About Us
Chiku is a seed stage company focused on the broad senior care market. The name Chiku comes from the tropical chiku fruit. It contributes to overall health and wellness of the body and resonates strongly with our mission of making a huge impact on the health and wellness of seniors. The company is founded by serial entrepreneurs with a successful track record across multiple industries. If you share our mission of making a huge impact on this rapidly growing population by bringing innovative solutions to market, leveraging the latest advances in AI and hardware, please reach out to us.
About the Role
As a founding member of our marketing team, you’ll be responsible for creating and executing a comprehensive marketing strategy that drives awareness and adoption of our platform among potential customers. We’re a lean team and all wear different hats as needed, so you'll work on and learn a ton about areas adjacent to marketing — sales, customer success, partnerships, and whatever else you're interested in. A deep understanding of the senior care market is preferred.
We request that you submit a Keynote or PDF presentation of 2-3 examples of your work that you feel represent you as a marketer. We are keen on learning how you think about brand building and marketing, and how you make decisions - from the experience of using a product, to its look and feel, and the trade-offs you made to get it to production.
Responsibilities
- Providing support at all levels (strategic, creative, analytical, coordination) in the definition of the Chiku brand
- Lead development, alignment and execution excellence of the launch plan and sales execution vision
- Lead communications/media agency briefing and communications development, including digital/social & PR
- Playing a critical role in Chiku’s governance process, driving strategically essential projects through execution by building a compelling commercial case and aligning with key stakeholders.
- Collaborating with vital cross-functional partners: Sales, Business Development, Consumer and Market Insights, Innovation, Finance, Operations, R&D, and external agencies.
- Overall ownership and accountability for marketing budget
- Put in place robust tracking and optimization plans for brand awareness and new product releases
Qualifications
- 10+ years of proven experience leading product marketing, program management, or growth marketing teams in the consumer technology industries
- History of building meaningful marketing programs and content with high impact.
- Experience leading creatives and agencies
- Strong ties to the senior care provider market leaders, and an understanding of the drivers of senior care provider technology purchase decisions
- Intimate familiarity with consumer technology products, particularly for seniors
- Experience building and leading projects and influencing cross-functional partners
- Excellent organizational, analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Strong attention to detail and very high standards of quality
- Ability to prioritize and lead multiple projects to meet aggressive deadlines
- Openminded, patient listener and active participant
- Creative and authentic storyteller with exceptional writing, editing, and design skills
Compensation & Benefits
- The salary range for this role will be very competitive with market rates for our size and industry and will be based upon multiple factors including individual job-related qualifications, education, experience, knowledge and skills
- At Chiku, you'll enjoy benefits that include health & wellness and work/life balance offerings.
- Chiku employees also enjoy generous paid time off and leave programs, commuter benefits, team events, snacks and other perks
Why Chiku?
- Develop cutting edge technologies in a creative, innovative, and fun environment
- Imagine new opportunities in areas that matter and will impact the world you live in
- Be a part of a high performing team of the world’s best innovators and executors
- Flexible work arrangements to support you in working in the way that you work best
- Do great work that matters, in healthcare, for customers who could really use your help
- Zero commute. Work wherever you are, globally (but on or around US Eastern Time hours)
- Our values: care, joy, and trust
Chiku is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs. We do not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion (including, but not necessarily limited to, religious creed, dress, and grooming practices), citizenship, marital status, age, national origin, place of birth, height, weight, ancestry, mental or physical disability, genetic information, medical condition, U.S. (state and federal) military and veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, sex, gender, pregnancy (including childbirth or related medical condition), or any other characteristics protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws (“protected characteristics” or “protected categories”). At Chiku, building a healthy and safe workplace is core to our mission. We prohibit harassment of any kind.