Founding CMO Lead

iO Associates - US; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Attractive Equity

Flexible working conditions

Job summary

A pioneering AI platform company is seeking a Founding CMO to lead its marketing strategy. This role involves building brand recognition, defining market position, and driving demand in a startup atmosphere. Ideal candidates will have experience in technical product marketing and thrive in early-stage companies. Competitive compensation and equity options are available for the right candidate.

Qualifications

• Ability to craft compelling narratives.
• Experience in early-stage environments.
• Proven ability to define competitive positioning.

Responsibilities

• Lead brand and market narrative development.
• Build competitive positioning in an emerging market.
• Drive demand creation from inception.

Skills

Creative strategic marketing leadership

Technical product marketing experience

Category creation

Brand velocity

Job description

This range is provided by iO Associates - US. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$150,000.00/yr - $200,000.00/yr

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Building world-class HPC, GPU & Platform Engineering teams for the Buy-side, AI & startup space.

Founding CMO | AI-Native Enterprise Agent Platform
NYC (Hybrid)
Open Salary (we'll pay what it takes) + Attractive Equity
$7M Seed Round Backed by Tier-1 Investors

This isn't your typical marketing gig. One of my stealth AI clients in NYC is building a new category of enterprise software-AI-native agents that automate complex backend workflows across infrastructure, data engineering, and analytics.

They're now gearing up for launch after early success with design partners-and they're hiring a Founding CMO to shape and scale their go-to-market strategy from the ground up.

What's the Mission?

Founding CMO | AI-Native Enterprise Agent Platform
NYC (Hybrid)
Open Salary (we'll pay what it takes) + Attractive Equity
$7M Seed Round Backed by Tier-1 Investors

This isn't your typical marketing gig. One of my stealth AI clients in NYC is building a new category of enterprise software-AI-native agents that automate complex backend workflows across infrastructure, data engineering, and analytics.

They're now gearing up for launch after early success with design partners-and they're hiring a Founding CMO to shape and scale their go-to-market strategy from the ground up.

What's the Mission?

To redefine how modern technical teams build and operate data infrastructure-through autonomous, intelligent systems that integrate directly into engineering workflows.

Why This Role?

You'll lead brand, position, narrative, and demand from day one. You'll craft the story, define the category, and make this product known-fast.

This is about:

• Creating a magnetic brand from scratch

• Defining competitive positioning in an emerging market

• Building early momentum across growth channels

• Partnering with founders to shape product-market fit
  
  

Who We're Looking For:

A creative, strategic marketing leader who:

• Has taken a technical product to market

• Thrives in early-stage environments

• Is obsessed with narrative, category creation, and brand velocity

• Can move between vision and execution at speed

If you want to be the driving force behind a company poised to reshape enterprise software-and you know how to build demand before the market knows it needs it-get in touch.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Marketing

• Industries

  Data Infrastructure and Analytics

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