Source: https://deftridge.com/job/customer-research-interviews-canada-dt-3827165/ Title: Customer Research Interviews, CA$86-107/h | Deftridge Summary: Customer Research Interviews for a manager Product Marketing Manager, remote in Canada. CA$86-CA$107 an hour, 10 to 20 hours a month. Starts within 7 days. Bundle Posted Oct 30 · DT-3827165 # Customer Research Interviews Manager · Product Marketing Manager · Remote · Canada **CA$86–CA$107** / hour About CA$970–CA$1,930 a month. Set by the company within a range checked against market pay for the role; your recruiter agrees your exact rate with you before anything is sent. Deftridge adds 15% on top and bills it to the company, so **nothing comes out of your rate**. - **Company** Home-goods retailer selling furniture · 201–500 employeesCL-45992 · based in Cambridge - **Where** Remote · Canada - **Format** Task bundle - **Time needed** 10–20 h a month - **Start** Starts within 7 days - **Level** Manager · 7-12 years - **When you work** Evenings or weekends2 h a week overlap with ET **1,443** tasks of this type completed on Deftridge ## About this task This Home-goods retailer selling furniture (201–500 employees) is looking for a manager Product Marketing Manager for a monthly bundle of recurring tasks, 10–20 h a month. Interviews that test positioning and uncover needs. The company wants one reliable owner for a list of small jobs instead of five different people. It is a retailer with stores and an online channel, and the team works to a weekly trading rhythm. The work is fully remote. Any location in Canada works, with a few hours of overlap with the team's day. Evenings or weekends are fine, as long as the agreed weekly output is there. About 2 hours a week should overlap with the team's day (ET). ## What you deliver - Run 6 customer interviews on the buying process and summarise the themes. - A running log of open questions, reviewed at the start of each week - A named list of items moved to next month, so nothing is lost - A month-end summary with hours used against the cap ## What a month looks like - Week 1: intake call and a list of what is due this month - Weeks 2 and 3: items completed in short sessions - Week 4: month-end summary and the list for next month **Duration:** 6 months, with a monthly hours cap. Accepted on the company's written OK. If something is missed, you fix it in the same week at no extra charge to either side. ## Tools Zoom Dovetail ## Who fits - 7-12 years of hands-on work as a Product Marketing Manager, or the equivalent mix of roles - Comfortable working in Zoom and Dovetail - Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate ### Nice to have - Used to short written handovers - Comfortable explaining numbers or decisions to a non-specialist reader ## Not included - Anything that needs a signature in your own name unless the brief says so - Travel or work at a fixed location - Work outside the scope written in the brief; extra items are quoted separately ## How you get paid - The company prepays Deftridge before your first hour, so payment does not depend on a late invoice. - Deftridge pays you in CAD after the company confirms the hours or the deliverable. The payment date is written in your task agreement. - You work as an independent contractor: you report your own income, and your recruiter sends the statements your accountant needs. - You never chase the company. Questions about money go to Deftridge. ## What happens after you say you're interested 1. **Within one working day** A recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want. 1. **You agree the rate** You and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead. 1. **With your written OK** The company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days. 1. **Start** You sign the task agreement and the company's confidentiality terms through Deftridge, and begin on the date above. ## What the company sees about you First name, field, experience, tools and the hours you offer. Not your surname, your employer or your contact details. Your profile **Alex** Manager Product Marketing Manager - **Experience** 7-12 years in marketing & content - **Tools** Zoom, Dovetail - **Offers** 15 hours a month, weekday evenings - **Rate** CA$96 an hour, agreed with the recruiter ## How this rate compares The midpoint of this range, CA$96 an hour, is **above** the median manager Product Marketing Manager rate in Canada (CA$95). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market. Median CA$95 This task CA$96 CA$74 CA$132 [All Product Marketing Manager jobs in Canada](https://deftridge.com/jobs/product-marketing-manager/canada/) · [Product Marketing Manager rates in Canada](https://deftridge.com/rates/product-marketing-manager/canada/) · [Marketing & Content jobs](https://deftridge.com/jobs/marketing-and-content/) ## Questions about pay and privacy The rules are the same for every task. [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job. CL-45992 is the Deftridge code for this company. Its name is shared only after you agree to an introduction, and you decide whether to go ahead. ## Interested in this task? Leave your first name and e-mail. You hear back from a recruiter inside one working day, and nothing reaches the company without your written OK. - You see and agree the rate before the company hears about you - Your employer and surname stay private - E-mail only, no phone calls Thank you, Customer Research Interviews is noted. 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