Head of Marketing at Helogen · LumiJobs

Responsibilities

Helogen is hiring our first Head of Marketing to define, build, and lead our marketing function. 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 industry. We value execution over perfection, clarity over complexity, and ownership over handholding. We move quickly, learn fast, and adapt as the company evolves.
As our Head of Marketing, you'll shape our core narrative into a strong, clear, and consistent market presence with investors, customers, partners, media, and talent. You'll develop the playbook for reaching key audiences, set priorities, build repeatable marketing programs, and establish the metrics that help us evaluate what's working. You'll bring strategic judgment and creative ambition while remaining hands-on, ensuring our marketing is as rigorous and effective as the technology we're building. As we grow, you’ll build and lead a team, and your work will shape not just how Helogen is perceived, but what it becomes.
Define and lead Helogen’s marketing strategy, translating company objectives into clear priorities and programs that build market awareness, credibility, and commercial opportunity
Develop the marketing playbook, establishing brand guidelines, tone, channels, KPIs, and processes that enable consistent, scalable execution
Own Helogen’s positioning and messaging, ensuring our narrative is clear, compelling, and consistent across audiences, channels, and touchpoints
Lead content and thought leadership, translating complex technical concepts into stories that communicate our value, demonstrate our expertise, and establish Helogen’s role in the emerging space industrialization market
Partner with the CEO and Commercial team to align marketing priorities with company strategy, customer opportunities, fundraising, partnerships, and broader business goals
Design strategies for PR, events, partnerships, and speaking engagements that extend our reach and resonate with potential customers, investors, partners, and media
Create marketing materials, including customer presentations, mission briefs, capability overviews, case studies, and event materials as needed
Leverage performance data and market insights to evaluate effectiveness, inform decision-making, and improve our approach
Manage external agencies, freelancers, and creative partners; provide clear direction, uphold quality standards, and drive accountability
Build and lead the marketing team as Helogen grows, establishing the capabilities and structure needed to support the company’s evolving goals

Qualification

8+ years of professional experienceStrategic and commercially-mindedStrong creative and visual instinctsExperience managing external agenciesAn exceptional writer and storytellerHighly organized and detail-orientedResourceful and adaptableBA/BS/MBA in a relevant field

Required

8+ years of professional experience, with proven experience leading the marketing function in a high-growth company; industry experience in space, robotics, AI, or advanced manufacturing is strongly preferred
Experience building a marketing program in an environment where resources are limited, priorities shift quickly, and systems are being created from scratch
Strategic and commercially-minded, you understand how marketing supports customer acquisition, fundraising, commercial conversations, recruiting, and category leadership
Comfortable with hands-on work across all marketing activities while we’re lean; you need to be willing to jump in and execute where needed
Strong creative and visual instincts, you have a high bar for excellence and are able to guide designers and agencies to meet quality standards
Experience managing external agencies, freelancers, and creative partners, with the ability to set clear expectations, allocate resources, and hold partners accountable
A data-informed approach to decision-making; you’re able to set meaningful KPIs, evaluate performance, and adjust strategy based on results
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
Highly organized and detail-oriented; you can manage competing deadlines, launches, agencies, content calendars, and internal stakeholders simultaneously
Resourceful and adaptable, you bring creative ambition without preciousness, strong opinions without ego, and a deep respect for the technical and commercial complexity of what we are building

Preferred

BA/BS/MBA in a relevant field
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

Head of Marketing

Responsibilities

Qualification

Required

Preferred

Benefits

Company

Helogen

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