Senior Marketing Consultant · Auckland, NZ

I help B2B businesses grow.

Senior marketing expertise, without the full-time hire.

I'm Mariana Alencar — a fractional product marketer with 10+ years across SaaS, service-led businesses and global launches. I plug into your team to sharpen positioning, run launches, and build pipeline that lasts.

Mariana Alencar, Senior Marketing Consultant

Mariana Alencar

Senior Marketing Consultant & Fractional Product Marketer

About me

10+ years building marketing inside the businesses you're building now

Over a decade inside SaaS and tech companies, I've seen what actually helps businesses grow. It takes product-market fit alongside clarity of audience and positioning, alignment of the team, and discipline in execution.

I've worked with both service-led businesses and product-led growth (PLG) SaaS companies, from early-stage startups finding their footing to scaling teams launching globally. I know what good looks like at each stage, and I know how to get there.

Co-founder

I'm also co-founder of Good Growth Studio, a marketing and creative studio helping purpose-led businesses and organisations grow their revenue, strengthen their brand, and create more impact.

Visit Good Growth Studio →
  • MBA, Auckland University of Technology
  • Harvard Business School, Innovation & Strategy
  • Fluent in English, Portuguese, and Spanish
  • Mentor at Antler and Ministry of Awesome
  • Based in Auckland, New Zealand
Connect on LinkedIn →

What I Do

Three ways I help B2B teams grow with intent.

Whether you're sharpening the story, launching the next thing, or building a pipeline that compounds — the work starts with clarity and ends with outcomes your team can repeat.

Foundations

ICP, positioning and messaging that gives your team a single source of truth — so every channel, asset and conversation pulls in the same direction.

Clarity your whole team can sell.

Go-to-Market Strategy

Amplify awareness, launch new products and enter new markets with a sharp, sequenced plan that aligns marketing, product and sales.

Launches that actually land.

Demand Generation

Qualified leads and a sustainable pipeline built on the channels and content that match how your buyers actually buy.

Pipeline you can predict.

How I Work

A simple framework. Run honestly. Every time.

01

Clarity

Get the story straight.

We pressure-test your positioning, sharpen the message and align stakeholders on the one thing your market needs to hear.

→ A message that earns attention.

02

Cohesion

Connect the dots.

Product, marketing and sales stop running in parallel. We design a system where every motion supports the next.

→ A team that moves as one.

03

Consistency

Show up, repeatedly.

Repeatable rituals, content engines and measurement that compound — so growth keeps going after the strategy deck closes.

→ Growth that holds its shape.

Selected Work

A decade of launches, repositionings and pipeline.

Kami

EdTech SaaS

Fractional Head of Marketing · 2024 – Present

PositioningGTMDemand Gen

Repositioned a beloved tool for a paid, school-wide buyer.

  • ·Built ICP and segmented messaging for teachers, schools and districts.
  • ·Launched lifecycle nurture that lifted free-to-paid conversion.
  • ·Stood up a content engine driving inbound from international markets.
B2B SaaSPLGLifecycleContent

WayBeyond

AgriTech SaaS

Marketing Lead · 2022 – 2024

BrandGTMSales Enablement

Took a deep-tech product into commercial growing markets.

  • ·Rebuilt positioning around grower outcomes, not sensor specs.
  • ·Launched two products into NA, EMEA and APAC simultaneously.
  • ·Equipped sales with playbooks that shortened the deal cycle.
Product MarketingEnablementLaunches

Xero

Analytics · Global Launch

Senior Product Marketing Manager · 2020 – 2022

Global LaunchResearchComms

Launched Xero Analytics across 10+ markets.

  • ·Led customer research across AU, NZ, UK, US and SG.
  • ·Built a localised launch in 10+ markets with consistent narrative.
  • ·Delivered 75% YoY growth in active feature adoption.
Global GTMResearchAdoption

Xero

Reporting · Platform Migration

Product Marketing Manager · 2019 – 2020

MigrationChange CommsEducation

Migrated millions of customers to a new reporting platform.

  • ·Designed change communications that protected NPS through migration.
  • ·Hit 90%+ of the signup and activation target ahead of schedule.
  • ·Partnered with product to feed customer signal back into roadmap.
ChangeCustomer CommsActivation

Dell Technologies

Enterprise · LATAM

Marketing Manager · 2015 – 2019

DemandChannelEvents

Built demand programs across Latin America. Gold Award winner.

  • ·Owned regional demand gen with channel and direct motions.
  • ·Won internal Gold Award for highest-performing campaign in region.
  • ·Scaled events and ABM programs across five countries.
Demand GenABMChannel

In Their Words

What it's like to work with me.

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Mariana brought senior product marketing thinking the moment she joined. Within weeks our positioning was sharper, our launches were tighter, and our team finally felt aligned on what we were saying — and to whom.

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Founder, B2B SaaS

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She's the rare marketer who can hold the strategy and roll up her sleeves. Mariana built the foundations, ran the launches and coached the team. The pipeline impact spoke for itself.

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VP Marketing, EdTech

10+

Years in B2B & SaaS

10+

Global markets launched

75%

YoY active growth

90%

Of signup target hit

Trusted by teams at

XeroKamiWayBeyondSimpact AIDell Technologies

FAQ

Questions, answered.

Better message. Better leads. Better conversion.

Let's spend 30 minutes on where your marketing is now — and where it could be.