Senior Marketing Communications Leader

About the role

Location: Menlo Park, CA

Position Summary

AttoTude is seeking an experienced, creative, and results-oriented Director of Marketing Communications to lead the company's marketing communications strategy, brand development, and external communications activities.

This individual will be responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive marketing communications strategy that strengthens AttoTude's brand, increases industry awareness of its technology, and supports the company's business development and commercialization objectives.

The successful candidate will lead a small team of marketing professionals while remaining actively involved in the development and execution of key marketing initiatives. The role requires a combination of strategic thinking, strong communication skills, technical curiosity, and hands-on execution.

The ideal candidate has significant experience in B2B technology marketing, a demonstrated ability to translate complex technologies into compelling market narratives, and a track record of leading marketing communications programs and teams. This individual should be comfortable working closely with executive leadership, engineering, product development, and business development teams in a fast-paced startup environment.

Key Responsibilities

Marketing Strategy and Brand Development

• Develop, lead, and execute AttoTude's marketing communications strategy, aligned with the company's business objectives, technology roadmap, and commercialization plans.
• Establish and maintain a clear and differentiated market positioning for AttoTude and its technologies.
• Develop compelling messaging that communicates AttoTude's technology, competitive differentiation, and value proposition to customers, partners, investors, and industry stakeholders.
• Build and strengthen AttoTude's corporate brand and ensure consistency across all communications channels and marketing materials.
• Develop annual marketing communications plans, priorities, and budgets, and establish metrics to evaluate effectiveness.
• Advise executive leadership on marketing communications strategy, industry visibility, and corporate messaging.

Content Development and Digital Marketing

• Lead the development of high-quality marketing content, including corporate presentations, product overviews, brochures, white papers, technical articles, press releases, and digital communications.
• Oversee AttoTude's website strategy, content development, and ongoing maintenance.
• Develop and execute the company's digital communications and social media strategy, with particular emphasis on LinkedIn and other channels relevant to the semiconductor and data center industries.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to translate complex technical information into clear, accurate, and compelling communications for technical and business audiences.
• Oversee the creation of visual content, graphics, videos, and other marketing assets.
• Ensure that all external communications accurately reflect AttoTude's technology, capabilities, and product development status.

Public Relations and Industry Visibility

• Develop and execute public relations strategies to increase AttoTude's visibility and credibility within the semiconductor, networking, data center, and AI infrastructure industries.
• Build and maintain relationships with relevant industry publications, journalists, analysts, and other external stakeholders.
• Lead communications associated with technology demonstrations, product announcements, strategic partnerships, financing milestones, and other significant company developments.
• Identify and pursue opportunities for executive speaking engagements, industry presentations, thought leadership, and media coverage.
• Support executive leadership in preparing external presentations, interviews, announcements, and other corporate communications.
• Coordinate with business development and product teams to ensure that marketing activities reinforce AttoTude's commercial objectives.

Events and Industry Engagement

• Develop and manage AttoTude's participation in industry conferences, trade shows, technical forums, and other relevant events.
• Oversee event planning, messaging, promotional materials, booth design, and coordination with internal teams and external vendors.
• Identify high-impact opportunities to showcase AttoTude's technology and engage with prospective customers and partners.
• Support customer events, partner meetings, technical workshops, and company-hosted activities.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of events and marketing programs and recommend improvements.

Team Leadership and Marketing Operations

• Lead, mentor, and develop a small team of marketing professionals responsible for content development, digital marketing, events, and other communications activities.
• Establish clear objectives, priorities, responsibilities, and performance expectations for team members.
• Foster a collaborative, accountable, and execution-oriented marketing organization.
• Balance strategic leadership with direct involvement in critical marketing projects and deliverables.
• Manage external agencies, consultants, graphic designers, website developers, and other marketing service providers.
• Develop and manage marketing communications budgets, project schedules, and resource allocation.
• Establish scalable marketing processes, tools, and workflows to support the company's growth.
• Collaborate closely with executive leadership, engineering, product development, business development, and other functions to ensure alignment across marketing activities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10 or more years of progressive experience in marketing communications, preferably within B2B technology companies.
• Demonstrated experience developing and executing marketing communications strategies, including brand positioning, content marketing, public relations, and digital communications.
• Experience managing, mentoring, and developing marketing professionals, including leading small teams.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly and persuasively.
• Strong experience developing corporate messaging, presentations, technical marketing materials, and executive communications.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple marketing programs, budgets, vendors, and competing priorities.
• Experience working collaboratively with senior executives, technical teams, and business development organizations.
• Strong project management, organizational, and analytical skills.
• Ability to operate independently, exercise sound judgment, and take ownership of marketing initiatives from strategy through execution.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment with evolving priorities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in semiconductor, networking, data center infrastructure, AI infrastructure, or other advanced technology industries.
• Experience marketing complex technical products or emerging technologies to sophisticated business and technical audiences.
• Experience in a venture-backed startup or high-growth technology company.
• Established relationships with technology media, industry publications, analysts, or relevant industry organizations.
• Experience developing communications strategies around new technology introductions, product launches, and commercialization milestones.
• Familiarity with relevant industry conferences and trade shows.
• Experience managing digital marketing platforms, content management systems, and marketing analytics tools.
• Experience building or expanding a marketing communications function within a growing organization.

Skills and Attributes

• Strategic and commercially minded: Understands how marketing communications supports company positioning, customer engagement, and business growth.
• Exceptional communicator: Able to develop compelling narratives and translate complex technical information into clear messages for diverse audiences.
• Hands-on leader: Comfortable setting strategy, leading a team, and personally contributing to important deliverables.
• Independent and accountable: Takes initiative, makes sound decisions, and drives projects to completion with limited supervision.
• Collaborative: Builds strong working relationships across engineering, business development, executive leadership, and external partners.
• Creative and resourceful: Finds effective ways to achieve marketing objectives with the resources available.
• Organized and results-oriented: Establishes priorities, manages competing demands, and measures the impact of marketing initiatives.
• Adaptable: Thrives in a dynamic startup environment and can adjust strategies as technologies, markets, and business priorities evolve.

Pay and benefits

Annual Salary Range $150,000—$250,000 USD