Gradial

Senior Product Marketing Lead, AI

Seattle, WA · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$170k-$195kDetected 7 days ago

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About the role

This is a foundational role reporting to the Founder and Chief Growth Officer, built for someone who joined an early-stage startup and drove it through a significant scale phase as a category-defining business.
You'll shape the narrative across our full portfolio, from core platform positioning to launches, customer stories, competitive strategy, and analyst relations.
You'll work closely with founders, product, sales, and customers to ensure Gradial tells one clear story everywhere it matters.

Gradial is hiring its first Product Marketing Lead to define the category and build the product marketing function from the ground up.
You'll own how we position the company to executives, buyers, operators, analysts, and the market at large.
Own product and company messaging for executives, buyers, operators, and technical stakeholders across every major channel
Build competitive positioning that helps us win in live deals against adjacent platforms, established incumbents, and agency alternatives
Own analyst relations across top industry firms, shaping how the market understands the category and where Gradial fits
A front-row seat to building category-defining AI infrastructure
Have an innate drive for being 1% better than the day before, building towards greatness.
Thrive in fast-paced, hyper-growth environments where building better > maintaining status quo.

Ability to translate complex product capabilities into clear market value for both technical and non-technical audiences

Experience at a high-performing startup that scaled meaningfully from early stage to broad market adoption
Familiarity with AI-native products, AI-leaning developer tools, or modern MarTech platforms
Experience introducing a new category or making new market language stick in a competitive space
Final compensation will be determined based on factors such as experience, skills, and qualifications.
Define and defend Gradial's positioning across the portfolio, ensuring our homepage, pitch, launches, and market narrative tell one clear story
Name and shape the category before someone else does through sharp messaging, proprietary research, and language that sticks in the market

Talk to customers and power users frequently, using those insights to refine messaging, uncover proof points, and keep our story grounded in reality
Hold a high bar for clarity and consistency, protecting the company from diluted messaging as we scale
Confidence and judgment to make strategic messaging decisions and hold the line as the company grows

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