Head of Marketing

Job description

Before the detail, here's the challenge you'd help us solve. We build the embodied intelligence that moves real vehicles safely, and the ecosystem a billion machines will run on in the future. Very few people in AI can say this. Every role here, whatever the team, plugs into that. Here’s what this particular role covers. HEAD OF MARKETING 📣 About our Marketing Team Wayve is looking for its first Head of Marketing to define and lead the global marketing strategy for our AI Driver technology. You’ll turn company and commercial objectives into a clear market position, compelling product narratives and integrated programs that build trust in our technology and support adoption by automotive, technology and mobility partners. Reporting to the VP of Marketing Communications, you’ll lead product marketing, brand strategy, partner co-marketing, digital marketing, the website, content, events and conferences. You’ll initially manage a team of approximately four spanning product marketing, digital, marketing operations, design and web, while working closely with the Head of Communications and leaders across Product, Commercial, Policy and Partnerships. 🧠 Your day-to-day You’ll define Wayve’s global marketing strategy across AI Driver, Robotaxi, automotive/OEM and safety audiences, connecting business priorities to clear audiences, positioning, programs and measurable outcomes. You’ll operate as both a senior marketing leader and a hands-on practitioner—setting strategy and developing your team while personally shaping positioning, challenging briefs and improving execution. You’ll bring together product, brand, digital, content, events and partner marketing into an integrated approach that strengthens Wayve’s position and supports commercial adoption. 🧩 What you’ll be working on: - Defining Wayve’s marketing strategy across AI Driver, Robotaxi, automotive/OEM and safety audiences, connecting business priorities to clear audiences, positioning, programs and measurable outcomes. - Owning product positioning and messaging, translating complex AI and autonomous-driving technology into differentiated, technically credible and commercially relevant narratives. - Building trust in Wayve’s technology through evidence-led content, demonstrations, customer stories and integrated campaigns. - Establishing Wayve’s brand strategy and ensuring it is consistently applied across campaigns, digital channels, experiences and partnerships. - Leading partner co-marketing with automakers, mobility platforms and technology partners, developing shared narratives, launch plans and campaigns that advance both parties’ objectives while maintaining Wayve’s distinct positioning. - Owning digital marketing strategy, the website and content engine, using data to improve reach, engagement and conversion. - Setting the strategy for conferences and experiential marketing, ensuring investment supports clear company and commercial objectives. - Building integrated marketing plans with Communications while maintaining clear ownership: Marketing leads product, brand, digital, content, events and partner marketing; Communications leads corporate narrative, media relations, crisis communications and reputation management. - Leading, coaching and developing the marketing team, establishing clear priorities, ownership and decision rights while remaining accountable for delivery quality. - Creating transparent operating plans, budgets, KPIs and reporting that give leadership clear visibility into progress, risks and results. - Working across Product, Commercial, Partnerships, Policy, Communications and regional teams to secure alignment and deliver cohesive programs. - Remaining hands-on in a fast-moving environment, personally shaping positioning, challenging briefs and improving strategy. 🙌 You should apply if: - You have senior marketing leadership experience in a complex, trust-sensitive category such as autonomous technology, enterprise technology, AI, platform businesses or fintech. - You bring strong product-marketing and narrative-strategy capabilities, with evidence of translating highly technical products for commercial partners and consumers. - You have demonstrated experience building a category and brand across integrated channels, ideally while operating with constrained budgets. - You have successfully delivered partner co-marketing with major global organizations while protecting a clear standalone brand position. - You bring strong digital, website, content and integrated-campaign capabilities supported by meaningful measurement. - You take a commercially minded approach, connecting customer needs, routes to market and partnerships with adoption and business growth. - You have hands-on scale-up leadership experience and can set strategy, manage senior stakeholders, coach a small team and drive execution through ambiguity. - You demonstrate sound judgment, strong executive communication