Establish and scale Machina Labs’ presence within the Defense sector, building credibility with Defense Primes and government stakeholders.
Strengthen positioning and engagement with leading Automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers.
Own and continuously refine company level positioning, messaging architecture, and narrative.
Scale marketing capabilities across brand, content, public relations, events, digital, field marketing, and demand generation.
Lead, develop, and expand the existing marketing organization.
Drive high impact campaigns to increase awareness across strategic global accounts.
Partner cross functionally with Sales, Business Development, Product, and Executive Leadership to support long cycle enterprise and government sales.
Maintain hands on involvement from strategy through execution.

15 or more years of progressive marketing leadership experience, including Vice President level responsibility.
Proven experience leading marketing within the Defense sector.
Demonstrated success building and scaling marketing organizations in Series B, Series C, or later stage companies.
Experience owning positioning for complex, mission critical technologies.
Experience supporting long cycle enterprise and government sales environments.
Hands on, collaborative leadership style with the ability to operate effectively in a fast paced, high growth environment.
Strong interest in defense, advanced manufacturing, and industrial technology.

Vice President of Marketing

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