Founding Marketing Lead

The Role
Helogen is hiring a Founding Marketing Lead to build and own our marketing function. This is a rare opportunity to help position Helogen as one of the defining companies of the space industrialization era. You’ll be joining a small team of high‑caliber engineers, scientists, builders, and operators united by the belief that the microgravity environment of space represents one of the greatest untapped opportunities in the history of medicine and industry. We value execution over perfection, clarity over complexity, and ownership over handholding. We move quickly, learn fast, and adapt as the company evolves.

This is a role for an entrepreneurial generalist who brings creative ambition without preciousness, strong opinions without ego, and has a deep respect for the technical and commercial complexity of what we’re building. As the founding member of Helogen’s marketing team, your work will shape not just how Helogen is perceived, but what it becomes. The Founding Marketing Lead will report to the Chief Commercial Officer.

Responsibilities

Own and evolve Helogen's core company narrative; translate complex concepts across space systems, biotechnology, automation, and orbital manufacturing into a clear and compelling story for customers, investors, partners, media, and talent

Partner with Commercial team to create collateral, including customer decks, mission briefs, vertical narratives, capability overviews, case studies, conference materials, and partner-facing assets

Lead thought‑leadership content development and run the marketing and content distribution engine that supports our next stage of growth

Manage external PR, creative, and design partners

Develop our event and market presence strategy

Develop marketing processes that permeates across all functions of the company

Measure and analyze insights to improve how Helogen shows up in the world

Requirements

You have 5+ years of professional experience in marketing, branding, communications, content, growth, product marketing, or a related function, preferably within an early‑stage or high‑growth startup

Experience building marketing programs in environments where resources are limited, priorities shift quickly, and systems are being created from scratch

You’re equally comfortable setting strategy and executing the work

Strong visual and creative instincts; you recognize how great design looks and can provide useful, actionable creative direction and feedback

You understand how to build a category, support fundraising efforts, create market momentum, and make complex technology legible to diverse audiences

Comfort partnering directly with founders and executives and turning raw ideas into polished public‑facing content

Experience managing external agencies or freelancers across PR, design, creative, content, or production

Highly organized and detail‑oriented; you can manage competing deadlines, launches, agencies, content calendars, and internal stakeholders simultaneously

Resourceful and self‑directed with high ownership, urgency, and accountability

Preferred Qualifications

BA/BS/MBA in a relevant field

Experience in high‑growth startups in sectors such as consumer health, frontier tech, space, climate, defense tech, robotics, AI, hardware, deep tech, or advanced manufacturing is strongly preferred

You’ve previously worked in a company like WHOOP, Oura, Levels, Eight Sleep, Ramp, Mercury, Anduril, Hadrian, Axiom, Vast, Relativity, Arc, Astranis, Ginkgo, Benchling, or another high‑growth company with a strong narrative, technical product, and ambitious market vision

An exceptional writer and storyteller, you can distill complex technical concepts into clear, compelling language that makes a company, product, or category feel important, differentiated, and timely

Compensation
The salary range for this position is $125,000‑135,000 with equity offered. Ideal candidates are based in Austin, TX, New York, NY, or San Francisco, CA.

Benefits

Unlimited PTO

Health, dental, vision and life insurance

401(k) program

Membership to OneMedical

Be part of creating something new that will change the world

Export Control Requirements
Due to the nature of the work performed, applicants must be a U.S. Person as defined by U.S. export control regulations or otherwise eligible to access export‑controlled information and technology. U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident, or protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) (i.e., individual admitted to the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum in the U.S.)

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