Marketing Director, Americas

Echodyne is seeking a Marketing Director to join our fast-growing team. 

ROLE OVERVIEW

Echodyne is seeking a highly motivated and execution-oriented Marketing Director, Americas to lead regional marketing initiatives across defense, government, critical infrastructure, and advanced air mobility markets throughout North, Central, and South America.

Reporting to the Vice President of Marketing, this role is responsible for developing and executing integrated marketing programs that drive brand awareness, customer engagement, and pipeline growth across strategic regional markets. The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader with deep awareness of defense and government markets, who thrives in a fast-paced, highly collaborative technology environment, and is comfortable balancing strategic planning with day-to-day execution.

This position works cross-functionally with sales, business development, product management, and executive leadership teams to support long-cycle technical sales efforts and advance Echodyne's growth objectives throughout the Americas.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and execute integrated regional marketing programs supporting defense, federal civilian, critical infrastructure, and advanced air mobility markets across the Americas
• Create and manage marketing campaigns that increase market awareness, generate qualified engagement, and support complex technical sales cycles
• Lead development of customer-facing content including collateral, presentations, digital campaigns, thought leadership, case studies, event materials, and product messaging
• Translate complex technical concepts into clear, compelling messaging tailored to customer, partner, and industry audiences
• Partner closely with sales, business development, product, and sales enablement teams to align marketing initiatives with business priorities and pipeline objectives
• Lead regional event strategy and execution, including trade shows, conferences, customer demonstrations, and partner engagements
• Support partner and ecosystem marketing initiatives with channel, technology, and strategic alliance partners
• Oversee digital marketing execution across web, email, outbound campaigns, and related demand generation activities
• Manage marketing operations workflows within Salesforce Account Engagement and related CRM and automation platforms
• Lead and mentor a small regional marketing team while coordinating external agencies, contractors, and vendors as needed
• Monitor campaign performance, engagement metrics, and marketing effectiveness to optimize programs and resource allocation

REQUIRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE

• 10+ years of B2B marketing experience
• 4+ years within defense technology, aerospace, sensor, autonomy, or robotics industries
• 5+ years of experience leading or mentoring marketing teams in fast-paced growth environments
• Demonstrated success supporting complex technical sales cycles and cross-functional go-to-market initiatives
• Experience developing and executing integrated marketing campaigns across digital, content, event, and partner marketing channels
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience supporting field marketing initiatives and large-scale industry event execution
• Hands-on experience with CRM and marketing automation platforms, including Salesforce Account Engagement or similar systems
• Ability to operate effectively in lean, fast-moving organizations with evolving priorities
• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneousl

DESIRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE 

• Experience marketing to U.S. defense, government, aerospace, autonomy, or critical infrastructure customers
• Experience supporting regional or international marketing initiatives across the Americas
• Background in high-growth startups or scaling technology organizations
• Experience working with channel, reseller, or ecosystem partner marketing programs
• Familiarity with long-cycle procurement environments and technical B2B buying processes

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Hybrid work environment
• Highly collaborative and cross-functional organization
• Fast-paced operational scale-up environment supporting mission-critical customers and technologies
• Lean team structure requiring both strategic thinking and hands-on execution
• Up to 40% travel to support customer engagements, industry events, and internal collaboration

Echodyne's technology is export controlled by the U.S. Government and we must evaluate an applicant's eligibility to handle export-controlled information or obtain required Government authorizations.  Therefore, we will ask you as part of the application process to identify whether you are a U.S. Citizen or green card holder, or have asylum/refugee status in the U.S. 

WHAT WE OFFER

This is an exempt role.