Source: https://deftridge.com/job/customer-research-interviews-canada-dt-7313635/ Title: Customer Research Interviews, CA$117-135/h | Deftridge Summary: Customer Research Interviews for a director Product Marketing Manager, remote in Canada. CA$117-CA$135 an hour, 10 to 20 hours a month. Bundle Shortlisting · 5 candidates Posted Oct 22 · DT-7313635 # Customer Research Interviews Director · Product Marketing Manager · Remote · Canada **CA$117–CA$135** / hour About CA$1,260–CA$2,500 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** Government IT contractor serving health agencies · 5,000+ employeesCL-68034 · based in Nanaimo - **Where** Remote · Canada - **Format** Task bundle - **Time needed** 10–20 h a month - **Start** Starts within 7 days - **Level** Director · 10-15 years - **When you work** Evenings or weekends1 h a week overlap with PT The company is already looking at 5 profiles for this task. It is still open: new profiles are added to the shortlist until the company decides. **11** professionals have asked about this task **1,443** tasks of this type completed on Deftridge ## About this task This government IT contractor serving health agencies (5,000+ employees) is looking for a director Product Marketing Manager for a monthly bundle of recurring tasks, 10–20 h a month. Interviews that test positioning and uncover needs. The same kind of work comes back every month, so the company prefers one person with an hours cap over ad-hoc requests. It supplies the public sector, so documentation follows contract rules. 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 1 hour a week should overlap with the team's day (PT). ## What you deliver - Run 10 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 - The monthly list of items completed, each with a link to the result ## 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:** 8 weeks, with a monthly hours cap. Accepted after the walkthrough. Edits requested within three working days are part of the price. ## Tools Zoom Dovetail ## Who fits - 10-15 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 - A habit of asking one clarifying question early rather than five late - Experience in a similar industry ## Not included - Work outside the scope written in the brief; extra items are quoted separately - Managing other contractors or employees - On-call availability outside the agreed window ## 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** Director Product Marketing Manager - **Experience** 10-15 years in marketing & content - **Tools** Zoom, Dovetail - **Offers** 15 hours a month, weekday evenings - **Rate** CA$126 an hour, agreed with the recruiter ## How this rate compares The midpoint of this range, CA$126 an hour, is **above** the median director Product Marketing Manager rate in Canada (CA$120). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market. Median CA$120 This task CA$126 CA$87 CA$159 [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-68034 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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