Vice President Of Marketing (west Coast, USA) - Remote - Remote Eligible

Vice President Of Marketing

GridGain is seeking a proven Vice President Of Marketing or Chief Marketing Officer to lead and rebuild its global marketing function. This is a pivotal leadership opportunity for a hands-on, strategic executive to partner with a newly retooled go-to-market team and drive a full marketing reset—from brand positioning and community engagement to demand generation and pipeline performance.

This leader will evolve GridGain's messaging from feature/function-based to solution and use-case-oriented narratives, build the foundational team, and help shape an integrated customer journey that accelerates awareness, adoption, and revenue growth.

What You'll Own

• Build a scalable product marketing function that enables sales, articulates business value, and supports new product introductions
• Drive the creation of solution and persona-based content across all funnel stages, supporting both awareness and conversion

• Own and evolve GridGain's brand and solution messaging—from infrastructure-heavy jargon to differentiated, problem/solution value propositions
• Lead a messaging transformation grounded in real customer use cases and aligned with a solution selling framework
• Serve as a visible evangelist for GridGain at events, in media, and across digital channels

• Architect an integrated demand generation engine aligned to long-cycle enterprise sales
• Own MQL-to-SQL pipeline rigor, attribution clarity, and alignment with Sales through all funnel stages
• Define and execute campaigns targeting both new logo acquisition and expansion within enterprise accounts

• Reinvigorate GridGain's connection to the Apache Ignite user base, driving OSS-to-commercial interest and community activation
• Partner with Developer Relations to grow GridGain's presence within open-source and engineering communities

• Build and lead a high-performing team across product marketing, demand gen, content, and community
• Recruit and develop talent with deep domain and technical empathy
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Sales, and Customer Success to align go-to-market execution

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Marketing leadership in high-growth B2B software companies—ideally in databases, distributed systems, or software infrastructure
• Proven experience as a VP or CMO; no first-timers. Has built and led a high-performing marketing team from scratch
• Strong product marketing DNA—can translate deep technical capabilities into differentiated business value
• Fluent in open-source business models and experienced in growing developer communities
• Skilled in solution selling, ABM, long-cycle enterprise GTM, and supporting sales enablement across complex customer journeys
• Collaborative operator with executive presence, independent thinking, and a bias for action
• Comfortable working in dynamic, scaling environments with significant GTM and cultural transformation underway

What We Can Offer You:

• Remote-first environment
• Competitive salary and pre-IPO stock options
• A broad selection of medical, dental and vision insurance plans
• Optional HSA, FSA and dependent care reimbursement accounts
• Company-paid life insurance
• Generous holiday and vacation policy
• Family leave programs for life events
• 401(k)
• Monthly stipend for cell phone and gym memberships
• A great company culture with a strong emphasis on diversity, equity and inclusion