Chief Marketing Officer

KUNGFU.AI is a leading AI consulting firm that helps businesses harness the power of artificial intelligence. We provide AI strategy, machine learning engineering, and AI operations services to mid-market and enterprise clients. As AI adoption accelerates, we are scaling rapidly and seeking a strategic, results-driven Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) to elevate our brand, define our market category, and drive revenue growth through world-class marketing.

This is a high-impact, executive-level leadership role ideal for a growth-oriented marketing executive who thrives in B2B services and understands how to position a company as an industry leader while building a scalable demand generation engine.

The CMO will be responsible for developing and executing a marketing strategy that fuels growth, establishes category leadership, and generates pipeline for AI consulting services. As a key member of the leadership team, the CMO will partner closely with sales, product, delivery, and leadership to ensure marketing is a core revenue driver for the business.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in demand generation, enterprise B2B marketing, and category creation, as well as a strong leadership presence to influence executive and board-level discussions. This leader will also play a mentorship role, helping develop our entire team to play a role in marketing excellence.

Here's what you'll be doing:

• Defining and executing a comprehensive marketing strategy that aligns with KUNGFU.AI’s growth objectives and revenue goals
• Partnering with the leadership team to position marketing as a core growth driver and elevating its strategic importance in business decisions
• Building and leading a high-performing marketing team, including hiring key roles and mentoring existing leadership
• Serving as a trusted advisor to the leadership team, providing insights on market positioning, customer acquisition, and category trends
• Establishing KUNGFU.AI as the leading AI consulting firm through thought leadership, content strategy, and strategic communications
• Developing and executing category creation initiatives that differentiate KUNGFU.AI in the AI services market
• Expanding the company’s presence at key industry events, conferences, and media outlets to build market authority
• Building relationships with industry analysts, media, and influencers to solidify KUNGFU.AI’s market position
• Owning pipeline generation, developing multi-channel demand generation programs that drive revenue and sales enablement
• Optimizing and scaling ABM (Account-Based Marketing), SEO, paid media, email marketing, and content-driven lead generation
• Leveraging AI-driven marketing technologies to enhance targeting, personalization, and conversion rates
• Defining and tracking key marketing performance metrics (ROI, attribution, pipeline impact) with a focus on measurable growth
• Developing and refining marketing strategies that support enterprise and mid-market sales cycles. You’ll be working closely with sales to align on messaging and execution
• Building a sales enablement function that equips client partners with high-impact content, case studies, and messaging frameworks
• Strengthening partner marketing and strategic alliances, expanding the firm’s market reach through co-branded campaigns and ecosystem partnerships
• Advocating for resources required to achieve outlined marketing KPIs
• Acting as a mentor and coach to the existing marketing team
• Creating an environment that fosters innovation, experimentation, and data-driven decision-making in marketing execution
• Leading by example, ensuring a collaborative and growth-oriented culture within the marketing organization

Here's what we're looking for:

• 15+ years of marketing leadership experience, with at least 5 years in a VP or CMO role at a B2B services, consulting, or technology company
• Experience in category creation and thought leadership, successfully positioning a company as a dominant player in its space
• A proven track record in scaling demand generation, pipeline growth, and revenue impact through marketing
• Deep expertise in enterprise B2B marketing, ABM, and sales enablement—especially in complex, high-value deal environments
• Someone with strong executive presence and board-level communication skills, with the ability to influence leadership, investors, and enterprise buyers
• A storied history of mentoring and developing marketing leaders, fostering a high-performance, scalable marketing function
• Experience marketing AI, ML, or data-driven technology solutions is a strong plus but not required
• An individual who can be strategic and hands-on, loves being in an entrepreneurial environment, enjoys working with cross-functional leadership to get things done, can tell a lot of stories about how data has informed their decision making, understands the importance of growing those around them, and is excited about the impact of AI

Why Join Us?

As the CMO of KUNGFU.AI, you will have the opportunity to define the AI consulting category and shape the future of AI adoption. Join a market-leading AI firm with a strong brand and world-class talent. Lead a high-growth marketing function and build a team that scales. Mentor & develop rising marketing leaders in a fast-paced, innovation-driven company. Direct impact on revenue, brand, and market positioning—not just marketing for marketing’s sake.

This is a full-time position. We have a preference for Austin-based candidates but are open to remote as well. Compensation includes competitive salary, company stock grant, top (‘gold’) level of health, dental and vision insurance (KUNGFU.AI covers 100% of your premiums and 50% for any dependents), health and dependent flexible spending accounts, short- and long-term disability insurance, unlimited vacation (that you're encouraged to take), paid parental leave, free parking near our downtown office (during normal times) and more. If this opportunity excites you, we can’t wait to meet you! Please send your resume along with a cover letter explaining why you’re passionate about the idea of joining KUNGFU.AI and a great fit for this role.

KUNGFU.AI Culture

We are committed to building an inclusive culture that’s professional and effective, while also fun, collaborative and open. We are proud to be the first company to take The Startup Diversity and Inclusion Pledge, which one of our co-founders started. We actively encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce fosters more creative ideas, conversations, and results. We also believe in using AI for Good in both our client projects and our corporate philanthropy. Our values are incredibly important to how we show up for each other, our clients, and for society at large. We expect all of our team members to be: Inquisitive, in that they have an innate desire to learn and teach. Inventive, in that nothing (ego, fear, etc.) gets in the way of innovation. Open, in that they willingly share their learnings and experience with all. Caring, in that they prioritize self-care, empathy, and an understanding of others. Trustworthy, as that underpins all of the above.