About Alchemist

Alchemist is an early-stage venture firm and investor focused on deeply technical founders building in enterprise technology, deep tech, and foundational infrastructure.

Originally established as an accelerator for technical enterprise founders, Alchemist now invests alongside qualified venture partners and supports portfolio companies through a commercialization system developed over more than a decade. This includes expert coaching, playbooks, a selective community of founders and operators, and direct access to customers, investors, and Silicon Valley.

Since 2012, Alchemist has backed 750+ companies, including a portfolio with 5 unicorns, 80+ exits, and more than $5B in follow-on funding.

The Role

Alchemist is evolving from its accelerator roots into an early-stage venture firm that invests alongside qualified partners and helps technical founders turn expertise into enterprise traction.

The Fractional Head of Marketing & Brand will own how this evolution is communicated to the market, developing a clear narrative and point of view across founders, venture partners, ecosystem partners, LPs, and the broader community.

This is primarily a brand and positioning role rather than a conversion-focused role. The successful candidate will establish message architecture, develop evidence-based content, coordinate major announcements, strengthen portfolio PR, and elevate Alchemist's public presence.

The role reports to the CEO and works closely with Alchemist's extended leadership team and Partners.

Key Responsibilities

Narrative & Messaging

• Turn Alchemist's strategy and positioning into a source-of-truth message architecture by audience.
• Develop clear messaging for founders, venture partners, ecosystem partners, LPs, and the community.
• Maintain consistency of the core narrative across all communications and channels.

Launch & Market Positioning

• Plan and execute Alchemist's public positioning and market evolution.
• Sequence anchor announcements and coordinate major market-facing moments.
• Develop and communicate a clear category and brand narrative.

Website & Content

• Own Alchemist's web presence.
• Align website content with the firm's positioning and point of view.
• Identify and retire legacy language across relevant pages.
• Produce and refine messaging documents, website copy, founder stories, and related content.

Portfolio PR

• Turn founder commercial milestones into credible proof points.
• Develop case studies, press opportunities, and stories centered on enterprise traction.
• Organize portfolio success stories into a coherent narrative.

Fund & Partner Marketing

• Support LP- and partner-facing materials in collaboration with the funds team.
• Maintain a consistent thesis and narrative across different stakeholder audiences.

Team & Community Brand

• Elevate the public profiles of Alchemist's Partners and team.
• Develop and maintain executive bios and speaking materials.
• Support Alchemist's podcast and other executive-content initiatives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in venture, startup, or B2B marketing, including brand or category leadership.
• Experience positioning a company or launching a category narrative.
• Exceptional writing and editorial judgment.
• Experience marketing to founders, LPs, and the venture ecosystem.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fractional environment with high leverage and clear priorities.
• Strong understanding of venture audiences and how different stakeholder groups respond to positioning.
• Ability to manage agencies, freelancers, designers, and internal contributors against a defined narrative and launch calendar.

Preferred Qualifications

• Fractional CMO practice with referenceable engagements.
• Developer-facing or deeply technical product marketing experience.
• PR or communications agency management experience.
• Podcast or executive-content production experience.

Success Measures

• Message Adoption: Founders, LPs, and partners describe Alchemist accurately and consistently.
• Launch Execution: Launch calendar and anchor moments are delivered on schedule.
• Brand Discoverability: Key Alchemist marketing assets and messages are easy to discover and communicate the firm's positioning credibly.

Compensation

This is a fractional engagement benchmarked to an annualized full-time-equivalent base compensation of $120,000–$240,000.

Actual compensation will be pro-rated based on the agreed scope and time commitment, typically through a monthly retainer, and will vary based on experience and qualifications.

Application Process

Applicants should send a cover letter and resume to:

hiring@alchemistaccelerator.com

Subject: “[Name] - Applying for Head of Marketing & Brand Position”

Alchemist is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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