Founding Head of GTM / Revenue

San Francisco, CA (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive the 0→1 GTM engine: define ICP, messaging, and pipeline, close early lighthouse customers, and codify a repeatable playbook.

  • Must-have: Proven experience building pipeline from near zero.
  • Standout: Ability to operate across full funnel in a founder-led startup.
  • Standout: Strong ICP definition and category narrative experience.

Job Description

Drive the 0→1 GTM engine: define ICP, messaging, and pipeline, close early lighthouse customers, and codify a repeatable playbook.

Responsibilities

  • Defining and refining ICP, wedge, and early customer segments
  • Turning ambiguous market demand into a sharp commercial narrative
  • Building pipeline from zero through outbound, partnerships, founder-led sales, content, community, and creative experiments
  • Running discovery calls, demos, pilots, negotiations, and early expansions yourself
  • Helping shape pricing, packaging, offers, and service-to-product transitions
  • Working closely with product and founder to convert market feedback into roadmap decisions
  • Closing lighthouse customers that become case studies, proof points, and market leverage
  • Building the first repeatable GTM playbook across messaging, motion, channel, and conversion
  • Recruiting and helping onboard the next wave of GTM talent once the motion starts to work

Requirements

  • Proven experience building pipeline from near zero
  • Strong ability to sell emerging or non-obvious products
  • Excellent discovery, storytelling, objection handling, and closing skills
  • Ability to personally operate across the full funnel, from cold outreach to close
  • Strong instinct for ICP definition, messaging, and commercial positioning
  • Experience working in fast-moving startup environments
  • High urgency, high ownership, and strong founder compatibility
  • Comfort with experimentation, iteration, and imperfect conditions

Preferred

  • Experience selling into founders, growth leaders, CMOs, or revenue leaders
  • Experience in SaaS, AI, marketing technology, or growth infrastructure
  • Experience productizing custom work or early services into repeatable offers
  • Experience helping define category narrative for a new market
  • Prior experience as a founder or early operator at a high-growth company
  • Experience in any AI companies