8th Light

Senior Marketing Manager [GTM] (Chicago-Hybrid)

Chicago, Illinois, United States · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$106k-$133kDetected 4 days ago

Machine LearningSEOCadenceLeadershipCollaborationMentoring

About the role

We take on hard software challenges and turn them into durable results.
8th Lights thrive in an environment that champions continuous education, fueling our growth through mentorship and hands-on work.
If this kind of work and our kind of people energize you, you've found the right place.

Your job is to make that presence consistent, sharpen the message behind it, and build the system that keeps it running without depending on heroics.
You'll own execution of our go-to-market plan and report to the Managing Director.
Building and running our content engine: capturing stories, anecdotes, and field observations (including from our executive dinners), organizing them so they're easy to find, and pushing ready-to-use material to sales and client service leaders for meetings and events
Building or customizing your own AI-assisted workflows for content drafting, asset generation, and performance tracking, rather than relying on existing tools
Coworking support for our global team

Over your 6-8 years of experience, you've brought:
Proven ownership of marketing measurement and analytics: you've instrumented a marketing stack, stood up always-on reporting, and led with numbers instead of waiting for someone else to produce them

Fluency with SEO and AEO, demand generation, and website and content analytics tooling
Experience marketing a professional services, consulting, or technical product business to senior B2B buyers
Real event execution experience, ideally intimate, executive-level formats rather than large-scale conferences
Comfort partnering with senior technologists to surface stories and points of view, and the editorial judgment to keep them on message
Supporting our outreach and introduction motions by equipping client service leaders and sales directors with content, curated event schedules, and targeting recommendations
Strongly Preferred Skills

Plainspoken writing and editing skills, and a low tolerance for jargon
Experience at a small to mid-sized company where marketing stays close to hands-on execution
Marketing technical services such as software consulting, data, or AI and machine learning work
Running a thought-leadership or named-voice program with subject-matter experts
Marketing operations and analytics tooling, including SEO and AEO

At 8th Light, we are committed to a compensation philosophy that is transparent, fair, and helps us attract and retain top talent in alignment with our company's strategic growth goals and clients' needs.
Transparent semi-annual promotion panel

A robust L&D program featuring unlimited access to thousands of books, courses, and expert-led training on the O'Reilly learning platform
Annual financial stipend and time allotment for learning & development
Flexible PTO with Floating Holidays
12 weeks of new parent leave available for eligible employees

At 8th Light, we bring life to the best ideas.
Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Chicago, we are a technology solutions consultancy that partners with organizations from early-stage startups to the world's largest companies.
We build agentic products, the platforms they run on, and the engineering and design at every layer.
Our commitment to quality means we deliver solutions we're truly proud of, while our curiosity sparks innovation and breakthrough thinking.
We foster an open, collaborative culture grounded in honesty that builds trust, and believe true success is measured by the outcomes we create for our clients.
You're a hands-on marketer who makes things happen.
You've spent your career close to the work, turning strategy into a steady cadence of content, events, and outreach that actually ships.
You're energized by a clear market position and the discipline of carrying it anywhere a buyer might meet us.
You understand that in a market flooded with AI-generated noise, senior buyers are moved by credible expert voices, real stories, and warm relationships.
At 8th Light, we are committed to a compensation philosophy that is transparent, fair, and helps us attract and retain top talent in alignment with our company's strategic growth goals and clients' needs.

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