Founding Marketing Lead

About the Role

Join the founding marketing function at an early-stage company building in AI and data infrastructure. You will grow awareness and adoption among technical communities, working closely with researchers, product teams, partners, and customers.

What You'll Do

• Lead US product launches and improve researcher signups, activation, onboarding, and ongoing usage.

• Build and manage technical communities, including community channels, product updates, office hours, and a CRM that tracks engagement and needs.

• Plan and run hackathons, meetups, ecosystem events, and conferences to support adoption and business development.

• Coordinate co-marketing with cloud, hardware, and industry partners, including joint content, speaking opportunities, and events.

• Coordinate with public relations support, prepare spokespeople, and help manage journalist and analyst engagements.

• Develop a university and research-lab partnership program with talks, campus events, and student community activities.

• Manage customer proof initiatives, including case studies, references, and co-speaking opportunities from interviews through approval and publication.

• Represent the company on professional social platforms and share timely updates from launches and events.

• Conduct regular user interviews and bring product feedback and usage insights to the team.

What We're Looking For

• Four to seven years of experience in growth, community, developer relations, or ecosystem marketing at an AI, infrastructure, or developer tools company.

• Experience building awareness and adoption in technical communities, and independently running launches, events, or conferences.

• Experience coordinating partner marketing with cloud, hardware, or industry organizations.

• Experience producing customer case studies or references and managing stakeholder reviews and approvals.

• Experience conducting recurring user interviews and translating findings into product insights.

• Comfortable discussing technical products with machine learning and robotics researchers.

• Familiarity with Discord or Slack, CRM tools such as HubSpot, professional social platforms, email marketing, analytics dashboards, AI productivity tools, and video or demo editing tools.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: $150,000 to $200,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

Hybrid role based in San Francisco, United States.