Senior Marketing Manager

Location:

Austin, Texas

Compensation: $125, USD / year

Modern Intelligence builds Sovereign, targeting software for unmanned systems. Manufacturers install it on UAVs, USVs, UUVs, and other unmanned vehicles. Sovereign runs on the vehicle's computer. It detects, classifies, and tracks targets from the onboard cameras, keeps identity when the picture breaks up, and can run terminal guidance into impact. It keeps working when GPS is out and the radio is jammed.

We've held Department of War contracts, including work with Air Force Special Operations and SOCOM.

We've raised more than $12 million from Bedrock, Vine, Contrary, Air Street, Caffeinated, Champion Hill, Swell, Myelin, and others.

We're hiring a Senior Marketing Manager to own how Modern Intelligence shows up across all mediums: video, social, print, booths and events, and overall design. You don't need to be the specialist in every lane, but you should be strong at video and social yourself, and able to raise the bar everywhere else by hiring and managing the right vendors.

We're a heavy computer vision company, so our expectation is to show things visually. Day to day you'll run the marketing engine. At first we expect you to produce a large share of the work yourself, using AI tools to move faster on research, drafts, edits, and creative options, and to bring in agencies or freelancers when a specialist is the better call.

As you show you can set the narrative, the creative standard, and the vendor stack, you'll take on broader ownership.

We expect this role to turn a clear product story into visible work across:

• Demos made for short form video
• Explainers and long form video
• Social and Linked In/X that are sharp, relevant, and engaging
• Sourcing and creating content with partners
• Print and design that look like a serious defense company
• Trade-show booths from brief through on-site

We are a small team and we move fast. You will do much of the work yourself, build and run a small vendor roster (agencies, freelancers, production) on a startup budget, hold partners to deadlines, and fix work that is late or off-brand. You must feel comfortable working with founders and technical leaders as the primary story owners.

You will be our first marketing hire with the eventual goal building and owning an entire internal team.

• 3+ years in marketing, brand, demand gen, or GTM at a B2B, hardware, defense, or deep-tech company (agency experience on the client side of briefs also counts)
• Proven experience briefing and managing external creatives: agencies, freelancers, or production partners for video, design, or events
• Strong written voice: turn technical product language into clear customer-facing copy
• Hands‑on with video and social yourself (edit or produce short‑form, post and iterate), plus comfort across web/landing pages, event/booth collateral, and basic campaign ops (calendar, assets, deadlines)
• Heavy day‑to‑day use of AI tools for research, drafting, editing, creative iteration, and production speed, with judgment on when to ship vs. when a human pass is required
• Portfolio or work samples that show shipped campaigns or assets, not only strategy docs
• Travel
  • If you're located in Austin, the job is full‑time in the office in Austin
  • You must have the ability to travel for events, demos, and customer or partner moments as needed
• Must be a U.S. person (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or other protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)). This role may work with export‑controlled technology and controlled messaging.

• Experience marketing autonomy, robotics,…