VP of Marketing

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Transition Mirantis from a leader in private cloud infrastructure to a comprehensive AI infrastructure enterprise.

• Generate market momentum through discussions with analysts, inclusion in buyer shortlists, ecosystem engagement, and securing earned media attention.

• Develop and refine positioning and messaging for a transparent, vendor-neutral AI infrastructure standard.

• Oversee marketing initiatives across both Enterprise and CSP/Neocloud business strategies.

• Create a cohesive brand strategy tailored for long-cycle enterprise clients and dynamic CSP/Neocloud buyers.

• Document outcomes through case studies, metrics, and significant market launches.

• Evaluate, develop, and restructure the current marketing team.

• Establish and activate partnerships within the industry ecosystem, including collaborations with NVIDIA and prominent Neoclouds.

• Collaborate with Business Development to formulate joint go-to-market strategies.

• Work alongside Sales, Product, the CEO, and executive management to influence the company's trajectory.

⛳️ Requirements

• Must be located in the United States.

• Willingness to travel as needed.

• Capable of operating within a moderate budget and making strategic trade-offs instead of following every established protocol.

• Experience in the rising field of cloud-native technologies, with a solid understanding of Kubernetes, containers, and infrastructure orchestration.

• Background in AI infrastructure, encompassing GPU orchestration, AI clouds, model serving, and inferencing.

• Previous experience with, marketing to, or competing against organizations such as CoreWeave, Nebius, Crusoe, Together.ai, Fireworks.ai, BaseTen, Modal, Northflank, VAST, Netris, ClearML, or NVIDIA, alongside infrastructure experience from AWS, Red Hat, Rancher, HPE, or Dell.

• Preference for candidates with entrepreneurial backgrounds in high-growth startup environments.

• Proven track record of successful launches, marketing campaigns, positioning changes, or notable brand moments with quantifiable results.

• Sufficient technical expertise to engage credibly with infrastructure engineers and AI researchers.

• History of enhancing brand visibility, analyst/media engagement, and pipeline effectiveness.

• Ability to build and activate an industry ecosystem while forging business development and partnership connections.

• Experience in driving outcomes that significantly impact enterprise value, scaling into the billions of dollars.

🏝️ Benefits

• An executive-level position earned through impactful contributions rather than duration of service.

• Direct collaboration with Sales, Product, the CEO, and executive team to influence the company's strategic direction.

• Flexibility for travel.