Chaos industries

Product Marketing Director

Hawthorne, California, United States Full Time

CHAOS Inc. is a global technology company delivering next-generation capabilities to the defense and critical industrial sectors. Founded in 2022 by a seasoned leadership team, CHAOS has quickly become the place where world-class multi-disciplinary engineers come to build mission-critical technologies. CHAOS has a mission-focused culture, dedicated to solving the toughest technical challenges. Its unique agile engineering approach enables rapid prototyping, while deep partnerships with defense and industry ensure real-world solutions.

Role Overview: 

  • The CHAOS Marketing team is looking for a core founding team member to work directly with the VP of Marketing to build and scale the marketing function at a fast-growing defense tech company. 
  • This is a unique opportunity for a marketer who’s ready to get their hands dirty, deliver on a number of exciting marketing initiatives, announcements, and product launches, and help shape a next-gen defense brand. 
  • As a Product Marketing Manager at CHAOS, you will work closely with the Business Development, Design, and Product/Engineering teams to define how our technology is positioned, craft compelling narratives for both technical and government audiences, and enable our BD and growth teams. 
  • This role is critical to shape our go-to-market strategy from the ground up and drive adoption of our solutions. 

 Responsibilities:  

  • Own positioning and messaging for our products and capabilities, ensuring they resonate with our customers and end users 
  • Translate complex technical capabilities into clear, differentiated value propositions across product lines 
  • Partner with product and engineering teams to understand the roadmap and develop launch strategies for new features and offerings 
  • Create and maintain customer-facing collateral and BD/sales enablement materials including product sheets, one-pagers, customer decks, and more 
  • Conduct competitive analysis and market research to identify key differentiators and inform product positioning; gather customer and market feedback to inform product development and roadmap prioritization 
  • Manage multiple projects, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and deliver high-quality work 
  • Work 4-5 days per week out of our office in Los Angeles (Hawthorne), California

 Minimum Requirements: 

  • Experience launching a product from start to finish 
  • Proven ability to translate technical product details into customer-centric messaging 
  • A hands-on mindset—you’re comfortable creating high-impact enablement and launch materials tools, jumping into Google Analytics website metrics, and analyzing product metrics and details to influence launch strategies 
  • Ability to work cross-functionally with business development, product, design teams, and technical teams in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment 
  • Highly organized, proactive and detail-oriented  

Preferred Requirements: 

  • Additional depth in marketing experience (brand marketing, demand generation, content marketing, etc.) 
  • Experience in defense, defense technology, aerospace, government, or relevant high-tech industry experience 
  • Experience at a high-growth startup 

Why CHAOS?

  • Health Benefits: Your medical, dental and vision benefits will be 100% paid for by the company
  • Additional benefits: life, FSA, HSA, 401k (+ Company match), and more
  • Our Perks: free daily lunch, ‘No meeting Fridays’, unlimited PTO, casual dress code
  • Compensation Components: competitive base salaries, generous pre-IPO stock option grants, relocation assistance + (coming soon!) annual bonuses
  • Company Size: 150 employees and counting!
  • More About Us: We're building the next generation of aerospace, defense and critical industry technologies with a seasoned team of mission-focused individuals. We were founded in June 2022 and our goal is to become the platform where world-class engineers come to solve critical, real-world problems. We use agile engineering approaches which enable rapid prototyping, deep partnerships with the defense industry ensuring real-world application, and our newly-invented Coherence platform (through which we’ve made a fundamental breakthrough) improves sensor performance and decision-making in real-time. As of April 2025 we have raised $490M (including a $275M Series C at a $2B valuation) from some of the most prominent VC funds and investors including Accel, NEA, 8VC, and Valar. With a managing team that includes Epirus’ founding members (responsible for building a $1.5B company from scratch) + key drivers from Palantir (instrumental in Palantir’s growth to $1B in revenue), we are well-positioned to become one of the fastest growing companies to date!

 

Salary range: $120,000 - $220,000

The stated compensation range reflects only the targeted base compensation range and excludes additional earnings such as bonus, equity, and benefits. If your compensation requirements fall outside of the range, we still encourage you to apply. The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations.

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