Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)

HUD; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Top‑tier medical/dental/vision

Lunch and dinner for in-office staff

401k with 4% match

Equinox membership and commuter perks

Job summary

HUD is seeking a hands-on Chief Marketing Officer to energize frontier AI buyers and data vendors, shaping positioning and driving growth. You’ll craft case studies, partnerships, product and funding announcements, founder content, events, and compelling campaigns, while collaborating with founders, research, product, and GTM teams to translate ideas into impact.

The role demands deep AI community engagement, strong writing and strategic storytelling, and the ability to own initiatives from

Qualifications

• Conviction in HUD’s mission and a specific point of view on why open infrastructure for AI data matters.
• Active involvement in the AI community through your work, projects, writing, events, or relationships, and an understanding of what earns attention and trust among researchers and builders.
• Enough technical fluency to talk shop with AI researchers and engineers, learn HUD’s products firsthand, and discuss agents, RL environments, evaluations, and post-training without losing the substance.
• A track record of turning marketing, launches, content, or community programs into measurable adoption, qualified demand, or commercial opportunities for a technical product.
• Strong writing and positioning judgment: you can make a technical idea clear, accurate, and persuasive for both practitioners and buyers.
• The ability to own work from an ambiguous brief through execution and follow-up, whether that means writing a launch, coordinating a partnership, or running an event.
• Marketing, product marketing, growth, or community experience at an AI/ML, developer tools, infrastructure, or data company.
• Familiarity with how frontier labs source data, evaluate models, and approach post-training.
• Relationships with AI researchers, technical buyers, data vendors, or relevant community organizers.
• Experience running technical events or partnership campaigns, supporting founders’ public communications, or using analytics and AI tools to improve marketing execution.

Responsibilities

• Develop and refine HUD’s positioning for frontier-lab buyers and data vendors, grounding our story in what they are building, what they need, and why HUD matters to them.
• Own marketing execution for case studies, partnerships, product launches, and company announcements
• Create and distribute compelling content across HUD’s site, X, LinkedIn, etc.
• Plan and execute creative events that attract high-quality researchers, buyers, and data vendors; Test messages and channels, track qualified buyer conversations and vendor interest through to opportunities and participation, and use what works to focus our time and budget
• Whatever it takes to make our work and mission visible to potential customers and teammates

Skills

Marketing

Product marketing

Growth

Content creation

Community programs

Job description

About HUD

HUD's mission is to build reliable, fair and open infrastructure for AI data. We want data to be valuable for the people who create it and trustworthy for the labs that train on it. Our team is a quickly growing group of researchers, engineers and operators building the economy that shapes what AI will become. Backed by $16M from top VCs and YC (W25), our marketplace and platform are used by startups, Fortune 500 companies and frontier labs.

About the role

We’re hiring a Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) to get the people shaping frontier AI excited about HUD and turn that interest into growth. We believe the infrastructure for AI data should be open, reliable, and fair: valuable to the people who create data and trustworthy for the labs that train on it. You’ll help frontier labs understand and buy what HUD enables, bring strong data vendors into our marketplace, and make HUD a company that talented people want to join.

This is a hands-on role for someone who is already engaged in the AI community, can talk shop with researchers and engineers, and knows how to turn a technical idea into something people act on. You’ll shape our positioning and execute the work that brings it to life: case studies, partnerships, product and funding announcements, founder content, events, and whatever else helps the right people discover and choose HUD. You’ll work closely with the founders, research, product, and GTM teams to decide what matters, ship it, and learn from the results.

Responsibilities

• Develop and refine HUD’s positioning for frontier-lab buyers and data vendors, grounding our story in what they are building, what they need, and why HUD matters to them

• Own marketing execution for case studies, partnerships, product launches, and company announcements

• Create and distribute compelling content across HUD’s site, X, LinkedIn, etc.

• Plan and execute creative events that attract high-quality researchers, buyers, and data vendors; Test messages and channels, track qualified buyer conversations and vendor interest through to opportunities and participation, and use what works to focus our time and budget

• Whatever it takes to make our work and mission visible to potential customers and teammates

Experience

You may be a good fit if you have:

• Conviction in HUD’s mission and a specific point of view on why open infrastructure for AI data matters. Tell us what excites you about what we’re building in your application

• Active involvement in the AI community through your work, projects, writing, events, or relationships, and an understanding of what earns attention and trust among researchers and builders

• Enough technical fluency to talk shop with AI researchers and engineers, learn HUD’s products firsthand, and discuss agents, RL environments, evaluations, and post-training without losing the substance

• A track record of turning marketing, launches, content, or community programs into measurable adoption, qualified demand, or commercial opportunities for a technical product

• Strong writing and positioning judgment: you can make a technical idea clear, accurate, and persuasive for both practitioners and buyers. Include one or two examples of work you personally drove, with your contribution and results

• The ability to own work from an ambiguous brief through execution and follow-up, whether that means writing a launch, coordinating a partnership, or running an event

Strong candidates may also have:

• Marketing, product marketing, growth, or community experience at an AI/ML, developer tools, infrastructure, or data company

• Familiarity with how frontier labs source data, evaluate models, and approach post-training

• Relationships with AI researchers, technical buyers, data vendors, or relevant community organizers

• Experience running technical events or partnership campaigns, supporting founders’ public communications, or using analytics and AI tools to improve marketing execution

We prioritize technical aptitude and learning potential over years of experience. Motivated candidates are encouraged to apply even if they don't meet all criteria.

Team & company details

• Team Size: ~25 people currently, mostly full-time in-person, but some remote.

• Our team: Our team includes 4 International Olympiad medalists (IOI, ILO, IPhO), the former #1 ranked Catan player in the world, serial AI startup founders, and researchers with publications at ICLR, NeurIPS, etc.

• Company stage: We have 8 figures in funding and are scaling profitably and quickly to meet very strong demand.

Logistics

• Employment: Full-time.

• Location: San Francisco office only for this role.

• Visa Sponsorship: We provide support for relocation and visas for strong full-time candidates to the US or Singapore.

• Timeline: Applications are rolling. The process is 2 technical interviews and a 2-3 day work trial.

What we offer

• Competitive compensation

• 100% covered top-of-the-line medical, dental, and vision (US and Singapore employees)

• Lunch and dinner for in-office employees

• Company-wide holiday break (Christmas Eve to New Year's Day) on top of PTO and paid holidays

• 401k with a 4% match

• Other perks including an Equinox membership and commuter benefits (US employees) and a health/wellness stipend (Singapore employees)

• Unlimited* access to tokens for ChatGPT, Claude Code, Cursor, etc. *By unlimited, we mean no one on our token usage leaderboard has ever hit a limit. So we have no idea what the limit is.

• Two top-floor offices in San Francisco’s Union Square and Singapore’s Raffles Place

• Annual travel budget to visit either office

Compensation

Actual offers are adjusted for experience and location, but our base salary bands are

• San Francisco: $160,000 - $245,000

Due to high volume, we may not actively respond to every application, but feel free to contact us at [e-mail] or elsewhere if we missed your application!