Director, Product Marketing

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Activate: What We Do

Activate is one of the fastest-growing location-based entertainment brands in North America - and we're going global. Our venues put players inside the game: live-action challenges where reflexes, wits, and teamwork win. This role sits inside AGI, Activate's HQ brand and product team.

Activate is experiencing significant expansion and are looking to grow our team with the addition of a Director, Product Marketing. This is a full-time, permanent position. We are looking for this role to join our team at our Winnipeg corporate office, but remote out-of-province candidates may also be considered.

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Position Overview

The Role

We're hiring the senior leader who owns the commercial plan that turns Activate into a brand the world wants to play.

You own product marketing for Activate global. You work hand-in-hand with the Technology team - they design the product; you bring the customer insight that decides what's worth building, and you own the plan that takes it to market. New product launches, partnerships, promotions, loyalty - all rooted in insight, all tied to a commercial number.

You also work closely with Activate's Global Partnerships and Corporate Stores teams. You build the commercial plan those partners run on, enabling revenue growth across the globe.

You bring relationships. You've worked in entertainment - negotiated global and local partnership deals, sat across the table from major brands, IPs, and platforms. And you know how to build inside - with Technology, Global Partnerships, and Activate's stores teams - so the plan actually lands.

You lead the Product Marketing team, including the Loyalty Marketing Lead, Games Marketing Lead &

Customer Engagement Specialist. You report to the Chief Marketing Officer and work alongside the Creative Director, Director of Growth, and Director of Comms, PR & Influencer as peers.

INSIGHT IN. PLAN OUT. EVERY MARKET. EVERY PARTNER.

The Duties and Responsibilities:

The Commercial Plan

Own the annual and quarterly commercial plan for Activate global

Set the launch calendar: new products, games, experiences, partnerships, promotions

Set loyalty strategy and how it ties to the commercial plan - your Loyalty Marketing Lead designs and runs the programs

Build the brief Activate Games International, Activate Stores and JV markets all execute against

Shaping the Product, with Technology

Partner with Technology end-to-end - customer insight in, launch plan out

Bring the insight that decides what's worth building, not just how to market it

Own the customer launch plan for every product, game, and experience Technology ships

Keep the insight-to-product-to-market loop tight, fast, and shared

Driving Global Markets

Partner with Global Partnerships and Corporate Store teams

Build the commercial plan all store partners run on, with creative briefs that deliver on partner requirement

Drive insights, launches, and collaborative reviews with the partners to make things better the next time

Share best practice across markets - what wins in one ships to all

Entertainment Partnerships

Lead entertainment partnership strategy - IPs, brands, platforms, talent

Negotiate global and local partnership contracts

Make every partnership earn its place in the plan

The Team

Lead and develop the Product Marketing team

Build AI into how the team works - ship more, not less

The Qualifications:

10+ years in product marketing, brand marketing, or commercial roles at consumer brands - entertainment, retail, hospitality, gaming

Built and led a product marketing or commercial planning team

Worked alongside product and technology teams end-to-end - insight in to launch out

Operated through partner-led, franchised, or JV models - built plans other operators execute, in markets you don't run yourself

Negotiated and shipped global and local partnership deals - IPs, brands, platforms

Used customer insight to drive commercial decisions

Used AI to actually change what a team can ship

The Perks:

Competitive Salary

Benefits package

Paid time off

Casual dress

Employee discount

On-site parking

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.