--- title: 'Executive Vice President, Marketing at Outpost' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/executive-vice-president-marketing-outpost-los-angeles-febdm5g8b2qw' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-12' --- # Executive Vice President, Marketing at Outpost - **Company:** Outpost - **Location:** Los Angeles, CA - **Posted:** 2026-08-04 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/outpostspace/jobs/4702333006 ## Job description Executive Vice President, Marketing Location: Playa Vista, California (in-person, five days per week) The return lane isn’t going to build itself. Come build it with us. Outpost is an orbital logistics company rewriting the rules of global logistics by building reusable Earth-return vehicles that unlock in-space manufacturing, on-orbit warehousing, and 60-minute global delivery through space. Our CarryAll vehicle family returns payloads ranging from 200 kilograms to 10 metric tons, lands within 10 meters of its target, and can then be refurbished and launched again. One vehicle, many missions: responsive logistics and precision delivery for national security; commercial cargo moved with real cadence; R&D payloads flown, tested, and refined across repeatable cycles; and critical aid delivered where roads and runways can’t reach. The demand is already here, validated through defense and civil agreements and supported by a growing pipeline of government and commercial customers. We have the customers, the team, and a clear technical path ahead of us. We’re building the return lane. Come build it with us The Opportunity Outpost is seeking a senior marketing executive to convert this momentum into a sophisticated, repeatable market-engagement engine. Reporting to the President, this leader will steward and activate the refreshed brand while shaping how Outpost is understood and experienced across commercial, civil, national security, investor, partner, media, and talent audiences. The role centers on translating company strategy into sustained market engagement: relationship strategy, customer marketing across long and complex business development paths, integrated event and communications cycles, news and announcement planning, executive visibility, and disciplined marketing operations. It also requires independent leadership - setting direction, initiating work with limited executive prompting, establishing clear priorities and accountability, and building the systems and team required for consistent execution. You will partner closely with executive leadership and leaders across engineering, programs, business development, government sales, operations, and recruiting. ## What You Will Own - Set the company-wide marketing strategy across commercial, civil, and national security priorities, and convert it into annual and quarterly operating plans, budgets, resource plans, metrics, and a clear executive reporting cadence. - Steward and activate Outpost’s refreshed brand, positioning, messaging, and visual standards. Drive consistent adoption across the company and evolve the platform deliberately as business and market needs develop. - Build a relationship-marketing strategy that maps priority customers, partners, influencers, and stakeholders across complex, multi-year business development paths, with clear engagement objectives, touchpoints, content, and ownership. - Lead customer and product marketing across commercial, civil, and national security offerings, equipping business development and executive teams with tailored narratives, collateral, case studies, campaigns, and account-specific support. - Own an integrated communications and news cycle spanning company announcements, media engagement, executive communications, thought leadership, digital and social channels, and content - sequencing each moment to build credibility and sustained momentum. - Define and lead the annual event cycle across industry conferences, customer engagements, demonstrations, product launches, recruiting events, and other external moments. Set audience objectives, relationship outcomes, measures of success, and disciplined follow-up. - Translate complex technical products, programs, and mission concepts into clear, credible narratives for technical, commercial, civil, government, investor, and public audiences. - Build the marketing operating system: roadmaps, calendars, decision rights, workflows, briefs, reviews, measurement, and accountability. Ensure commitments are completed on time and to a consistently high standard. - Build, organize, and lead a high-performing marketing team. Establish clear roles and decision authority; delegate effectively; provide mentorship, regular feedback, and direct accountability; and manage agencies, vendors, budgets, and resource allocation with discipline. - Serve as a proactive executive partner on company positioning, strategic relationships, business development, fundraising, recruiting, reputation management, and major corporate milestones. Anticipate needs and bring leadership well-developed recommendations and solutions rather than waiting for direction ## Qualifications - 12+ years of progressive marketing experience, including at least 5 years leading a multidisciplinary marketing or communications organization at the vice president or executive level. - A record of building or scaling marketing functions in high-growth aerospace, space infrastructure, robotics, advanced manufacturing, transportation, logistics, or other deep-technology companies serving complex technical customers. - Demonstrated success as both a strategic leader and a hands-on operator, including the ability to lead effectively without a large team or mature infrastructure. - Deep capability across brand stewardship, positioning, product and customer marketing, relationship marketing, corporate communications, public relations, content and digital marketing, event strategy, and executive communications. - Exceptional ability to understand complex technical systems, long customer-development cycles, and multi-stakeholder buying environments, and convert them into precise, compelling narratives and engagement strategies without sacrificing credibility. - Strong organizational leadership: planning, prioritization, budget and resource management, operating cadence, performance measurement, delegation, coaching, and accountability. - Executive presence and judgment, with exceptional written and verbal communication skills and experience advising senior leaders and engaging investors, customers, partners, and media. - A low-ego, high-accountability leadership style; comfort operating at speed, making decisions with incomplete information, and adapting as company priorities evolve. - Willingness to work in person at Outpost’s Playa Vista headquarters five days per week. ## Preferred Experience - Experience marketing across multiple customer types, such as commercial enterprises, civil space agencies, U.S. government or defense organizations, or regulated industrial markets. - Experience supporting complex, relationship-driven business development, strategic partnerships, or long customer acquisition cycles. - Experience orchestrating major events, announcement programs, media cycles, executive thought leadership, fundraising, or investor communications. - Established relationships with aerospace, technology, business, and relevant trade media, and experience creating a category around a technically complex physical product or platform Compensation: - Competitive compensation: $245,000 – $300,000; (commensurate with experience). - Additional Compensation:  Annual performance-based bonuses that reward your impact. - Shared upside: Meaningful equity in Outpost so you share directly in the value you help create. - Comprehensive healthcare: Medical, dental, and vision coverage to keep you and your loved ones covered. We cover the base tier of medical insurance and all premiums of vision and dental. - Protection when it matters: Company-provided short- and long-term disability coverage for peace of mind, plus life insurance for even more security. - PTO: Recharge on your own terms with paid time off, plus 9 days of paid holidays. - Invest in your future: 401(k) with company match to help you build long-term wealth. - Fueled for the mission: Daily DoorDash lunch stipend, plus unlimited snacks, coffee, and tea to keep you energized. - Mission that matters: Work shoulder-to-shoulder with leaders from aerospace, new space, and deep-tech industries building the future of orbital infrastructure. - Pet Friendly Office: Bring your furry friend into the office so that they can be a part of our mission too. - Monthly Company Happy Hours and Events: Drinks at the local bar, hibachi nights, mini golfing and more! You must be a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by[22 C.F.R. § 120.15](https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CFR-2022-title22-vol1/CFR-2022-title22-vol1-sec120-15) ,or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. ## About Outpost ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Outpost is building fully-reusable Earth-return vehicles to enable rapid global logistics and in-space manufacturing, delivering cargo from orbit to any point on Earth within 60 minutes. - **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage) - **Headquarters**: Los Angeles, California, United States - **Founded**: 2021 - **Founders**: Jason Dunn ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Defense and Space Manufacturing - **Target customers**: U.S. Government (Army, Air Force, NASA), defense and humanitarian organizations, commercial space manufacturing firms - **Mission**: To create tomorrow’s infrastructure by delivering cargo anywhere on Earth in under 60 minutes and manufacturing next-gen materials in orbit — faster, cleaner, and with greater precision. ## Products & Services - **Carryall (Re-Entry Vehicle)**: A reusable, scalable Earth-return platform that launches on commercial rockets, glides back from orbit, and delivers multi-ton cargo within 25 meters of its target. Capable of returning payloads from orbit to Earth in under 60 minutes. - **Ferryall (Orbital Testbed)**: A vehicle for routine access to orbit for payloads, experiments, and research, delivering them back to Earth within hours. Serves as a hypersonics test bed and TRL-raising mission platform. - **Precision Airdrop System**: A delivery system deployable from aircraft (from a few hundred feet AGL up to 65,000' MSL) that lands cargo with 25-meter precision, designed for conflict zones, disaster areas, and remote operations. - **In-Space Manufacturing**: Orbital manufacturing capabilities, starting with ultra-low-loss fiber optics that offer 10-20x the performance of terrestrially manufactured fiber, enabling faster AI inference, lower data center energy use, and faster global communications. ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: $7.1M total funding (Seed round, August 2022, with 7 investors) - **Annual Revenue**: Approximately $1.0M - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Backed by contracts and awards from the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, NASA, and other mission-critical customers. Supported by expert investors with deep space and defense experience. - **Growth Signals**: Headcount of 30 employees with +5.7% monthly growth; 11 active job postings; leadership team with proven track record of generating over $2.5 billion in contracts and awards and recruiting over $500 million in capital at previous ventures. ## Competitive Advantages - **Proven Leadership**: Founder Jason Dunn was co-founder and CTO of Made In Space (acquired, later IPO as Redwire NYSE: RDW), where he led the development of the first 3D printers and in-space fiber optics manufacturing technologies in orbit. President Amir Blachman was the first employee and Chief Business Officer at Axiom Space, where he helped raise over $500M and secure $2.3B in contracts. - **Deep Engineering Talent**: VP of Engineering Julie Newman is a former Boeing Chief Engineer and NASA JPL lead engineer on the Europa Clipper mission, with prior avionics experience at SpaceX on Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon. - **First-Mover in Earth Return**: Pioneering the return-to-Earth architecture for logistics, filling a critical gap in the space economy for reusable, precise cargo return. - **Multi-Mission Platform**: The same vehicle enables both cargo delivery and in-space manufacturing return, creating a dual revenue stream. ## Strategic Focus - Scaling the company’s commercial and government business, with an emphasis on defense logistics, disaster relief, and rapid mobility. - Developing a novel reentry vehicle system defining the future of high-speed logistics and in-space manufacturing. - Expanding orbital manufacturing capabilities, starting with advanced fiber optics for telecom and AI infrastructure. - Building long-term operating model for space logistics and in-space manufacturing. ## Why Work Here - **Mission-Driven Work**: A chance to build the infrastructure that lets humanity move anything, anywhere, at the speed of space — working on technology that has direct impact on defense, humanitarian aid, and next-generation manufacturing. - **High-Caliber Team**: Work alongside former SpaceX, Boeing, NASA JPL, and Axiom Space engineers in a fast-paced startup environment. - **Culture of Urgency**: Described as a "mission-focused team, building with urgency, grit, and care for the work we do and the people we do it with." - **Location**: Based in Los Angeles, California, with all current open positions listed as on-site in Los Angeles. - **Growth Stage**: At 30 employees with rapid hiring, early employees have significant impact and ownership. - **Open Roles**: Currently hiring for 16 positions including Mechanical Engineer, Director of Structures and Mechanisms, Senior Paraglider & Parachute Engineer, VP of Engineering - Vehicle, Senior Software Architect, Senior Avionics Engineer, and Mission Manager. ## Sources 1. [outpost.space](https://www.outpost.space/) 2. [outpost.space/company](https://www.outpost.space/company) 3. [outpost.space/careers](https://www.outpost.space/careers) 4. [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/outpostspace) 5. 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