Founding Marketing Lead

About the Role

We are looking for a founding marketing lead to grow awareness and adoption of AI and robotics products among technical communities. This hands-on role spans growth, community, partnerships, launches, and customer insights, working closely with product and executive teams.

What You'll Do

• Lead US product launches, from early researcher engagement through signups, activation, onboarding, and ongoing usage.

• Build and manage technical communities across platforms such as Discord and Slack, and maintain a community CRM to track engagement and needs.

• Plan hackathons, meetups, and partner events to support product adoption and business development.

• Manage conference presence, including demos, meetings, and post-event follow-up.

• Coordinate partner co-marketing programs, including joint content, speaking opportunities, and events.

• Work with PR partners and support journalist and analyst meetings and spokesperson preparation.

• Develop university and research-lab partnerships through talks, campus events, and student communities.

• Build a customer proof pipeline, including case studies, references, and co-speaking opportunities.

• Represent the product on social channels, sharing launches and event coverage and engaging with technical audiences.

• Conduct weekly user interviews and share product feedback with the team.

What We're Looking For

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

• Experience growing a product user base or technical community and measuring results.

• Technical fluency to demo AI and machine learning products and engage credibly with ML and robotics audiences.

• Comfort working autonomously in an early-stage startup environment, with experience in growth or community alongside brand or communications work.

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

• University or research-lab partnership experience and strong content creation skills are a plus.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary is $150,000 to $200,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

Hybrid, based in San Francisco, United States.