--- title: 'Growth Marketing Manager, Web Experience (R6101) at Shield AI' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/growth-marketing-manager-web-experience-r6101-shield-ai-united-states-bfamwp3gfyqd' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-26' --- # Growth Marketing Manager, Web Experience (R6101) at Shield AI - **Company:** Shield AI - **Location:** United States - **Compensation:** $120k–$180k - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-09-24 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-26 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/shieldai/d65d8dd1-f1c3-478f-97de-e36ed846d539 ## Job description Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube. What you'll do: Web Experience & Production - Own UX and content journeys across [Shield AI](http://shield.ai/) for key audiences, including customers, partners, policymakers, recruits, media, and industry stakeholders. - Maintain, update, and improve existing website pages to ensure content accuracy, strong UX, and alignment with business priorities. - Build new web pages and digital experiences in partnership with our web agency and internal stakeholders. - Translate campaign, product, recruiting, and communications goals into clear, effective web experiences. - Use WordPress to create, edit, QA, and publish website content. - Partner with Product Marketing, Communications, Creative, Recruiting, and business stakeholders to develop web content and page structures. - Apply strong UX judgment to improve navigation, page flow, content hierarchy, conversion paths, and audience engagement. - Use AI-enabled design and development workflows to accelerate ideation, prototyping, page production, and content refinement. - Coordinate with agency partners on web design, development, maintenance, SEO, analytics, and technical improvements. - Monitor web performance and user behavior to identify opportunities for content, UX, and conversion improvements. - Ensure website updates meet brand, quality, accessibility, and performance standards. Required qualifications: - 4+ years of experience in web experience, digital experience, web production, UX/content strategy, or a related field. - Basic understanding of HTML, CSS, design systems, or front-end development workflows. - Excellent project management skills with the ability to manage multiple web updates, launches, and stakeholder requests. - Comfort working with AI-enabled tools for design, content, prototyping, development, or workflow acceleration. - Hands-on experience managing and publishing content in WordPress or a comparable CMS. - Strong UX judgment with the ability to structure clear, intuitive digital journeys for multiple audience personas. - Experience building, maintaining, and improving website pages in partnership with designers, developers, agencies, and internal stakeholders. - Strong understanding of web content best practices, page hierarchy, SEO fundamentals, accessibility, and conversion optimization. - Excellent project management skills with the ability to manage multiple web updates, launches, and stakeholder requests. - Strong writing, editing, and content organization skills. Preferred qualifications: - Experience in aerospace, defense, national security, advanced technology, or B2B technology. - Experience working with web agencies or external development partners. - Familiarity with analytics tools, heatmapping, A/B testing, SEO platforms, or web performance reporting. Full-time regular employee offer package: Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity Temporary employee offer package: Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment) Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information. ### Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. ## About Shield AI ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Shield AI builds AI pilots and autonomous systems for military aircraft to protect service members and civilians. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series G, venture-backed) - **Headquarters**: San Diego, California, United States - **Founded**: 2015 - **Founders**: Brandon Tseng, Ryan Tseng, Andrew Reiter ## Core Business - Primary industry/industries: Defense technology, artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, aerospace - Target customers: U.S. Department of Defense, allied nations’ military forces (B2G / Government) - Mission or purpose statement: “Protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems.” ## Products & Services - **Hivemind**: A combat‑tested, modular autonomy stack for aircraft – self‑driving technology for drones, jets, and helicopters. Includes path‑planning, mapping, state‑estimation, computer vision, and reinforcement learning. Type: Software (AI/autonomy). - **V‑BAT**: A vertical take‑off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial system (UAS) designed for persistent ISR and strike missions. Type: Hardware (drone). - **X‑BAT**: An advanced unmanned aircraft system with extended endurance and payload capacity, built for multi‑domain operations. Type: Hardware (drone). - **Hivemind Vision Systems**: Computer‑vision and sensor‑fusion capabilities integrated into Hivemind for GPS‑denied environments. Type: Software + sensors. - **Hivemind Enterprise**: A deployable version of Hivemind for third‑party platforms and commercial applications. Type: Software. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company). Total funding raised: $3.6B (as of Series G in March 2026). - **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue ~$21.7M (estimated, private) | Total Funding $3.6B (including $2B Series G led by JP Morgan Chase and Advent International, March 2026). - **Notable Investors/Partners**: JP Morgan Chase, Advent International, Blackstone, Riot Ventures, SnowPoint Ventures, Disruptive (55+ investors total). Strategic partners include U.S. DoD and allied defense forces. - **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew 68.3% YoY to 1,283 employees; 338 active job postings (+57.2% YoY); operates in 5 countries (U.S., Australia, UAE, Norway, Ukraine); recent acquisitions of Sentient Vision Systems (2024), Heron Systems, MARTIN UAV. ## Competitive Advantages - **Combat‑proven autonomy**: Hivemind has been tested in live military operations, providing a first‑mover advantage in contested, GPS‑denied environments. - **Full‑stack integration**: Combines software (AI pilot), hardware (V‑BAT, X‑BAT), and sensor systems, creating a tightly integrated product ecosystem. - **Cross‑functional engineering culture**: Engineers work across AI, robotics, aerospace, and defense – not siloed – enabling rapid iteration and field deployment. - **Top talent pipeline**: Employees drawn from Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Amazon, Anduril, and other leading defense/tech firms. ## Strategic Focus - **Scale AI pilots across all domains**: Extend Hivemind from aircraft to ships, satellites, and ground vehicles (“every military asset”). - **International expansion**: Growing presence in Australia, Europe, and Middle East via mission autonomy centers and partnerships. - **Deepen autonomy stack**: Continued investment in reinforcement learning, simulation, and computer vision to maintain leadership in contested‑environment autonomy. ## Why Work Here - **Mission‑driven work**: Directly contribute to protecting service members and civilians with cutting‑edge AI and robotics. - **Cross‑functional teams**: Engineers collaborate across disciplines (AI, hardware, software, systems) on real‑world defense challenges. - **Benefits**: Excellent medical coverage, mental health EAP, paid parental leave, pet insurance, flexible work hours, gym discounts (SD) / on‑site gym (DC), free parking, competitive compensation, 401k with match, stock benefits. - **Work policy**: Flexible work hours; some offices (e.g., San Diego HQ, Arlington, DC) have on‑site facilities. Remote/hybrid options available depending on role. - **Growth trajectory**: Rapidly scaling (68% headcount growth) with hundreds of open roles across engineering, operations, and program management. ## Sources 1. [shield.ai/about](https://shield.ai/about/) 2. [shield.ai/careers](https://shield.ai/careers/) 3. [LinkedIn – Shield AI](https://www.linkedin.com/company/shield-ai) 4. [CBInsights – Shield AI](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/shield-ai) 5. 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