Founding Marketing Lead – AI Startup
Listed on 2026-09-27
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Marketing / Advertising / PR
Marketing Strategy, Product Marketing, Digital Marketing, Marketing Management
Founding Marketing Lead — AI Startup
San Francisco — on-site, five days per week
$190,000–$240,000 base + exceptional equity
Visa transfers considered
Savannah Search is partnering with a well‑funded, Y Combinator‑backed AI startup to appoint its Founding Marketing Lead.
With PE backed funding and a talent‑dense team of approximately 8, the company is building an AI‑powered workspace capable of orchestrating hundreds of thousands of agents simultaneously.
This is a hands‑on founding role for a marketer who can build the marketing function from the ground up—combining positioning and product marketing with performance marketing, content and measurable pipeline generation.
The role- Own paid acquisition across Google, Linked In, Reddit and emerging channels, managing budgets scaling beyond $30,000 per month
- Develop the company’s messaging, positioning and market narrative
- Drive SEO and GEO strategies to increase inbound demonstrations and self‑service sign‑ups
- Build the content engine across landing pages, case studies, customer stories, newsletters, launch content and sales materials
- Translate complex AI technology into clear, commercially compelling messaging
- Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Design and Sales on launches and go-to-market strategy
- Track campaign performance and continually improve channel mix, CAC and pipeline contribution
- Help build and recruit the wider marketing team as the company scales
You will bring:
- 3-8 years’ experience in B2B product marketing and growth marketing
- Strong hands‑on experience running paid campaigns across channels such as Google, Linked In and Reddit
- Experience with SEO/GEO and content‑led growth
- Evidence of generating measurable pipeline, inbound demonstrations or self‑service sign‑ups
- The ability to build marketing infrastructure and playbooks from scratch
- Experience with in a fast‑growing B2B SaaS or AI‑native startup
- A highly analytical, practical and entrepreneurial approach
Experience with in a business recognised for outstanding B2B marketing— would be particularly relevant.
This position is based on-site in San Francisco five days per week with occasional travel.
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