Head of Corporate Marketing

SambaNova Systems • San Jose, CA

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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 AI infrastructure market evaluates alternatives to GPUs.

The position owns corporate brand identity, website and digital presence, content creation, creative services, and large-scale corporate and industry events. It partners closely with the CMO, product marketing, demand generation, developer relations, Sales, and field teams to ensure external touchpoints reinforce a clear narrative about SambaNova and its AI inference architecture. The successful candidate will build and scale a team and function from an established but still-forming base, bringing startup speed and enterprise-grade marketing discipline.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of experience in corporate marketing, brand, or creative leadership.
• At least 2–3 years in a senior leadership role, such as Senior Director, Head of, or VP.
• 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 acting 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 a blog, 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 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, setting strategy and ensuring execution for launches, conferences, and keynotes.
• Partner closely with the CMO, translating 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, 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 for health care, limited purpose, and dependent care.
• Headspace subscription for employees and dependents.
• 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