Juuso Pokkinen

Product Marketing & GTM Leader | I turn complex B2B products into commercial wins | Hardware • SaaS • IoT • DeepTech | Positioning, Launches, Sales Enablement

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland1.2k followers
Vaisalaex-Revalo Groupex-Metka Cafe & Catering

I can understand and make complex technology sound clear and compelling.

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For the past decade, I've led product marketing and go-to-market strategy at Vaisala, a global leader in weather, environmental, and industrial measurement, across a portfolio that spans IoT sensors, lidars, B2B SaaS, computer vision, and data-as-a-service products. My customers range from defense, automotive OEMs and public works teams to meteorological institutes, airports, and renewable energy operators in 150+ countries. My specialty: making complex, technical products easy to understand, easy to buy, and easy to sell. What I do:• Positioning & Messaging — narratives that cut through technical noise and lock onto the value customers actually pay for• Go-to-Market Strategy — launch plans that get the right product in front of the right buyers with the right story• Sales Enablement — narrative, content, training, and playbooks that turn technical products into confident sales conversations• Pricing & Packaging — offers that reflect value and shorten decision cycles• Competitive & Market Intelligence — insight that sharpens both product and commercial strategy• Cross-functional GTM leadership — aligning product, sales, and marketing around one commercial thesis What makes my work different: I sit at the rare intersection of hardware, SaaS, and data. I've launched forward scatter sensors and lidars, taken SaaS platforms to market, and shaped automotive OEM data partnerships. That cross-category fluency means I don't force SaaS playbooks onto hardware problems — or vice versa. I build GTM that fits the product, the market, and the buyer. My superpower: translating complex technology into stories that move markets. Not as cool as flying, but it has helped launch products that soared.

Career Timeline

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GTM Index

  1. VAISALAJOB
    1. PMM, Sensors and Lidars
      2Y 2M
    2. Mktg Mgr, Vaisala Xweather…
      1Y 6M
    3. PMM, Xweather
      1Y
    4. GTM Mgr
      3Y 8M
    5. Environmental Mgr, Global
      2Y 4M
    6. Environmental Eng
      3Y 3M
    7. Giant Leap Internship Prog…
      4M
  2. REVALO GROUPJOB
    1. Sales and BD, Co-Founder
      11M
  3. METKA CAFE & CATERINGJOB
    1. Chairman of the Board
      2Y
  4. SUN CHEMICALJOB
    1. EHS Management System Deve…
      3M
    2. Purchaser
      4M

Time in market 16Y 3MOpen 2Closed 10Stints 12

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  1. Job: Vaisala — Product Marketing Manager, Sensors and Lidars · 2024-06 – present — Own positioning, go-to-market strategy, and launch execution for Vaisala's prestigious sensor portfolio. Define how we present products to the market, making sure the story is compelling, accurate, and built around the value customers actually care about. Lead sales enablement from day one: equip teams with the right narrative, materials, and training to sell with clarity and confidence from launch forward. Core focus: make complex, technical products easy to understand, easy to buy, and easy to sell.
  2. Job: Vaisala — Marketing Manager, Vaisala Xweather SaaS · 2022-12 – 2024-06 — Led marketing for Vaisala's Xweather Roads portfolio — a mix of B2B SaaS, software+hardware, and data-as-a-service products helping public works teams and automotive companies make better decisions using road and weather intelligence. Owned positioning, GTM, and demand generation across three product lines: RoadAI — Computer vision-based road asset management. Detects defects, tracks fixes, and builds GIS-mapped asset inventories for public works teams at 4x the speed and half the cost of manual surveying. Wx Horizon — Road-specific weather forecasts enhanced by Vaisala IoT sensor data. Gives winter maintenance teams the confidence to plan ahead, reduce unnecessary material and labor spe…
  3. Job: Vaisala — Product Marketing Manager, Xweather · 2021-12 – 2022-12 — - Led product launches and Go-to-Market for two IoT sensors as part of SaaS solutions - Crafted messaging and positioning to differentiate our products in the market - Created sales and marketing content to share the product benefits and customer success - Market research and creation competitive intelligence - Member of Devices Leadership Team
  4. Job: Vaisala — Go-to-Market Manager · 2018-04 – 2021-12 — - Led GtM teams and successfully launched several forward scatter sensors and lidars - Defined product positioning, value propositions and pricing - Created sales enablement collateral and practices - Trained sales teams and partners - Collected and analyzed market intelligence - Created content such as blogs, eBooks, datasheets, webinars, email campaigns etc. - Established and led Vaisala's Product Management Community with an amazing team
  5. Job: Vaisala — Environmental Manager, Global · 2015-12 – 2018-04 — Headed environmental management activities globally
  6. Job: Vaisala — Environmental Engineer · 2012-09 – 2015-12
  7. Job: Vaisala — Giant Leap Internship Program, Product Development · 2012-05 – 2012-09 — Project manager for environmentally conscious product project that included full scope life cycle analysis and creation of customer communication material.
  8. Job: Revalo Group — Sales and Business Development, Co-Founder · 2011-06 – 2012-05
  9. Job: Metka Cafe & Catering — Chairman of the Board · 2010-05 – 2012-05
  10. Job: Sun Chemical — EHS Management System Developer · 2011-03 – 2011-06
  11. Job: Sun Chemical — Purchaser · 2010-05 – 2010-09
  12. School: Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences — Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Chemical Engineering

Skills

MakeProduct LaunchMarketing StrategyInternational SalesProduct MarketingGrowth MarketingSales EnablementGo-to-Market StrategyCopywritingProduct DevelopmentSustainabilityProduct ManagementSellingPositioning (Marketing)Internet of Things (IoT)Project ManagementBusiness DevelopmentEntrepreneurshipStrategyManagement

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