Mauricio Calcagnotto Garcia

Product Marketing and Growth Strategy

Salary / Daily rate

Paris, France

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Can come onsite

Skills

Product MarketingStrategy & ConsultingGrowthMarketing StrategyProduct StrategyGo-to-marketLinkedIn AdsHubspotHotjarContent StrategyBusiness DevelopmentMeta AdsSalesforceMailChimpGoogle AnalyticsSEAWeb AnalyticsSales StrategyGoogle AdsSalesforce Marketing CloudGoogle Tag ManagerSEOCopywriting

Languages

Portuguese (Native)English (Fluent)French (Fluent)SpanishItalianSwedish

About me

Intro

Business strategist and product marketer with more than a decade of experience helping 20+ B2B tech and non-tech startups and scaleups grow. I blend the strategic expertise of management consulting with the hands-on execution of a seasoned product marketer to help SaaS and software companies define market-winning strategies and expand successfully. I hold an MBA from HEC Paris, and am a certified Product Marketing Alliance professional.

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Work experience

Product Marketing, Growth Strategy & International Expansion Consultant

MauricioCGarciaFreelance

Oct 2012 - Present

14 years 1 month

Paris Area, France

I help companies identify new opportunities, create market-winning offerings, and develop go-to-market and growth strategies that deliver results. Advised 15+ early and growth-stage startups as co-founder, advisor, mentor and acting head of marketing and growth. Examples of projects: - Structured the marketing process for a B2B fashion marketplace, implementing analytics, AARRR metrics and reporting to investors and founders. Created an agile sprint system to quickly identify growth levers and tested actions that increased the number of signups (+38%) and the monthly recurring revenues (+20% January - March 2017). - Advised 5 B2B startups of the SNCF acceleration program run by Tektos accelerator on their go-to-market strategies and business model definition. - Coordinated the international business development for a French consulting firm, identifying 50 C-suite prospects and generating leads for 2 new global projects. - Local In-Market Expert for Oban International, projects including the localisation of content and SEO review for the Brazilian market for a major anti-virus provider.

Product Marketing Lead

Salsify

Jul 2021 - Mar 2024

2 years 9 months

Paris, France

Global Product Marketing Lead for Salsify’s SXM product line, my main responsibilities included: - Positioning and messaging - Definition of ideal customer profiles and buyer personas - Go-to-market projects in new industries and new geographies - Sales enablement and support to sales and pre-sales on multi-million euro sales cycles - Pricing and packaging - I also had an active role in the go-to-market and launch of other Salsify products in Europe

Senior Product Marketing Manager

Alkemics

Jan 2020 - Jul 2021

1 year 7 months

Région de Paris, France

As the first full-time Product Marketing Manager at Alkemics (acquired by Salsify in 2021), I was in charge of the offering for both manufacturers and retailers and I implemented PMM processes from scratch. - Positioning & Messaging: translating the new positioning into marketing, sales and product assets. - Go-to-market: implementing and managing the launch process and collaborating with Product, Marketing, CSM, Professional Services and Sales to bring new products and features to market. - Pricing & Packaging: defining overall packaging and pricing for the manufacturer and retailer offerings and for new launches. - Sales Enablement: responsible for developing sales enablement materials, creating enablement programs and training CSM, professional services and the sales reps in charge of France, Germany, UK and United States.

Head of Product Marketing

metriq.io

Jun 2017 - Mar 2019

1 year 10 months

Région de Paris, France

metriq specializes in the implementation of advanced analytics, artificial intelligence algorithms and automation of business processes. - Responsible for Marketing and Business Development, with an active role in the definition of the strategy of the company. - Responsible for setting up marketing and sales processes (including the definition of KPIs, CRM and reporting tools), developing partnerships, lead identification and nurturing. - Responsible for product marketing, content and inbound marketing strategies.

MBA Graduate, Class of 2012 - Entrepreneurship and Innovation

HEC Paris

Feb 2011 - Jul 2012

1 year 6 months

Région de Paris , France

Ranked #1 business school in Europe by the Financial Times since 2006. The MBA Program is currently ranked among the top-20 best MBA programs in the world. • Entrepreneurship Project: Applied Customer Development and Service Design methodologies to prototype and test a startup solution's market fit. • Marketing Project: Market research project for a startup at Le Camping Accelerator. • Responsible for Social Media for MBAT (MBA Tournament): Europe’s largest annual gathering of MBA students. • Member of the Entrepreneurship Club.

Strategy & Marketing Consultant

Kienbaum Executive Consultants

Jun 2009 - Dec 2010

1 year 7 months

Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Worked as a consultant on strategy and marketing projects for small and large companies. Worked independently and in partnership with Kienbaum Executive Consultants and Reali Estratégia e Marketing. • Developed a market opportunity study for a stationery company entering a new market in Brazil. • Developed a brand repositioning study for a Brazilian home-decoration company. • Developed a series of consumer studies for a Brazilian retail company. • Supported the Strategic Planning and alignment process using Balanced Scorecard in one of Brazil's largest textile companies.

Gerdau

Feb 2006 - Mar 2009

3 years 2 months

Région de Porto Alegre, Brésil

Strategic Planning Executive

Feb 2008 - Mar 2009

1 year 2 months

Région de Porto Alegre, Brésil

Brazil´s 10th largest company with U$ 20 billion plus in revenues and operations in 14 countries. • Managed the project of Gerdau´s Corporate Planning Cycle: a cross-functional and cross-business initiative involving more than 50 senior executives, including c-level management. • Managed the implementation project of Gerdau´s Business System (process management system) in the Strategy and Business Development Department.

Latin America Business Division Management Associate - Management Associate Program

Feb 2006 - Mar 2008

2 years 2 months

Région de Porto Alegre, Brésil

Brazil´s 10th largest company with U$ 20 billion plus in revenues and operations in 14 countries. • Coordinated 2007 strategic planning cycle of the Division (turnover of U$ 1.5 billion): a project involving more than 20 senior executives from eight countries, including c-level management. • Supported the turn-around of newly acquired companies in Colombia, Peru, Venezuela and Dominican Republic by implementing strategic planning and management processes. • Work on the implementation and structuring of management processes in the Latin America Business Division. Development of management reports presented monthly by Latin-America’s Vice-President to company’s executive committee.

Analyst

Petroleo Ipiranga

Feb 2004 - Mar 2005

1 year 2 months

Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Largest private-held oil company in Brazil at the time: turnover of U$ 18 billion. New Businesses Unit: • Developed competitive outlooks and future scenarios that were presented to the board of the company. • Supported the development of infra-structure and strategic-planning projects.

Analyst

RBS Group

Dec 2001 - Dec 2002

1 year 1 month

Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Largest Brazilian local media group, with businesses such as television, newspapers and internet. • Active role in market intelligence projects: quantitative and qualitative research, benchmark studies, competitive analysis and market overview of various industries, such as newspapers, utilities, and airlines. • Active role in CRM projects: customer satisfaction and market segmentation studies for companies of a broad variety of industries.

Intern

Walt Disney World

Dec 2000 - Mar 2001

4 months

Orlando, Florida Area

• Part of Walt Disney’s International Work Program. • Customer Relations activities at the Magic Kingdom Park. • Customer Relations & Satisfaction Training at Disney University.


Education

Product Marketing Alliance

Product Marketing Certified: Leadership

2025 - 2025

2 months

Reforge

Growth Series

2024 - 2024

6 months

Product Marketing Alliance

2024 - 2024

2 months

HEC Paris

MBA

2011 - 2012

1 year 2 months

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Postgraduate

2006 - 2008

2 years 2 months

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Bachelor

1998 - 2006

8 years 2 months


Licenses & certifications

Product Marketing Certified: Leadership

Issued: Jan 2025

Certified by Product Marketing Alliance

Pricing Certificate

Issued: Feb 2024

Certified by Product Marketing Alliance

Advanced Product Marketing

Issued: Feb 2024

Certified by Product Marketing Alliance

Inbound

Issued: Oct 2023

Certified by HubSpot Academy

Agile Marketing Foundations

Issued: Sep 2023

Certified by LinkedIn

Advanced Product Marketing

Issued: Sep 2023

Certified by Product Marketing Alliance

Foundations of Marketing Analytics - ESSEC

Issued: Apr 2019

Certified by Coursera

Customer Analytics - Wharton

Issued: Apr 2019

Certified by Coursera

Content Marketing Certificate

Issued: Jan 2018

Certified by HubSpot Academy

Google Adwords Certified Partner

Issued: Jan 2016

Certified by Google

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