Solutions Marketing Manager | B2B SaaS & EdTech | Hybrid |Reston, VA
Ellucian · Reston, VA · 6 days ago
HybridFull-time
About the role
This is a high-impact role at the intersection of product, marketing, sales, corporate strategy and customer value, where you’ll help define how our solutions are positioned and brought to market.
Responsibilities
- Develop and refine solution-level positioning and messaging that differentiates our offerings in a competitive SaaS landscape
- Partner closely with product, corporate strategy, marketing, sales, and customer teams to align go-to-market strategies with customer needs and business priorities
- Create high-impact sales enablement materials (pitch decks, value frameworks, solution sheets) that help move deals forward
- Support go-to-market execution for key solution launches, ensuring strong internal alignment and clear external messaging
- Translate customer insights, market trends, and competitive intelligence into actionable marketing recommendations
- Leverage AI-powered tools and insights to enhance messaging development, audience targeting, campaign optimization, and go-to-market efficiency
- Partner with campaign, field, customer impact, and digital marketing teams to support pipeline growth through targeted, outcome-driven messaging
- Packaging and bringing solutions to market
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in product or solutions marketing within a B2B SaaS company
- Proven ability to translate complex products into clear, customer-centric messaging
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, especially with product and sales teams
- Experience developing sales enablement assets that drive measurable business impact
- Analytical mindset with the ability to leverage market and customer insights to inform decisions
- Excellent communication and storytelling skills across multiple formats and audiences
- Proficiency using AI-enabled marketing and productivity tools (such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Jasper, or similar) to support research, content development, messaging refinement, and workflow efficiency
- Self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, evolving environment
- Excellent presentation and communication skills, with the ability to confidently present to internal stakeholders, customers, and executive audiences
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 25% for customer meetings, industry events, and internal team collaboration
Qualifications
- Experience marketing multi-product or platform-based solutions
- Familiarity with enterprise sales cycles and buyer personas
- Background in higher education, ERP, or similar industries
- Familiarity with AI-driven marketing strategies, personalization, or generative AI applications within B2B SaaS marketing
Skills
- AI-powered marketing tools
- Market and customer insights
- Sales enablement materials creation
- Customer insights translation
- Competitive intelligence analysis
- AI-driven marketing strategies
- Enterprise sales cycles understanding
- Higher education or ERP background
- Generative AI applications in B2B SaaS marketing
Benefits
- Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, and vision
- Flexible time off
- Thrive Flex Lifestyle Account (LSA) that allows you to contribute towards your health, financial or learning interests
- 401k w/ match & BrightPlan - to help you save for the future
- Parental Leave
- Telemedicine
- WellnessHeadspace Care (mental health)
- Wellbeats (virtual fitness classes)
- RethinkCare & Wellthy– caregiver support
- Diversity and inclusion programs which provide access to internal employee resource groups
- Employee referral bonuses to encourage the addition of great new people to the team
Pay
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Schedule
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