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title: 'Head of Marketing US at Harmattan AI'
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# Head of Marketing US at Harmattan AI

- **Company:** [Harmattan AI](https://feeny.ai/companies/harmattan-ai)
- **Location:** Austin, TX
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-10-06
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-09
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/harmattan-ai/2bbb59bf-56df-4b0b-abf9-1740f04a84a0

## Job description

## About Us

Harmattan AI is a next-generation defense prime building autonomous and scalable defense systems. Following the close of a $200M Series B, valuing the company at $1.4 billion, we are expanding our teams and capabilities to deliver mission-critical systems to allied forces. Our work is guided by clear values: building technologies with real-world impact, pursuing excellence in everything we do, setting ambitious goals, and taking on the hardest technical challenges. We operate in a demanding environment where rigor, ownership, and execution are expected.

## About the Role

As Head of Marketing, US, you will build Harmattan AI’s marketing function in the United States from the ground up, working in close alignment with the Global Head of Marketing. Harmattan AI’s core company, mission, product positioning, and brand are global and centrally defined. You will be responsible for translating that strategy into the U.S. market, shaping how it is communicated and activated across the U.S. defense ecosystem while maintaining a consistent global identity. You will lead U.S. product marketing execution, events, communications, and employer branding, moving constantly between strategy and hands-on delivery. This role suits a builder who can adapt global direction to U.S. customers and stakeholders, create the processes needed to execute effectively, and deliver at speed.

## Responsibilities

U.S. Strategy & Positioning

- Develop and execute the U.S. marketing strategy and rolling 12-month calendar, aligned with global marketing.
- Establish U.S. messaging architecture adaptation across company, product, customer, and mission levels.
- Activate the Harmattan AI brand for U.S. audiences.
- Own U.S. positioning for Harmattan's product portfolio, grounded in real operational use cases.

Product Marketing & Sales Enablement

- Build and maintain a library of U.S. collateral: capability briefs, one-pagers, white papers, and customer presentations.
- Create a repeatable process for rapidly producing materials supporting BD, capture opportunities, and customer engagements.
- Translate complex technical capabilities into clear, accurate messaging for operational and acquisition audiences.
- Direct photo and video capture at demonstrations to produce compelling, credible visual storytelling.

Communications, Events & Employer Brand

- Own U.S. public relations and earned-media strategy, building relationships with defense media and analysts.
- Execute U.S. events and trade-shows across defense conferences, symposiums, and demonstrations.
- Support executive communications, including talking points, briefs, announcements, and high-visibility media engagements.
- Build U.S. employer-branding and digital campaigns supporting the growth of the Austin operation.

Leadership & Performance

- Define U.S. marketing KPIs tied to pipeline, customer engagement, recruiting, and market credibility.
- Manage agencies, contractors, and event vendors, and build the future U.S. marketing team.

Candidate Requirements

- Significant experience building or scaling marketing at a U.S. defense technology, aerospace, autonomy, or national security company.
- Experience in a high-growth defense technology environment is strongly preferred.
- Deep fluency in the U.S. national security ecosystem and how to communicate credibly with defense audiences.
- Proven ability to market sophisticated technology accurately, without buzzwords or overclaiming capability.
- Track record across product marketing, executive communications, event strategy, thought leadership, and sales enablement.
- Hands-on operator who personally produces work at speed, rather than only managing agencies or teams.
- Experience working with veterans, engineers, operators, and government customers is highly valued.
- A strong portfolio of prior work is required; a relevant bachelor's degree is preferred but secondary to demonstrated performance.
- Full commitment to Harmattan AI's mission and a readiness to thrive in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.

We look forward to hearing how you can help shape the future of autonomous defense systems at Harmattan AI.

## About Harmattan AI

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Harmattan AI builds autonomous defense systems—including strike and surveillance drones—using AI-driven autonomy and real-time intelligence for allied forces.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B, unicorn status)
- **Headquarters**: Paris, France
- **Founded**: 2024
- **Founders**: Mouad M’Ghari (CEO & Co‑founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Defense & autonomous systems
- **Target customers**: B2G – NATO member states, ministries of defence (UK, France, and others)
- **Mission**: Deliver scalable, sovereign AI capabilities to allied forces by building mission‑ready autonomous systems that respond in real time, adapt under pressure, and deliver an edge in contested environments. [harmattan.ai](https://harmattan.ai/)

## Products & Services
- **Platform Autonomy**: AI‑driven autonomy layer for drones, enabling real‑time decision‑making and adaptation.
- **Mission Orchestration**: Software for coordinating multiple autonomous assets (e.g., collaborative air combat).
- **Precision Strike**: Attritable strike drones with embedded AI for target engagement.
- **VSHORAD (Very Short‑Range Air Defence)**: Counter‑drone interception systems.
- **Persistent ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance)**: Autonomous surveillance platforms for continuous battlefield awareness.
- **Electronic Warfare Platforms**: Systems for electronic attack and protection. [harmattan.ai](https://harmattan.ai/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: $1.4 billion (as of January 2026, after Series B). [tech.eu](https://tech.eu/2026/01/12/french-startup-harmattan-ai-hits-unicorn-status-as-it-strikes-deal-with-french-aerospace-group/)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding ~$240 million ($200 M Series B led by Dassault Aviation + over $40 M prior). [tech.eu](https://tech.eu/2026/01/12/french-startup-harmattan-ai-hits-unicorn-status-as-it-strikes-deal-with-french-aerospace-group/)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Dassault Aviation (lead investor & strategic partner), multiple NATO allies as customers.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Achieved unicorn status within two years of founding.
  - Awarded several “programs of record” by UK and French Ministries of Defence. [tech.eu](https://tech.eu/2026/01/12/french-startup-harmattan-ai-hits-unicorn-status-as-it-strikes-deal-with-french-aerospace-group/)
  - Scaling industrial manufacturing of drone interception and electronic warfare platforms.
  - Headcount grew to 131 employees (Built In estimate). [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/harmattan-ai)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Two‑layer autonomy model**: Combines platform‑level AI with mission‑orchestration software for coordinated, scalable autonomous forces.
- **Sovereign AI**: Focus on delivering non‑dependent capabilities to allied nations, differentiating from US‑centric primes.
- **Attritable systems**: Cost‑effective, expendable drones that enable mass deployment without prohibitive losses.
- **Speed to relevance**: Claims rapid iteration and deployment cycles, with conflict‑ready production. [harmattan.ai](https://harmattan.ai/)

## Strategic Focus
- Expand product offering into new operational domains (e.g., collaborative air combat with Dassault Aviation).
- Scale industrial manufacturing of drone interception, electronic warfare, and ISR platforms.
- Deepen integration of embedded AI into next‑generation air combat systems (future combat air systems). [tech.eu](https://tech.eu/2026/01/12/french-startup-harmattan-ai-hits-unicorn-status-as-it-strikes-deal-with-french-aerospace-group/)

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “Elite builders” who “thrive on complexity, move with urgency, and own their work end to end.” Emphasis on purpose, technical excellence, and real‑world impact. [harmattan.ai](https://harmattan.ai/careers/)
- **Values**: Tackle the hardest problems, build what matters, move at the speed of relevance, and aim to redefine frontiers. [harmattan.ai](https://harmattan.ai/careers/)
- **Work policy**: Hybrid model with a mix of remote and on‑site; many roles are in‑office at locations in Paris, Lausanne, London, Arlington (TX), Wissous, Poland, UAE, and Morocco. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/harmattan-ai)
- **Engineering culture**: Hands‑on development of mission‑critical autonomous systems; strong R&D focus across AI, computer vision, RF hardware, propulsion, and mission planning.
- **Perks**: Not explicitly listed, but the company highlights the opportunity to protect front‑line personnel and shape the future of autonomous defence.

## Sources
1. [harmattan.ai](https://harmattan.ai/)
2. [harmattan.ai/careers](https://harmattan.ai/careers/)
3. [harmattan.ai/open-roles](https://harmattan.ai/open-roles)
4. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/harmattan-ai)
5. [tech.eu](https://tech.eu/2026/01/12/french-startup-harmattan-ai-hits-unicorn-status-as-it-strikes-deal-with-french-aerospace-group/)

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