Founding Marketing Lead

About the company

Our client is a technology company serving technical users.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Build a founding marketing function spanning product launches, technical community growth, events, and partnerships.

What you'll do

- Own product launches and measure signups, activation, onboarding, and ongoing use.

- Build a technical community, maintain its CRM, and run office hours and product updates.

- Organize hackathons, meetups, conferences, and partner marketing programs.

- Develop university and research-lab partnerships.

- Coordinate public relations, customer case studies, social content, and weekly user interviews.

What we're looking for

- 4 to 7 years in growth, community, developer relations, or ecosystem marketing.

- Experience growing users or technical communities at an AI, infrastructure, or developer-tools company.

- Technical fluency to demonstrate AI products and engage engineers and researchers.

- Ability to independently run campaigns and programs from planning through measurement.

- Strong writing, communication, and customer research skills.

Bonus points

- Experience as an early startup hire.

- University or research-lab partnership experience.

- Ability to create demo clips and marketing content independently.

Compensation and benefits

- Base salary: USD 150,000 to 200,000 per year.

- Equity: Founding-level equity, with allocation up to approximately 0.5% based on experience.

Location and work model

- Hybrid role in San Francisco. Candidates must be local or willing to relocate.