VP of Marketing (AI-Native & Autonomous Operations)

BenchSci•Toronto, ON

11d•Remote

About The Position

BenchSci is seeking a VP of Marketing to innovate the marketing function using generative intelligence. This role involves owning BenchSci's brand, demand generation, and market position within biopharma R&D, by building an "agentic infrastructure" from the ground up. The objective is to establish BenchSci as the leading brand for AI in drug discovery and create the most efficient marketing operation in biopharma SaaS, leveraging AI agents and autonomous workflows. This is designed as a "Team of One" position, where the VP will architect and manage an AI agent workforce. The role comes with a substantial budget for advanced AI tools and infrastructure, strong collaboration with Sales, Account Services, and the scientific team, a seat on the senior leadership team, and direct access to the CEO. Success is defined by achieving a strong brand presence and an innovative, highly efficient operating model simultaneously.

Requirements

AI-native operator: You don’t just use AI tools — you orchestrate them. You understand agentic frameworks, LLM orchestration, and how to automate multi-step marketing workflows end-to-end. You can describe the architecture, the failure modes, and the judgment calls.
Biopharma fluent: You speak the language of the lab. You understand the nuances of drug discovery, clinical timelines, and the realities of selling into pharma R&D.
A "full-Stack" marketing leader: Since you are the sole human member of the team, you must be comfortable moving between high-level board strategy and the technical plumbing of your stack without losing signal.
Radically efficient: You have a natural disdain for traditional corporate bloat and a passion for proving that intelligence plus automation beats headcount every time.
10+ years in marketing leadership, with 3–5 years specifically in biopharma, life sciences, or HealthTech.
Proven track record of building brand awareness and category position in a technical B2B market.
A track record of pipeline ownership — accountable for revenue or pipeline contribution, not just campaign metrics.
Demonstrated experience building and operating AI-driven marketing workflows. You can walk us through the architecture you’ve built.
Exceptional communicator across scientific and executive audiences.
Comfortable operating without a team — you see it as leverage, not limitation.

Responsibilities

Brand & positioning. Position BenchSci as the essential AI platform for scientific discovery, with narratives that resonate with both lab scientists and executive buyers.
Demand & lead generation. Accountable for marketing’s contribution to lead generation and pipeline. Partner with Sales to execute account-based marketing (ABM) at a scale with precision previously impossible, targeting key personas within top-tier pharmaceutical organizations.
ABM into top-tier pharma accounts.
The agentic marketing stack. Design, deploy, and operate a workforce of AI agents across content, SEO, performance, lead scoring, social, and market intelligence. You are the architect and the operator.
Strategy & execution. Set the annual marketing strategy and budget. Translate it into monthly plans with clear outcomes. Run the function end-to-end.
Market intelligence. Build autonomous loops that surface competitive landscapes, scientific literature, and industry signals that keep BenchSci ahead of the market.
Editorial judgment. You are the human layer above every agent workflow. Brand voice, scientific accuracy, and quality sit with you.
Cross-functional leverage. Work closely with Product Marketing, Sales, and Science. The shape of the function will evolve as the company does; you’ll help define it.