Head of Ecosystem

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Build Manufacturing is a growing family of industrial and engineering businesses combining enabling technologies, operational superiority, and strategic M&A to build America’s next generation industrial company. At Re:

Build we deploy deep expertise in engineering, operations management, and technology to supercharge the performance of our member companies. We leverage deep professional expertise and a candid, principled operating culture to drive differentiated outcomes. Ours is a fast‑paced environment where individuals can stretch and be challenged to pursue their fullest potential.

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Build was founded to pioneer a profitable model for the revitalization of U.S. manufacturing. We’ve assembled a powerful set of complementary capabilities and lines of business that enable us to pursue a wide range of end markets. Our acquired businesses are grounded in build‑to‑print and by‑the‑hour engineering and design services, and we’re leveraging their combined expertise to migrate to increasingly sophisticated program development and production, as well as the generation of our own products.

Our unique set of capabilities lend themselves to highly complex systems and products, and we offer customers a range of services including product and systems design, automation, fabrication, assembly, and large‑volume contract manufacturing. Our customers span a wide array of industries including aerospace, defense, mobility, healthcare, pharma, biotech, clean tech, chemicals, energy, lifestyle, food production, and industrial equipment.

You will own and build the ecosystem‑led growth engine for Cadonix’s cloud‑based ECAD and wire harness design SaaS product. This role is responsible for creating market presence and adoption in segments where traditional enterprise sales motions do not naturally reach: education, startups, incubators and accelerators, online engineering communities, and industry partner networks. The Head of Ecosystem Growth is the public‑facing advocate for the product, designs and runs strategic partner and community programs, and is accountable for converting ecosystem engagement into measurable user acquisition, activation, and partner‑sourced pipeline.

Working closely with Product Marketing, Product, and Sales, this person turns positioning and launch strategy into real market motion through partnerships, programs, demos, webinars, referrals, early champions, and customer stories. This is not a social media or events role; it is a market‑development role for a new technical SaaS product in a specialized engineering domain.

• Own ecosystem growth strategy: target selection, sequencing, and resource allocation across education, startups, incubators, accelerators, and online technical communities.
• Build partnerships with universities, student engineering teams (Formula SAE, Baja, robotics, capstone), hardware accelerators, incubators, maker communities, design consultants, and industry organizations.
• Launch scalable programs
  : EDU licenses, startup credits, student packages, ambassador programs, design challenges, webinars, hackathons, and referral loops.
• Serve as external advocate across Linked In, You Tube, Reddit, Discord, forums, conferences, and events; host webinars, run demos, and engage authentically in technical discussions.
• Drive measurable outcomes
  : trial signups, activated users, partner‑sourced leads, referrals, design partners, testimonials, and case studies.
• Engage technical users (founders, engineers, students, educators, consultants, manufacturers) to understand workflows, gather feedback, and identify champions.
• Collaborate with Product Marketing to translate positioning into channel campaigns; provide field feedback to refine messaging.
• Partner with Product and Sales to source design partners, surface product gaps, and generate qualified opportunities.
• Maintain credible social/community presence aligned with product narrative; coordinate with Product Marketing.
• Track and report signups, activation, partner leads, community growth, referrals, conversion rates, CAC, and market insights.
• Build partner pipeline: lead outreach to…