Head of Marketing

Recruiting From ScratchSan Francisco, CA
Onsite

About The Position

Our client is an early-stage AI startup building the conversation intelligence layer for companies —starting with AI-powered meeting notes and expanding into a unified system that captures, organizes, and activates knowledge across meetings, calls, and emails. The company is already profitable and growing rapidly , with thousands of paying customers including companies like PostHog and Browserbase. Backed by Y Combinator, the team consists of experienced operators from companies like Stripe, Twitter, and Microsoft. With a lean team of under 10 people and ~$7M ARR, this is a rare opportunity to join a high-traction startup as the first marketing hire and define the company’s brand, growth strategy, and go-to-market motion from the ground up.

Requirements

  • 3–8 years of experience in growth, product marketing, or generalist marketing roles
  • Experience owning or heavily contributing to marketing at a Seed–Series B startup
  • Strong understanding of multiple growth channels (content, social, product-led, etc.)
  • Proven ability to execute scrappy, high-leverage marketing initiatives
  • Product-minded with strong user empathy
  • Experience working in fast-paced, early-stage environments

Nice To Haves

  • Experience as first marketing hire or early marketing leader
  • Strong personal brand or online presence (Twitter, LinkedIn, content, etc.)
  • Experience marketing AI, developer tools, or SaaS products
  • Deep familiarity with PLG (product-led growth) motions
  • Strong storytelling and brand-building ability
  • Experience using AI tools to build marketing systems and workflows

Responsibilities

  • Own the entire marketing function end-to-end as the first hire
  • Define and execute brand positioning, messaging, and narrative
  • Drive growth through scrappy, high-impact experiments across channels
  • Build and manage a content engine aligned with product launches
  • Create and execute a cohesive marketing strategy across all surfaces (web, social, product)
  • Turn product features and releases into compelling stories and campaigns
  • Leverage AI tools to automate workflows and scale marketing impact
  • Partner closely with founders on GTM strategy and product positioning
  • Analyze performance metrics and optimize growth channels systematically
  • Build the foundation for a scalable marketing function

Benefits

  • Base salary: $150,000 – $210,000
  • Equity: 0.2% – 0.75%
  • Visa sponsorship available (case-by-case)
  • Founding-level ownership of marketing
  • Direct collaboration with founders
  • High-growth, profitable startup with strong traction
  • Opportunity to define brand and GTM from scratch

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What This Job Offers

Job Type

Full-time

Career Level

Entry Level

Education Level

No Education Listed

Number of Employees

1-10 employees

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