Marketing Lead

This is the founding marketing leadership role for the supply side of this marketplace. You will set the strategy, identify the audiences and channels that work, and build a repeatable path from first touch to pipeline and revenue. You will also execute the first campaigns yourself, working directly with our senior leadership team and across sales, operations, product, and legal.

We are looking for a forward-thinking, hands-on builder who can move easily between strategy and execution. You will have the support of Handshake’s broader marketing organization, with the autonomy to build a new growth engine from the ground up. As the business and GTM motion prove out, there may be an opportunity to shape and lead a dedicated marketing team.

Own the marketing strategy, including segmentation, positioning, channel priorities, and investment decisions

Build and optimize the funnel across paid, outbound, referral, partner, product, and lifecycle channels

Measure results through qualified pipeline and revenue, continuously testing and shifting investment toward what works

Launch the first campaigns, landing pages, nurture programs, messaging, and sales materials while creating playbooks others can scale

A track record of building measurable acquisition funnels and converting performance data into improved outcomes

Strong quantitative fluency — you can query your own data, build a funnel model, design a statistically sound test, and distinguish signal from noise

Partner with SDR and sales leadership on targeting, qualification, enablement, and feedback from the market

Develop distinct motions for high-velocity opportunities, strategic deals, and partner-led acquisition

Establish the enrichment, intent, automation, attribution, and reporting systems needed to scale

You Have

7+ years in B2B growth, demand generation, or full-stack marketing, including recent experience personally executing campaigns and building acquisition systems.

Built an acquisition motion from zero to one. You can explain what you built yourself, how you found the audience, which channels worked, and how the effort contributed to closed business.

Strong command of funnel math and business economics. You can build a working forecast, explain stage-by-stage conversion and timing, and reconcile performance against the plan. You use upstream metrics to understand and improve the end outcome.

The ability to work directly with data. You can query and analyze your own data using SQL, spreadsheets, and analytics tools, investigate unexpected results, and design experiments with a clear understanding of sample size and uncertainty.

Practical fluency with modern growth tools, AI, and automation. You have personally implemented workflows across multiple systems and are comfortable working with APIs, webhooks, and low-code tools.

Creative channel judgment. You have identified promising audiences, distribution partners, or acquisition channels beyond the standard playbook and turned them into measurable results.

Strong messaging and conversion instincts. You can translate a complex offering into credible, compelling messaging for founders and business leaders, then carry that message through campaigns, creative, and the product experience.

Experience working closely with SDR and sales teams, with shared accountability for qualification, deal progression, and closed business.

Bonus points:

Experience acquiring suppliers or partners for a marketplace

Experience marketing to founders, SMBs, or privately held companies

Built referral, channel, alliance, or ecosystem programs

Experience with offerings that require education, trust, and multiple stakeholders to close

Comfortable using lightweight scripting to connect tools or analyze data

We Offer

Handshake delivers benefits that help you feel supported — and thrive at work and in life.

The below benefits are for full-time US employees.

🎯 Ownership: Equity in a fast-growing company

💰 Financial Wellness: 401(k) match, competitive compensation, financial coaching

🍼 Family Support: Paid parental leave, fertility benefits, parental coaching

💝 Wellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision, mental health support, $500 wellness stipend

📚 Growth: $2,000 learning stipend, ongoing development

💻 Remote & Office: Internet, commuting, and free lunch/gym in our SF office

🏝 Time Off: Flexible PTO, 15 holidays + 2 flex days

🤝 Connection: Team outings & referral bonuses

Explore our mission, values, and comprehensive US benefits atjoinhandshake.com/careers.