Growth Marketing Manager

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube. 
Shield AI is seeking a Growth Marketing Manager, Web Experience to own our digital user experience and content journeys across Shield AI for key audience personas. This role will maintain and improve existing pages, build new digital experiences, and partner with our web agency, internal design team, business stakeholders and product marketers to create high-quality web experiences that clearly communicate Shield AI’s mission, products, and impact.  

What you'll do:

• Own UX and content journeys across Shield.ai for key audiences, including customers, partners, policymakers, recruits, media, and industry stakeholders.
• Drive cross-functional consensus across Product Marketing, Communications, Creative, Recruiting, and business leaders to align competing priorities into a coherent web strategy.
• Lead end-to-end program management and delivery timelines for web initiatives and major product launches.
• Translate campaign, product, recruiting, and communications goals into clear, structured web requirements and user experiences.
• Bring strong technical literacy to the team—fluent in modern web technologies, frontend concepts, and CMS architectures to effectively scope solutions, troubleshoot directly, and interface seamlessly with engineering and technical partners.
• Direct our web agency partners and technical resources on design, development, maintenance, SEO, analytics, and infrastructure improvements, managing delivery against defined milestones.
• Use WordPress to review, edit, QA, and publish final content, ensuring all live updates meet brand, quality, accessibility, operational security, and performance standards.
•  AI-enabled tools to accelerate rapid prototyping, visual alignment, and stakeholder review without compromising production rigor.
• Monitor web performance, user behavior, and conversion paths to provide data-driven insights that guide executive decisions and future site investments.

Required qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience in web experience, digital experience, web production, UX/content strategy, or a related field. 
• Basic understanding of HTML, CSS, design systems, or front-end development workflows. 
• Excellent project management skills with the ability to manage multiple web updates, launches, and stakeholder requests. 
• Comfort working with AI-enabled tools for design, content, prototyping, development, or workflow acceleration. 
• Hands-on experience managing and publishing content in WordPress or a comparable CMS. 
• Strong UX judgment with the ability to structure clear, intuitive digital journeys for multiple audience personas. 
• Experience building, maintaining, and improving website pages in partnership with designers, developers, agencies, and internal stakeholders. 
• Strong understanding of web content best practices, page hierarchy, SEO fundamentals, accessibility, and conversion optimization. 
• Excellent project management skills with the ability to manage multiple web updates, launches, and stakeholder requests. 
• Strong writing, editing, and content organization skills. 

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in aerospace, defense, national security, advanced technology, or B2B technology. 
• Experience working with web agencies or external development partners. 
• Familiarity with analytics tools, heatmapping, A/B testing, SEO platforms, or web performance reporting.  This is an in-office / hybrid position based in either San Mateo, San Diego, Dallas, TX or Washington, DC    Compensation range for in-office San Mateo, CA is $132,000 - $198,000 Compensation ranges for  Boston,  San Diego, DC, and Dallas can be found below  #LI-AD7 #LD
  Full-time regular employee offer package: Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity   Temporary employee offer package: Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)   Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.   ###   Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.