualifications" after that.
We need to separate Requirements, Qualifications, Skills? The instruction lists possible headings: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We have both requirements and preferred qualifications. Could combine into Requirements section (including both required and preferred) or separate into Requirements and Qualifications. Since we have both, we can make Requirements (mandatory) and Qualifications (preferred). Skills maybe not separate; we could embed skills within requirements.
We also have Pay Range and Benefits. So we need Pay and Benefits sections.
Schedule not mentioned, so omit.
We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID.
We must remove boilerplate: EEO, equal-opportunity, scam-warning, privacy policy, AI hiring, etc. Also remove navigation/cookie/legal. So we cut out the EEO paragraph, drug free, AI hiring, etc.
We must preserve all substantive information: company intro, responsibilities list, requirements, preferred qualifications, pay range, benefits list.
We must format responsibilities as
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. So we need to decide which sections have content.
We have:
- Intro paragraph about Nelnet Business Services and culture. Could be "About the role"? Actually "About the role" would describe the role. The intro includes description of company and role responsibilities overview. Could treat as "About the role". It's substantive.
- Then "JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:" with a long list of responsibilities (multiple sentences). That's responsibilities.
- Then "Requirements And Skills" includes bullet-like list but not bullet formatting. It includes requirements: Bachelor's degree..., 7+ years..., Demonstrated experience..., etc. Also includes "Preferred Qualifications" after that.
We need to separate Requirements, Qualifications, Skills? The instruction lists possible headings: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We have both requirements and preferred qualifications. Could combine into Requirements section (including both required and preferred) or separate into Requirements and Qualifications. Since we have both, we can make Requirements (mandatory) and Qualifications (preferred). Skills maybe not separate; we could embed skills within requirements.
We also have Pay Range and Benefits. So we need Pay and Benefits sections.
Schedule not mentioned, so omit.
We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID.
We must remove boilerplate: EEO, equal-opportunity, scam-warning, privacy policy, AI hiring, etc. Also remove navigation/cookie/legal. So we cut out the EEO paragraph, drug free, AI hiring, etc.
We must preserve all substantive information: company intro, responsibilities list, requirements, preferred qualifications, pay range, benefits list.
We must format responsibilities as - items. The responsibilities are a long paragraph with multiple sentences separated by periods. We need to split into list items. Each responsibility sentence likely starts with a verb. We can break at each sentence that starts with a capital letter after a period. Let's extract responsibilities sentences:
"Design and own the integrated go-to-market strategy and launch plan, defining the target audiences, positioning, channels, programs, priorities, resources, milestones, and measures of success required to successfully enter the market and scale."
"Develop and continuously refine the market positioning, messaging, buyer value propositions, competitive differentiation, and supporting tools needed to create awareness, communicate value, and enable the sales motion."
"Design and drive market activation and demand-generation approaches, determining the right mix of campaigns, conferences, speaking opportunities, partnerships, customer advocacy, cross-sell initiatives, and other channels to build awareness and qualified demand."
"Build the sales enablement and market-facing resources required to support growth, including objection handling, competitive resources, customer references, case studies, outcome stories, and RFP and procurement support."
"Translate customer, sales, competitive, and market feedback into GTM decisions, using what the team learns to refine messaging, programs, channels, and priorities as the product enters the market."
"Determine the internal and external capabilities needed to execute the GTM strategy; scope, select, brief, and manage agencies, contractors, and other partners while coordinating effectively with key internal stakeholder teams."
"Define the measures and operating rhythm needed to evaluate GTM performance, assess what is and is not working, and recommend where to adjust priorities, resources, channels, or investment."
"Continuously evaluate the overall GTM approach, identify gaps and opportunities, and proactively recommend and implement changes needed to build a repeatable and scalable growth engine."
That's 8 items.
Now Requirements And Skills paragraph: It contains multiple sentences. Let's extract:
"Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, communications, or a related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience."
"7+ years of progressive experience in go-to-market strategy, product marketing, product launch, growth marketing, commercialization, or a related discipline."
"Demonstrated experience designing and executing the go-to-market strategy for a net-new product, including determining target audiences, positioning, channels, programs, resources, and measures of success."
"Demonstrated experience taking a new product from pre-launch through market entry and establishing a repeatable GTM approach to support growth."
"Deep understanding of how positioning and messaging, demand generation, sales enablement, customer advocacy, events, partnerships, channels, and measurement work together as part of an integrated GTM strategy."
"Proven ability to evaluate a market opportunity, identify what is needed to successfully go to market, make informed recommendations, and translate strategy into execution."
"Experience leveraging internal teams, agencies, contractors, and other external partners to execute a GTM strategy, with the ability to determine where specialized expertise or additional capacity is needed."
"Strong analytical, communication, and cross-functional leadership skills with the ability to influence decisions and drive outcomes across teams without direct authority."
That's 8 items.
Preferred Qualifications:
"Experience within K–12 education or education technology."
"Experience launching or scaling products in public-sector or complex B2B buying environments."
"Experience with education procurement, RFPs, customer reference programs, conferences, partnerships, or channel development."
That's 3 items.
Pay: "Pay Range for this role is - $125,000 - $150,000 depending on experience"
Benefits: "Our benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, HSA and FSA, generous earned time off, 401K/student loan repayment, life insurance & AD&D insurance, employee assistance program, employee stock purchase program, tuition reimbursement, performance-based incentive pay, short- and long-term disability, and a robust wellness program."
Also there is a link "Click here to learn more about our benefits: Benefits & Perks - Nelnet Inc" - that's a link; we should drop application instructions and maybe this link is considered boilerplate? It's a link to benefits; but it's not substantive content beyond benefits description. We can drop the link.
Now About the role section: We need to capture the introductory paragraphs about Nelnet Business Services and the role overview. Let's extract:
"Nelnet Business Services (NBS), a division of Nelnet, Inc., provides payment technology and education services to more than 1,200 higher education institutions, nearly 12,000 K-12 schools, and millions of individual students, families, and supporters across the globe. Our culture of service enables us to form long-lasting and trusted partnerships, while our focus on creativity and innovative solutions empowers our customer communities to thrive. The GTM Launch Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing launch strategies for new products, services, programs, or initiatives. This role partners with cross-functional teams to ensure successful market readiness, stakeholder alignment, customer adoption, and operational execution. The GTM Launch Manager develops and manages launch plans, identifies priorities and risks, and ensures resources, processes, and communications are in place to achieve business objectives. This role combines strategic planning with hands-on execution to deliver successful and scalable launches."
That's substantive. We'll put that in
maybe multiple paragraphs but we can combine into one
or split. Use
for prose.
Now we need to output HTML fragment with
headings for each section we include: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications (preferred), Benefits, Pay. Possibly Skills not needed as separate.
We must not emit empty sections.
Order: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay (or Pay before Benefits? The example list includes Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We'll follow logical order: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay.
Now ensure we don't include any boilerplate like EEO, drug free, AI hiring, privacy policy, link.
Now produce HTML:
About the role
Nelnet Business Services (NBS), a division of Nelnet, Inc., provides payment technology and education services to more than 1,200 higher education institutions, nearly 12,000 K-12 schools, and millions of individual students, families, and supporters across the globe. Our culture of service enables us to form long-lasting and trusted partnerships, while our focus on creativity and innovative solutions empowers our customer communities to thrive. The GTM Launch Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing launch strategies for new products, services, programs, or initiatives. This role partners with cross-functional teams to ensure successful market readiness, stakeholder alignment, customer adoption, and operational execution. The GTM Launch Manager develops and manages launch plans, identifies priorities and risks, and ensures resources, processes, and communications are in place to achieve business objectives. This role combines strategic planning with hands-on execution to deliver successful and scalable launches.
Responsibilities
- Design and own the integrated go-to-market strategy and launch plan, defining the target audiences, positioning, channels, programs, priorities, resources, milestones, and measures of success required to successfully enter the market and scale.
- Develop and continuously refine the market positioning, messaging, buyer value propositions, competitive differentiation, and supporting tools needed to create awareness, communicate value, and enable the sales motion.
- Design and drive market activation and demand-generation approaches, determining the right mix of campaigns, conferences, speaking opportunities, partnerships, customer advocacy, cross-sell initiatives, and other channels to build awareness and qualified demand.
- Build the sales enablement and market-facing resources required to support growth, including objection handling, competitive resources, customer references, case studies, outcome stories, and RFP and procurement support.
- Translate customer, sales, competitive, and market feedback into GTM decisions, using what the team learns to refine messaging, programs, channels, and priorities as the product enters the market.
- Determine the internal and external capabilities needed to execute the GTM strategy; scope, select, brief, and manage agencies, contractors, and other partners while coordinating effectively with key internal stakeholder teams.
- Define the measures and operating rhythm needed to evaluate GTM performance, assess what is and is not working, and recommend where to adjust priorities, resources, channels, or investment.
- Continuously evaluate the overall GTM approach, identify gaps and opportunities, and proactively recommend and implement changes needed to build a repeatable and scalable growth engine.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, communications, or a related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
- 7+ years of progressive experience in go-to-market strategy, product marketing, product launch, growth marketing, commercialization, or a related discipline.
- Demonstrated experience designing and executing the go-to-market strategy for a net-new product, including determining target audiences, positioning, channels, programs, resources, and measures of success.
- Demonstrated experience taking a new product from pre-launch through market entry and establishing a repeatable GTM approach to support growth.
- Deep understanding of how positioning and messaging, demand generation, sales enablement, customer advocacy, events, partnerships, channels, and measurement work together as part of an integrated GTM strategy.
- Proven ability to evaluate a market opportunity, identify what is needed to successfully go to market, make informed recommendations, and translate strategy into execution.
- Experience leveraging internal teams, agencies, contractors, and other external partners to execute a GTM strategy, with the ability to determine where specialized expertise or additional capacity is needed.
- Strong analytical, communication, and cross-functional leadership skills with the ability to influence decisions and drive outcomes across teams without direct authority.
Qualifications
- Experience within K–12 education or education technology.
- Experience launching or scaling products in public-sector or complex B2B buying environments.
- Experience with education procurement, RFPs, customer reference programs,
maybe multiple paragraphs but we can combine into one
or split. Use
for prose. Now we need to output HTML fragment with
headings for each section we include: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications (preferred), Benefits, Pay. Possibly Skills not needed as separate.
We must not emit empty sections.
Order: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay (or Pay before Benefits? The example list includes Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We'll follow logical order: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay.
Now ensure we don't include any boilerplate like EEO, drug free, AI hiring, privacy policy, link.
Now produce HTML:
About the role
Nelnet Business Services (NBS), a division of Nelnet, Inc., provides payment technology and education services to more than 1,200 higher education institutions, nearly 12,000 K-12 schools, and millions of individual students, families, and supporters across the globe. Our culture of service enables us to form long-lasting and trusted partnerships, while our focus on creativity and innovative solutions empowers our customer communities to thrive. The GTM Launch Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing launch strategies for new products, services, programs, or initiatives. This role partners with cross-functional teams to ensure successful market readiness, stakeholder alignment, customer adoption, and operational execution. The GTM Launch Manager develops and manages launch plans, identifies priorities and risks, and ensures resources, processes, and communications are in place to achieve business objectives. This role combines strategic planning with hands-on execution to deliver successful and scalable launches.
Responsibilities
- Design and own the integrated go-to-market strategy and launch plan, defining the target audiences, positioning, channels, programs, priorities, resources, milestones, and measures of success required to successfully enter the market and scale.
- Develop and continuously refine the market positioning, messaging, buyer value propositions, competitive differentiation, and supporting tools needed to create awareness, communicate value, and enable the sales motion.
- Design and drive market activation and demand-generation approaches, determining the right mix of campaigns, conferences, speaking opportunities, partnerships, customer advocacy, cross-sell initiatives, and other channels to build awareness and qualified demand.
- Build the sales enablement and market-facing resources required to support growth, including objection handling, competitive resources, customer references, case studies, outcome stories, and RFP and procurement support.
- Translate customer, sales, competitive, and market feedback into GTM decisions, using what the team learns to refine messaging, programs, channels, and priorities as the product enters the market.
- Determine the internal and external capabilities needed to execute the GTM strategy; scope, select, brief, and manage agencies, contractors, and other partners while coordinating effectively with key internal stakeholder teams.
- Define the measures and operating rhythm needed to evaluate GTM performance, assess what is and is not working, and recommend where to adjust priorities, resources, channels, or investment.
- Continuously evaluate the overall GTM approach, identify gaps and opportunities, and proactively recommend and implement changes needed to build a repeatable and scalable growth engine.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, communications, or a related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
- 7+ years of progressive experience in go-to-market strategy, product marketing, product launch, growth marketing, commercialization, or a related discipline.
- Demonstrated experience designing and executing the go-to-market strategy for a net-new product, including determining target audiences, positioning, channels, programs, resources, and measures of success.
- Demonstrated experience taking a new product from pre-launch through market entry and establishing a repeatable GTM approach to support growth.
- Deep understanding of how positioning and messaging, demand generation, sales enablement, customer advocacy, events, partnerships, channels, and measurement work together as part of an integrated GTM strategy.
- Proven ability to evaluate a market opportunity, identify what is needed to successfully go to market, make informed recommendations, and translate strategy into execution.
- Experience leveraging internal teams, agencies, contractors, and other external partners to execute a GTM strategy, with the ability to determine where specialized expertise or additional capacity is needed.
- Strong analytical, communication, and cross-functional leadership skills with the ability to influence decisions and drive outcomes across teams without direct authority.
Qualifications
- Experience within K–12 education or education technology.
- Experience launching or scaling products in public-sector or complex B2B buying environments.
- Experience with education procurement, RFPs, customer reference programs,