Global Corporate Marketing Director

About Tensec

Founded in 2023, Tensec is a global fintech that enables small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to enter global trade and thrive by giving them access to global transaction banking solutions that are user-friendly, efficient, and secure.

Tensec founders have driven startups from foundation to exit, built decacorns, and led global teams at companies such as Pay Pal, Credit Karma, Facebook, Goldman Sachs, Visa, Mastercard, and American Express. We're putting together a world-class team to disrupt the $50 trillion cross-border b2b financial services industry by providing SMBs the financial strength to participate and win in the global economy.

We believe that successful companies and teams are directly correlated to a company's cultural DNA. At Tensec, we make a deliberate effort to create values and foster a culture able to unleash both human and organizational potential. We strongly believe that the best business results derive from teams that have a strong identification with a mission, push themselves to the edge, and love what they do.

The Tensec team is diverse and global, with members in San Francisco, New York, Miami, Monterrey, and Sao Paulo. We are funded by top venture capital firms such as Quiet Capital, Costanoa Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Clocktower, Willow Tree, and prolific angels such as Jason Pate (Chief Strategy Officer, Plaid), Bora Chung (ex-Chief Experience Officer,  and Board Member, Remitly).

This role follows a hybrid model. We ask that you're in our Palo Alto office 3 days per week.

We move fast, debrief quickly, and expect you to own your output. This is a dynamic company, we value speed and decisiveness over process. You'll have the context you need to make good decisions, and the autonomy to make them.

We are seeking a strategic, innovative, and hands-on Director, Global Corporate Marketing to build and scale our global brand, corporate communications, and thought leadership as we accelerate growth in international trade and financial services.

This individual will lead the development and execution of a world-class corporate marketing strategy that strengthens our market position, expands brand awareness, and supports global business growth. This role requires a marketing leader who understands complex partner ecosystems and can translate technical innovation into compelling stories that build trust, credibility, and market leadership.

This is an AI-first leadership role. We are looking for someone who has successfully leveraged generative AI and modern marketing technologies to transform how marketing operates, accelerating content creation, improving campaign performance, streamlining workflows, increasing productivity, and delivering measurable business outcomes.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building from brand strategy and executive visibility to content engines, communications, events, and global marketing programs.

• 10+ years in corporate marketing, communications, or brand leadership, ideally in international trade, fintech, tech, or B2B SaaS

• Proven experience building global brand and PR strategy from the ground up, including managing agencies across multiple countries

• Track record of using generative AI to speed up content production and improve marketing performance, with concrete examples

• Strong writer and storyteller who can translate technical, cross-border payments concepts into clear, credible narratives

• Comfortable operating with high autonomy in a fast-moving, resource-lean environment

• How to build a marketing function from scratch inside a fast-scaling, cross-border fintech

• The mechanics of global trade finance, FX, and B2B payments across the US, Brazil, and Mexico

• How to operate as a true AI-first marketing leader, not just adopt AI tools but redesign workflows around them

• What it takes to build brand credibility with banks, regulators, and enterprise partners simultaneously

• Develop and execute the company's global corporate marketing strategy aligned with business objectives.

• Expand and strengthen the company's brand awareness, reputation, and market leadership globally.

• Own corporate messaging, positioning, value proposition, brand architecture, and visual identity.

• Build a differentiated market presence that establishes the company as a trusted leader in international trade technology.

• Ensure brand consistency across every customer, partner, analyst, investor, media, and employee touchpoint.

• Develop and execute a global communications strategy.

• Manage external PR agencies across multiple countries, including the United States, Brazil, Mexico, and other strategic markets.

• Build relationships with business, fintech, global supply chain networks, and technology media, analysts, influencers, and industry organizations.

• Lead corporate announcements including product launches, partnerships, funding announcements,…