Ultra

Head of Marketing at Ultra (Brooklyn, NY)

Ultra· Brooklyn, NY· $200k–$260k·

Role details

Salary
$200k–$260k
Work type
Onsite
Employment
Full-Time
Equity
Yes

Job description

About the Role

You'll be our first marketing hire and own the function end-to-end. The center of gravity for this role is positioning and product marketing: we're creating a new category at the intersection of robotics, AI, and logistics, and how we tell our story to our customers and the world will determine how fast we grow.

This is a builder role. You'll define the message before you scale the process. You'll hire a team, but you should know that world well enough to set strategy, hire great people, and hold the work to a high bar.

Location: This is a on-site role based in New York City.

What You’ll Own

  • Positioning & messaging. Define how Ultra communicates with the world, and shows up in the market: category narrative, value proposition by buyer persona, competitive framing against both traditional automation, new technology, and manual labor. Turn deployment traction into proof.
  • Product marketing. Own launches, sales enablement (decks, one-pagers, case studies), and the feedback loop between what customers say and how we sell. Partner closely with sales and product.
  • Content & brand. Build a content engine that makes Ultra the credible voice on AI-powered robotics: customer stories, POV pieces, demo assets. Keep the brand sharp and consistent as we scale. Own milestone announcements that grow our unique perspective.
  • Demand generation foundations. Stand up the basics (site, funnel tracking, early campaigns, events strategy), then hire and manage a demand gen lead to run the nitty-gritty. You set the strategy; they execute the programs.
  • Team building. Grow the marketing org thoughtfully as we scale; you'll shape what the function looks like.

Who You Are

  • 8+ years in B2B marketing with deep product marketing / positioning experience. You've defined messaging for a technical product and watched it change win rates.
  • Experience as an early or first marketing hire at a startup, building the function from scratch.
  • Working fluency in demand generation: you've run or closely managed pipeline programs and know what good looks like, even if it's not your specialty.
  • Strong writer. You'll be the best editor in the company and often produce the first draft.
  • Comfortable with ambiguity, hands-on by default, and energized by translating complex technology into clear commercial language.

Bonus

  • You've sold to operational buyers: supply chain, logistics, manufacturing, or adjacent industries a plus
  • Robotics, automation, hardware, or hardware-enabled SaaS background
  • Experience marketing a new category or an as-a-service business model
  • Familiarity with the fulfillment / 3PL ecosystem

Why work at Ultra

  • Early‑stage impact: Join a YC‑backed startup founded by three‑time entrepreneurs (previously founded Layer By Layer, Voodoo Manufacturing) with a decade of collaboration.
  • Fast‑paced, hands‑on culture: Engineers and researchers directly own firmware, hardware, ML models, and deployment – from design to field support.
  • Real‑world robotics: Work on robots that are already generating revenue in customer warehouses, not just lab prototypes.
  • Growth trajectory: 333% headcount growth in the past year, with ambitious plans to scale from 19 to hundreds of employees.
  • Location & flexibility: Based in New York City; roles span HQ (assembly, testing, R&D) and field deployment across the US.
  • Open roles (as of early 2026): Robotics Firmware Engineer, Robotics Hardware Engineer, Data Operations Lead, Research Scientist, Product Engineer, Deployment Engineer, Head of People – offering broad ownership and career growth.

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