Senior Product Marketing Manager - Aerospace & Defense

USA (Remote)

$110K/yr – $152K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 5 hrs ago

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Job Summary

Own and execute the go-to-market strategy for VulcanForms' A&D offering, translating manufacturing capability into customer value and enabling executive-level communications.

  • Define positioning and messaging based on customer pain points
  • Support launches, collateral, and sales enablement
  • Engage with customers and executive stakeholders

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute go-to-market strategy for VulcanForms' A&D offering, defining positioning and messaging based on customer pain points and competitive landscape
  • Monitor shifts in the market, relevant regulatory or policy changes, and competitor positioning across traditional aerospace and emerging defense-tech sectors
  • Partner with Engineering to translate manufacturing capability into customer value propositions
  • Support launch planning for new capabilities, including collateral creation, sales enablement, and customer engagement activities
  • Create precise technical marketing materials - capability decks, case studies, white papers – and partner directly with our Commercial team to support with positioning language and materials where appropriate
  • Work closely with customers and internal teams to understand program challenges and how manufacturing capability addresses them
  • Support executive-level narratives for board updates and customer program reviews

Requirements

  • 6+ years in product or solutions marketing, with direct experience in aerospace & defense or an adjacent industrial/manufacturing environment
  • Demonstrated ability to translate technical or manufacturing capability into arguments non-technical decision-makers can act on
  • Experience building positioning and enablement from scratch in a business without established product marketing infrastructure
  • Strong written communicator, able to produce polished, executive-ready materials independently
  • Comfort operating within long, multi-stakeholder program sales cycles, including regulatory and compliance considerations

Benefits

  • competitive salary and equity package
  • comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
  • generous paid time off
  • a 401(k) plan with company match
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Founded in 2016
San Francisco, California, USA
6.5K employees (237 in marketing)
77% recommend to a friend
86% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
6.9M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$2.4M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
16.6%
Direct
64.8%
Referral
11.2%
Social
6.7%
Paid
0.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~6.5K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
157 (2% of company)
Median Career Experience
11 years
Median Tenure
2.1 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
17

Funding

Total Funding
$2.4B
Last Raise
$450M
Series G, 10 months ago

Funding History

  • May 2025
    Series G • $450M
  • Apr 2024
    Series F • $200M
  • Apr 2024
    Secondary Market • $590M

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