Founding Marketing Lead

Chicago, IL (On-site)

$120K/yr – $200K/yrSenior Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 11 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own messaging, positioning, and demand programs while building and scaling Autopilot’s marketing engine across verticals, with a hands-on start and eventual team leadership.

  • Shape product marketing, content, and demand programs
  • Lead campaigns end-to-end and build the customer-proof library
  • Collaborate with Sales, Product, and Leadership to translate strategy into pipeline

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own how Autopilot tells its story and turns that story into a pipeline.
  • You'll shape messaging, positioning, and go-to-market narrative across our verticals, build and run the campaigns that generate demand, and create the customer-proof library that helps close B2B deals.
  • You'll start as a hands-on builder who writes and launches the campaign, and reports on the results, then grow into leading the marketing team as we scale.
  • Product Marketing & Positioning
  • Own messaging, positioning, and value proposition across enterprise and channel, tailored by vertical and by buyer.
  • Partner with Sales, Product, and Leadership to translate company strategy into a marketing plan that drives the pipeline.
  • Support product launches with positioning, launch content, and go-to-market plans.
  • Content & Customer Proof
  • Build Autopilot's library of case studies, ROI documentation, and deployment outcomes end-to-end.
  • Develop thought leadership that positions Autopilot as a serious player in facility automation, speaking the language of B2B buyers in industries new to robotics.

Requirements

  • - 3–8 years of B2B marketing experience at technology companies
  • - You are hands-on and experienced across product marketing, content marketing, and demand generation and you've built without a large team or a big budget.
  • - Pre-seed or seed-stage, venture-backed tech startup experience preferred.
  • - A track record of building and launching campaigns yourself, from brief to results
  • - AI-native in your day-to-day and in your campaigns. You default to tools like Claude, ChatGPT, or similar to move faster, write better, and solve problems before asking for help.
  • - You know your way around campaigns, lists, workflows, and reporting without needing a tutorial

Preferred

  • - Experience in robotics or physical AI
  • - Experience marketing new technology to legacy industries

Benefits

  • - Base Salary + Annual bonus potential
  • - The total compensation range for this role is $120,000-$200,000. This range reflects total target compensation, which includes base salary and bonus potential. Where a candidate falls within the range depends on factors such as experience, skills, and locations.
  • - Equity: Early-stage ownership through stock options. A chance to build meaningful value as we scale.
  • - 100% Employer-covered Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • - 401(k) – Company-administered plan
  • - Flexible PTO – Time off as needed, coordinated with your team
  • - Travel Reimbursement – Reimbursed in accordance with company policy, where role-related travel is required
  • - Team & Culture Events – Team offsites, social events, and company-sponsored activities
  • Benefits and policies may be updated from time to time at the company's discretion.
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AUTOPILOT

Autopilot is a next-gen trading app and registered investment advisor (RIA) that makes professional-style investing accessible to everyone. Users can autopilot the portfolios of politicians, public figures, and top investors, or create and launch their own fund for others to follow. Built for transparency and ease of use, Autopilot reimagines how people invest, manage, and grow their money.Backed by notable investors such as Craft Ventures (Airbnb, Slack, Tesla), Nomad Ventures (Intro, Bezel), Balaji Ventures (Perplexity), and Next Fund (7Signal).Autopilot is ranked among the Top 30 Most Downloaded Finance Apps. With over 3M+ million downloads, $1B+ in assets under management (AUM), 165k+ users, and a rapidly growing community of 90k+ subscribers, Autopilot is quickly becoming a leader in fintech.Autopilot Advisors, LLC is a registered investment adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This page is intended for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase any securities or investment products. Any information contained herein is provided with the understanding that the recipient will conduct their own due diligence before making any investment decisions. Investments carry a risk of loss and past performance is not indicative of future results.

Founded in 2020
Los Angeles, California, USA
47 employees (6 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$120K/yr – $200K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
3 (6% of company)
Median Career Experience
8 years
Median Tenure
1.1 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$19.6M
Last Raise
$8M
Undisclosed, 4 months ago

Funding History

  • Nov 2025
    Undisclosed • $8M
  • Nov 2024
    Undisclosed • $6.7M
  • Mar 2023
    Seed • $1.4M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
127K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$5.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
34%
Direct
54.1%
Referral
5%
Social
6.3%
Paid
0.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~47
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Founding Marketing Lead

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