Director of Marketing, US Public Sector

District of Columbia, USA (On-site)

$130K/yr – $160K/yrDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 8 days ago

Job Summary

Own Windward's U.S. public-sector marketing and brand programs, drive positioning and thought leadership, and lead event, partner, and executive-content initiatives across government, defense, intelligence, and law enforcement audiences.

  • Define and execute B2G branding and demand-gen programs
  • Lead events, partnerships, and executive outreach
  • Develop mission-focused content and messaging for executives and sales enablement

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Build and execute Windward’s brand and marketing strategy for the U.S. public sector.
  • Develop clear, differentiated, mission-relevant positioning for government, defense, intelligence, and law-enforcement audiences.
  • Adapt Windward’s global brand strategy to the priorities, language, and operating realities of the U.S. market.
  • Identify marketing opportunities based on federal priorities, policy developments, budget cycles, geopolitical events, mission requirements, and competitive activity.
  • Own Windward’s presence at key defense, intelligence, maritime, national-security, and federal-technology events.
  • Plan and execute conferences, trade shows, executive roundtables, briefings, speaking engagements, webinars, and partner events.
  • Identify and develop collaborations with technology partners, government contractors, industry associations, research organizations, media, and other influential stakeholders.
  • Build thought-leadership programs and content around Maritime AI, maritime domain awareness, national security, illicit activity, sanctions enforcement, and operational decision-making.
  • Develop executive content, reports, briefs, presentations, customer stories, event materials, and sales-enablement assets.
  • Support executives and subject-matter experts with messaging, speaking opportunities, and external engagements.

Requirements

  • 4-5 years of B2B or B2G technology marketing experience, including direct experience marketing to the U.S. federal government.
  • Proven experience building and executing brand and marketing strategies for complex technology or intelligence offerings.
  • Strong understanding of the U.S. government, defense, intelligence, or national-security ecosystem.
  • Experience planning and executing industry events, executive programs, partnerships, and thought-leadership initiatives.
  • The ability to identify market opportunities and turn them into focused, well-executed programs.
  • Strong positioning, messaging, storytelling, writing, and editing skills.
  • The ability to translate complex technology into clear mission value for executive, operational, and acquisition audiences.
  • Experience working closely with public-sector sales and business-development teams.
  • Strong project-management skills and the ability to manage multiple initiatives, stakeholders, vendors, and deadlines.
  • A strategic mindset combined with a hands-on, accountable approach to execution.

Preferred

  • Experience in defense technology, national security, intelligence, homeland security, maritime technology, or dual-use technology.
  • Experience marketing AI, data analytics, geospatial intelligence, cybersecurity, or decision-intelligence solutions.
  • An established network within the Washington, D.C. federal and defense-technology ecosystem.
  • Experience working in a high-growth technology company.
  • Experience managing a small team of marketing professionals.
  • Existing or ability to obtain U.S. government security clearance, where relevant.
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Windward

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Windward is the leading Maritime AITM company delivering full visibility across the seas through sensor-agnostic intelligence and agentic workflows that turn ocean data into decisive action to anticipate threats, protect critical assets, and stay in control at sea.

Founded in 2010
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
276 employees (22 in marketing)
1% recommend to a friend
1% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$130K/yr – $160K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
9 (3% of company)
Median Tenure
1.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$32.3M
Last Raise
$16.5M
Series C

Funding History

  • Jul 2018
    Series C • $16.5M
  • Apr 2015
    Series B • $10.8M
  • Nov 2013
    Series A • $5M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
227.7K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$3.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
29%
Direct
59.1%
Referral
1.9%
Social
5.6%
Paid
1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~276

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Director of Marketing, US Public Sector

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