Marketing Manager, Founding Marketing Hire
Marketing Manager, Founding Marketing Hire
Company: Name disclosed upon mutual interest · Location: Herndon, VA (on-site/hybrid) — 20% travel · Reports to: CEO or CRO, with direct exposure to the founders · Comp: $140,000–$170,000 base, plus bonus and equity
About the Client
The client is a defense-technology company building a family of high-altitude and long-range systems: tactical balloon platforms, balloon-deployed ISR and communications buses, an autonomous glide munition, specialty-purpose dispensers, and a family of ultra long range one-way attack and ISR drones. The company has recently closed a funding round backed by a top-tier venture syndicate, and as it scales toward its next round, it is building its first dedicated marketing function from the ground up.
About the Role
This is the founding marketing hire — someone who can own the full marketing function end to end from day one and grow into a leadership role as the team scales. You'll work directly with the founders and executive team, shape how the company shows up publicly in a fast-moving defense-tech and national security landscape, and build the sy
