Head of Corporate Marketing

SambaNova • San Jose, CA

4d • $270,000 - $330,000

About The Position

SambaNova is seeking a Head of Corporate Marketing at the Senior Director or VP level to build and lead its corporate marketing function within a broader marketing organization led by the CMO. The role will shape the company’s brand, creative, website, content, and event presence as the market evaluates alternatives to GPUs for AI infrastructure.

The position owns corporate brand identity, website and digital presence, content creation, creative services, and large-scale corporate and industry events. Working closely with the CMO and teams across product marketing, demand generation, developer relations, sales, and field marketing, the Head of Corporate Marketing will ensure external touchpoints reinforce a clear narrative about SambaNova and its AI inference architecture. The role also builds and scales the corporate marketing team, manages agency relationships, establishes marketing operations rigor, and represents the company externally when needed.

Requirements

• 8+ years in corporate marketing, brand, or creative leadership, including at least 2–3 years in a senior leadership role at Senior Director, Head of, or VP level.
• Direct experience building or scaling a marketing function inside a high-growth technology company.
• Track record of shaping company narrative and brand at an inflection point, such as a new category, major launch, funding milestone, or public-market transition.
• Strong executive presence and experience serving as a strategic partner to a CMO or senior marketing leader.
• Deep familiarity with building brand credibility and trust in a technical, skeptical market.
• Hands-on experience owning a website, SEO/AEO, and digital brand presence.
• Proven people-leadership skills, including building and running teams.
• Ability to operate with startup speed and ambiguity while bringing enterprise-grade marketing discipline.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in infrastructure, semiconductors, cloud, or enterprise AI.
• Experience marketing chips, accelerators, datacenter hardware, or AI/ML infrastructure.
• Experience owning or elevating a company’s presence at major industry events, such as Nvidia GTC, AWS re:Invent, or Web Summit.
• Experience directing content strategy, including thought leadership, POV/POC content, and blogs, in a technical category.
• Experience marketing through a major company milestone, such as an IPO, large funding round, high-profile acquisition, or category creation.
• Public-facing credibility, such as interviews, panels, bylines, or podcast appearances.
• Bay Area-based or willing to work closely and in person with the CMO and marketing leadership team.

Responsibilities

• Own SambaNova’s overall brand strategy, brand identity, and positioning across external channels.
• Own creative services and ensure visual and verbal consistency across web, events, campaigns, and content.
• Own the company website and web presence, including SEO/AEO strategy, to strengthen discoverability and digital credibility.
• Own content creation and production, including thought leadership, POV/POC content, and the company blog, executing against direction set by the CMO.
• Own corporate and large-scale third-party industry events, including strategy and execution for major launches, conferences, and keynotes.
• Partner closely with the CMO and translate brand and content strategy into execution across channels.
• Lead integrated brand marketing campaigns connecting brand, product launches, events, and demand generation.
• Build, mentor, and scale a corporate marketing team while working cross-functionally with product marketing, DevRel, Sales, and field teams.
• Manage outside creative and event agency relationships to maintain high-quality, on-brand execution.
• Bring structure and rigor to marketing operations, including planning, budgeting, and measuring the impact of brand, creative, and content investment.
• Represent the company externally as a credible technical and business spokesperson when needed.

Benefits

• Competitive total rewards package including base salary, equity, and benefits.
• 95% premium coverage for employee medical insurance.
• 77% premium coverage for dependent medical insurance.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Basic life, voluntary life, and AD&D insurance plans.
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options, including Health Care, Limited Purpose, and Dependent Care.
• Headspace subscription.
• Gympass+ membership with access to physical gyms.
• One Medical membership.
• Counseling services through an Employee Assistance Program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed