Founding GTM Lead

Clera

$150K — $200K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4 to 8 years in go-to-market, partnerships, or growth roles in startups or fast-paced environments.
  • Experience in B2B partnerships or B2C growth with direct customer interaction.
  • 3 years serving professional creatives in tools, agencies, or production settings.
  • 1 to 2 years working with generative AI products and workflows.
  • Experience in full-cycle sales, including closing mid-market deals.
  • Strong expertise in product-led growth for creative tools.
  • Independent worker able to navigate early-stage uncertainty.

Responsibilities

  • Own and execute go-to-market strategies across diverse channels.
  • Build and sustain partnerships with design partners and early adopters.
  • Organize and engage participants for product research and user testing.
  • Facilitate commercial discussions, demos, and feedback loops.
  • Collaborate with product teams to refine positioning and messaging.
  • Deliver structured market insights to enhance product strategies.
  • Monitor the competitive landscape of generative AI tools.

Benefits

  • Equity participation is expected for this founding role.
  • Visa sponsorship available where applicable.
Full Job Description
About the Role

This is a founding go-to-market role at an early-stage generative AI startup building next-generation models for human-centered image and video creation. You will own end-to-end GTM execution, working directly with the founding team to turn product capability into commercial traction and build the repeatable playbook from scratch. It is a high-ownership, high-autonomy position that will shape early customer relationships, feedback loops, and market positioning.
What You'll Do
  • Own early GTM execution across community, content, partnerships, and targeted outreach.
  • Build and manage relationships with design partners and early customers in creator, studio, and agency segments.
  • Recruit and organize participants for ongoing product research and user testing.
  • Drive early commercial conversations, demos, pilots, and structured feedback channels.
  • Collaborate with product leadership on positioning, messaging, ideal customer profile, and pricing.
  • Provide clear, structured market feedback to accelerate product decision-making.
  • Track the competitive landscape of generative AI creative tools, workflows, and user expectations.
  • Represent the company externally with credibility, strong EQ, and confident storytelling.
What We're Looking For
  • 4 to 8 or more years in GTM, partnerships, growth, or client-facing roles at startups or fast-moving environments.
  • Proven experience in at least one motion: B2B partnerships and sales (pilots, early deals) and/or B2C growth (community and creator funnels).
  • At least 3 years serving professional creatives at creative tools companies, agencies, creator platforms, or production studios.
  • 1 to 2 or more years of hands-on exposure to generative AI products and workflows, with AI tools used as part of daily GTM work.
  • Full-cycle sales experience: discovery, demo, negotiation, close, and building CRM and outbound sequences from scratch.
  • Experience closing mid-market deals while simultaneously building the GTM playbook.
  • Strong product-led growth expertise, ideally from a collaborative or creative tools motion.
  • Individual-contributor orientation suited to a founding role, with the ability to scale a revenue motion over time.
  • Existing network and relationships within the creative industry are a strong plus.
  • Comfortable operating independently in ambiguous, early-stage settings and selling something still being built.
  • US-based candidates must not be located in the Pacific Time Zone; New York is ideal.
  • Visa sponsorship is available where applicable.
Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $150,000 to $185,000 USD annually (maximum base up to $200,000 depending on experience). Equity participation is expected for a founding role. Visa sponsorship is available where applicable.
Location

Fully remote, with a preference for New York, NY (or broader US Eastern/Central time zones) or Western Europe (Zurich or Warsaw). Occasional travel required.

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