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Salary: USD 185,880 - 204,500 / annual
Cowboy Space Corporation is building space-based solar energy infrastructure to solve the global energy crisis. The company develops modular, scalable satellites that collect sunlight in Low Earth Orbit and transmit energy via infrared lasers (space-to-earth and space-to-space), power on-orbit high-performance computing clusters, and provide secure optical data transport. Founded in 2024 by Baiju Bhatt (co-founder of Robinhood), the company has raised ~$365 million from top-tier investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, and Breakthrough Energy Ventures. The team includes veterans from SpaceX, Blue Origin, NASA, and other leading aerospace organizations.
As Head of Marketing and Communications, you will define how Cowboy Space presents itself to the world and lead the communications function. You will own the market narrative, competitive positioning, messaging, campaigns, media relations, digital and social presence, and event strategy. Working closely with leadership and cross-functional teams, you will translate the company's mission, technical progress, and major milestones into communications that support business objectives.
Key responsibilities include: defining market narrative and competitive positioning; developing messaging pillars and ensuring brand consistency across all channels; creating marketing strategies for milestones, technical achievements, partnerships, and announcements; planning campaigns supporting fundraising, recruiting, partnerships, and thought leadership; leading media and public relations efforts to build press relationships and secure earned coverage; managing crisis communications for launch, demonstration, and mission scenarios; overseeing digital content strategy and brand consistency; developing event strategy including conferences, speaking opportunities, and hosted events; directly managing and developing the Executive & Corporate Communications Partner (a senior communications hire supporting the CEO); setting clear goals and priorities for direct reports; ensuring executive, corporate, and internal communications remain aligned; tracking marketing effectiveness, audience engagement, and brand sentiment; establishing performance measures and ROI evaluation; managing the marketing budget and vendor relationships.
This role requires strategic thinking, strong execution, and effective people leadership. You should establish a clear point of view, translate it into actionable marketing plans, and provide your team with context and support to produce excellent work.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 7+ years of experience in marketing, brand strategy, corporate communications, product marketing, or related field
- 2+ years of direct experience managing and developing communications, marketing, or creative professionals
- Hands-on experience leading media and public relations, including building press relationships and securing earned coverage
- Demonstrated ability to set clear expectations, provide actionable feedback, and support strong performance
- Experience defining market positioning and messaging for technical, growing, or mission-driven companies
- Demonstrated ability to translate company strategy into integrated marketing plans and campaigns
- Strong writing, editing, presentation, and narrative development skills
- Experience leading website strategy, digital content, social, events, and external creative work
- Experience developing materials for investors, business partners, customers, or strategic audiences
- Strong understanding of marketing performance measures, audience engagement, and brand sentiment
- Experience managing budgets, agencies, vendors, and contractors
- Ability to work closely with senior executives and influence decisions across multiple teams
- Excellent judgment and ability to help teams operate effectively as priorities evolve
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
PREFERRED:
- Experience building or expanding a marketing or communications function
- Experience marketing a new technical category or business model
- Experience with executive communications or ghostwriting for senior leaders
- Familiarity with fundraising, investor communications, and business development
- Experience supporting major technical milestones, demonstrations, partnerships, or announcements
- Strong network of creative, media, event, or production partners
- Genuine curiosity about spacecraft, computing infrastructure, and the orbital economy
ITAR REQUIREMENT: Applicants must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
