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Product Marketing Manager

Sakana AI· Marketing
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Remotefull-time, contract (24+ hours/week), or internship (2+ months, 24+ hours/week)Posted 1w ago

About the role

First dedicated Product Marketing member of Sakana AI's newly formed Marketing Team, owning naming, messaging, and launch execution for products, models, and features across global markets in both Japanese and English.

Responsibilities

  • Own the product layer of our narrative architecture: define the one-line role, primary promise, and distinction between proven claims and hypotheses for each product
  • Design and execute launch plans for new products and features from pre-launch to post-launch; set success metrics with product, research and communications teams, and conduct post-launch reviews
  • Lead product and plan naming within our naming rules, including model display names and pricing tiers, collaborating with product managers and research teams
  • Produce product content: product pages, launch posts, one-pagers, and product sections of customer cases; keep website, sales decks, and product introduction materials in sync with current names and pricing
  • Maintain the product messaging source of truth and align with brand kits (Design) and wording rules (Communications)
  • Feed market and customer insights back to product and research teams
  • Drive seamless collaboration across global teams and markets utilizing both Japanese and English

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in product marketing for developer platforms, B2B SaaS, or technical AI products, with launches you can describe from brief to results
  • Ability to write clearly in both English and Japanese, and to edit drafts from researchers and engineers into customer language without changing what is true
  • Enough technical curiosity to understand what our products do and to discuss capabilities with engineers and researchers; use of AI tools to read documentation, try sample code, and verify understanding; responsibility for accuracy of published content
  • Experience working across Product, Sales and Design in an environment with frequent product changes
  • Ability to autonomously drive initiatives in a fast-paced startup environment
  • Native or professional fluency in both Japanese and English
  • Preferred: experience naming products, models or plans, including trademark and multilingual checks

Skills

Required:Product marketing for developer platforms / B2B SaaS / technical AI productsBilingual communicationCross-functional collaboration
Nice to have:Naming and branding

Benefits

  • CV and cover letter must be submitted in English (note)
  • Assignment after initial screening
  • Flexible engagement options: full-time, contract (24+ hours/week), or internship (2+ months, 24+ hours/week)
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Sakana AI

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