CMO: Frontier AI Growth & Open Data Marketplace

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

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