Executive Vice President, Marketing (Aerospace)

Location: Playa Vista, California; in person five days per week. Candidates must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, protected individuals, or eligible to obtain the required U.S. authorizations.

Salary: $245,000–$300,000 annually, plus performance-based bonuses and equity.

Company

hirify.global is an orbital logistics company building reusable Earth-return vehicles for in-space manufacturing, on-orbit warehousing, global delivery, national security, commercial cargo, research payloads, and critical aid.

What you will do

• Set company-wide marketing strategy across commercial, civil, and national security priorities, including operating plans, budgets, resources, metrics, and executive reporting.
• Steward hirify.global’s brand, positioning, messaging, and visual standards across the company.
• Build relationship, customer, and product marketing for complex, multi-year business development cycles.
• Lead integrated communications, media engagement, executive communications, thought leadership, digital channels, content, and news announcements.
• Define and manage the annual event cycle across conferences, customer engagements, demonstrations, launches, recruiting events, and external programs.
• Build the marketing operating system and lead the marketing team, including workflows, measurement, agencies, vendors, budgets, mentorship, and accountability.

Requirements

• 12+ years of progressive marketing experience, including at least 5 years leading a multidisciplinary marketing or communications organization at vice president or executive level.
• Experience building or scaling marketing functions in aerospace, space infrastructure, robotics, advanced manufacturing, transportation, logistics, or other deep-technology companies.
• Strong capabilities across brand stewardship, positioning, product and customer marketing, relationship marketing, communications, public relations, content, digital marketing, events, and executive communications.
• Ability to understand complex technical systems, long customer-development cycles, and multi-stakeholder buying environments and convert them into credible narratives.
• Strong organizational leadership, budget management, performance measurement, delegation, coaching, and accountability skills.
• Willingness to work in person at the Playa Vista headquarters five days per week and meet U.S. work authorization requirements.

Nice to have

• Experience marketing to commercial enterprises, civil space agencies, U.S. government or defense organizations, or regulated industrial markets.
• Experience with strategic partnerships, complex business development, major events, announcement programs, media cycles, fundraising, or investor communications.
• Established aerospace, technology, business, or trade media relationships.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, with base-tier medical insurance and all vision and dental premiums covered.
• Company-provided short- and long-term disability coverage and life insurance.
• Paid time off, 9 paid holidays, and a 401(k) with company match.
• Annual performance-based bonuses and meaningful equity.
• Daily DoorDash lunch stipend, unlimited snacks, coffee, and tea.
• Pet-friendly office, monthly company events, and collaboration with aerospace, new space, and deep-tech leaders.