[Remote] Head of Marketing

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Swarm Aero is building autonomous aircraft and software for coordinating swarms of uncrewed systems. The Head of Marketing will establish the company’s identity and communications, lead launches and defense-industry presence, and build the marketing function.

Responsibilities

• Who we are. Define the identity of Swarm Aero from the ground up: what we stand for, how we sound, how we look, and why anyone should care. When someone asks "what does Swarm do?", the answer everyone gives will be the one you wrote
• How we tell it. Turn complex autonomy and C2 technology into a story that lands with a general, a program manager, a reporter, an investor, and a senior engineer, without watering it down for any of them
• Internal comms. Make sure everyone inside Swarm knows where we're going, why it matters, and what just happened. All-hands narratives, leadership messages, milestone moments, and the culture that holds a fast-growing team together. A company that understands its own story tells it better outside
• The big moments. Own launches, program wins, funding announcements, partnerships, and flight, delivery, and customer milestones. Make each one land
• Our presence in defense. Own our footprint at AUSA, Modern Day Marine, Sea-Air-Space, SOF Week, and the rooms where requirements get shaped. Be the booth, the panel, and the name people remember
• Press and platform. Build relationships with defense and tech media, prep leadership for stages and interviews, and manage agency partners who make us better
• Employer brand. Partner with our recruiting team to make Swarm the place the best engineers and operators in the country want to be
• The function itself. Tools, budget, vendors, process, and your next hire. You build it your way

Skills

• 8+ years in marketing or brand, including time as an early marketer at a high-growth startup where you built, not inherited
• A storyteller first. You can take something technical and make it unforgettable in one sentence
• You've shaped a company's identity before, or you've been itching to
• You care about internal comms as much as external. You know culture is a story too
• You know that in defense, credibility is everything. Bold, yes. Overpromising, never
• You work directly with founders and the CEO and aren't afraid to push back on the story
• Scrappy. You'd rather ship it yourself this week than brief an agency for next month
• You believe deterrence matters and want your work to be part of it
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance
• Applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State
• Experience with DoD, defense procurement, or government affairs
• A network across defense media, industry associations, or DC
• You've built a marketing function from zero

Benefits

• Remote/hybrid, with an ability to be onsite in Oxnard, CA on an as-needed basis
• Meaningful equity in a high-growth defense technology company
• Medical, dental, vision, and 401k
• PTO and paid sick leave
• Monthly wellness stipend
• Daily catered lunch (office)
• Paid parental leave

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