Senior Marketing Communications Leader

AttoTude•Menlo Park, CA

19d•$150,000 - $250,000

About The Position

AttoTude is seeking an experienced, creative, and results-oriented Director of Marketing Communications to lead the company’s marketing communications strategy, brand development, and external communications. The role develops and executes a comprehensive strategy to strengthen AttoTude’s brand, increase awareness of its technology, and support business development and commercialization objectives. The successful candidate will lead a small marketing team while remaining hands-on in key initiatives. The position combines strategic planning, strong communication skills, technical curiosity, and execution in a fast-paced startup environment. It works closely with executive leadership, engineering, product development, and business development teams to turn complex technologies into compelling market narratives. AttoTude is a venture-backed technology startup developing high-speed interconnect solutions for next-generation data centers and AI infrastructure. Its technology combines advanced semiconductor design with proprietary dielectric waveguide technology.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
10 or more years of progressive experience in marketing communications, preferably within B2B technology companies.
Demonstrated experience developing and executing marketing communications strategies, including brand positioning, content marketing, public relations, and digital communications.
Experience managing, mentoring, and developing marketing professionals, including leading small teams.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly and persuasively.
Strong experience developing corporate messaging, presentations, technical marketing materials, and executive communications.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple marketing programs, budgets, vendors, and competing priorities.
Experience collaborating with senior executives, technical teams, and business development organizations.
Strong project management, organizational, and analytical skills.
Ability to operate independently, exercise sound judgment, and own marketing initiatives from strategy through execution.
Comfort working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment with evolving priorities.

Nice To Haves

Experience in semiconductor, networking, data center infrastructure, AI infrastructure, or other advanced technology industries.
Experience marketing complex technical products or emerging technologies to sophisticated business and technical audiences.
Experience in a venture-backed startup or high-growth technology company.
Established relationships with technology media, industry publications, analysts, or relevant industry organizations.
Experience developing communications strategies for new technology introductions, product launches, and commercialization milestones.
Familiarity with relevant industry conferences and trade shows.
Experience managing digital marketing platforms, content management systems, and marketing analytics tools.
Experience building or expanding a marketing communications function within a growing organization.

Responsibilities

Develop, lead, and execute marketing communications strategy aligned with business objectives, the technology roadmap, and commercialization plans.
Establish and maintain differentiated market positioning and compelling messaging for AttoTude and its technologies.
Build the corporate brand and ensure consistent communications across channels and marketing materials.
Develop annual marketing communications plans, priorities, budgets, and effectiveness metrics; advise executive leadership on strategy and corporate messaging.
Lead development of corporate presentations, product overviews, brochures, white papers, technical articles, press releases, and digital communications.
Oversee website strategy, content development, and ongoing maintenance.
Develop and execute digital communications and social media strategy, particularly for LinkedIn and channels relevant to semiconductor and data center industries.
Collaborate with engineering and product teams to communicate complex technical information accurately and compellingly to technical and business audiences.
Oversee creation of visual content, graphics, videos, and other marketing assets, ensuring external communications accurately represent technology, capabilities, and product development status.
Develop and execute public relations strategies and build relationships with industry publications, journalists, analysts, and other external stakeholders.
Lead communications for technology demonstrations, product announcements, strategic partnerships, financing milestones, and other significant company developments.
Pursue executive speaking engagements, industry presentations, thought leadership, and media coverage; support executives with presentations, interviews, announcements, and other communications.
Coordinate with business development and product teams so marketing supports commercial objectives.
Manage participation in conferences, trade shows, technical forums, and other events, including planning, messaging, promotional materials, booth design, and coordination with teams and vendors.
Identify opportunities to showcase technology and engage prospective customers and partners; support customer events, partner meetings, technical workshops, and company-hosted activities.
Evaluate event and marketing program effectiveness and recommend improvements.
Lead, mentor, and develop a small marketing team; set objectives, priorities, responsibilities, and performance expectations, and foster a collaborative, accountable, execution-oriented organization.
Balance strategic leadership with direct involvement in important marketing projects and deliverables.
Manage external agencies, consultants, designers, website developers, and other service providers.
Manage budgets, project schedules, and resource allocation; establish scalable marketing processes, tools, and workflows.
Collaborate with executive leadership, engineering, product development, business development, and other functions to align marketing activities.