Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) | Global AI-Powered Talent Intelligence Venture

Are you someone who enjoys building brands, creating market awareness, generating demand, and helping scale innovative technology businesses?

We're hiring a Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) to lead marketing, brand strategy, demand generation, content, growth initiatives, partnerships, and market positioning for SkillsCapital, an AI-powered Talent Intelligence platform focused on helping organizations discover, evaluate, deploy, and scale technology talent globally.

This is not a traditional corporate marketing leadership role focused primarily on managing campaigns and agencies.

This is a builder's role.

A scale-up role.

An opportunity to help shape the future direction of a growing AI-native platform.

You will work directly with the founders and leadership team to build market awareness, strengthen positioning, create scalable demand generation systems, establish thought leadership, and support business growth across multiple international markets.

About SkillsCapital

SkillsCapital is an AI-powered Talent Intelligence platform focused on helping organizations discover, evaluate, deploy, and scale technology talent across enterprise technology ecosystems.

Our platform combines Talent Intelligence, AI-powered matching, talent evaluation frameworks, workflow automation, and deployment-readiness capabilities to help organizations make faster and more informed talent decisions.

Over the past year, we have:

• Built and launched a fully operational AI-native Talent Intelligence platform

• Established relationships with customers across the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, and the Middle East

• Developed proprietary talent intelligence, matching, and evaluation capabilities

• Built a growing network of deeply vetted technology professionals across enterprise technology domains

• Achieved commercial traction while remaining independently funded

We are now entering the next stage of growth focused on market expansion, brand building, strategic partnerships, and scaling customer acquisition globally.

Our leadership team brings experience from global technology companies, enterprise consulting firms, product organizations, and leading international institutions, with backgrounds spanning technology, enterprise software, consulting, product development, and business leadership.

Why This Role Is Unique

This is an opportunity to:

• Build and scale the marketing function of a growing AI-powered platform

• Shape market positioning and category narrative

• Create scalable demand generation systems across multiple geographies

• Build brand awareness and thought leadership programs

• Establish strategic partnerships and ecosystem relationships

• Work directly with founders and senior leadership

• Influence both short-term growth and long-term business value creation

• Help define the future perception of the company within enterprise technology and talent ecosystems

You won't inherit layers of legacy processes or large corporate structures.

You'll help shape:

• The brand

• The positioning

• The growth engine

• The marketing culture

• The market narrative

What You'll OwnMarketing Strategy & Brand Development

• Define and execute the overall marketing strategy

• Develop and strengthen brand positioning and messaging

• Build awareness across target customer segments and geographies

• Support long-term market expansion initiatives

Demand Generation & Growth

• Build and scale multi-channel demand generation programs

• Develop lead generation and customer acquisition initiatives

• Optimize marketing funnels and conversion journeys

• Support account-based marketing (ABM) initiatives targeting enterprise customers

• Improve marketing performance through experimentation and data-driven decision making

Content & Thought Leadership

• Develop content marketing and thought leadership strategies

• Collaborate with leadership and subject matter experts to create market-facing content

• Expand social media, SEO, and inbound marketing initiatives

• Build programs that strengthen brand credibility and industry visibility

Partnerships & Market Development

• Establish strategic partnerships and ecosystem relationships

• Support community-building initiatives and industry engagement

• Identify opportunities to strengthen market presence and customer reach

Analytics & Performance

• Build marketing reporting and performance measurement frameworks

• Track campaign effectiveness and customer acquisition metrics

• Use insights and data to improve marketing efficiency and business outcomes

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Work closely with sales, operations, customer success, and leadership teams

• Align marketing initiatives with broader business objectives

• Contribute to company growth strategy and market expansion efforts

What We're Looking For

We care more about capability, ownership, execution, creativity, and growth mindset than specific titles or years of experience.

You may be a strong fit if you:

• Have experience building or scaling marketing programs within startups, SaaS businesses, consulting organizations, staffing companies, marketplaces, or technology platforms

• Understand both brand building and demand generation

• Can translate complex technology offerings into compelling market narratives

• Think in terms of systems, scalability, positioning, customer acquisition, and long-term growth

• Are comfortable operating in fast-moving and evolving environments

• Take ownership of outcomes and enjoy building from the ground up

• Understand modern AI-enabled marketing tools and workflows

• Thrive in environments where execution matters as much as strategy

What Success Looks Like

In this role, you will help:

• Increase brand awareness

• Strengthen market positioning

• Generate qualified demand and pipeline growth

• Expand customer acquisition efforts

• Build scalable marketing systems

• Support business growth and market expansion

• Create sustainable competitive differentiation

Compensation Structure

This is a founder-style leadership opportunity with meaningful long-term upside and significant influence on the future direction of the business.

Compensation includes:

• Meaningful equity participation

• Long-term value creation potential

• Strategic ownership and executive-level visibility

• A modest initial fixed compensation component during the current growth phase

• Performance-based incentives aligned with business outcomes

Who Will Thrive in This Role

This opportunity is well suited for individuals who are energized by:

• Ownership

• Building

• Scaling

• Creating long-term value

• Operating in high-accountability environments

• Working directly with founders and senior leadership

We are looking for someone excited about helping build and scale a growing business while taking ownership of meaningful outcomes.

Success in this role will require a combination of strategic thinking, hands-on execution, leadership, and a long-term commitment to building sustainable value for customers, employees, and stakeholders.

How to Apply

Please send your resume to:

Along with:

• A brief note explaining your interest in the role

• Examples of marketing programs, campaigns, brands, partnerships, or growth initiatives you have helped build

• Your LinkedIn profile, portfolio, website, or relevant work samples (if available)

• A summary of a marketing initiative or achievement you are most proud of

We look forward to hearing from professionals who are excited about building and scaling modern marketing functions within an AI-powered technology environment.