Head of Marketing, US

Halter

$125K — $150K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years marketing leadership experience with a proven track record in full-funnel revenue growth.
  • Strong understanding of rural and ranching communities; capable of deriving insights from direct customer interactions.
  • Experience in building and leading high-performing teams in fast-paced environments.
  • Data-driven mindset with a strong emphasis on accountability for revenue outcomes.
  • Ability to navigate both creative and analytical discussions fluently, demonstrating versatility in marketing strategies.
  • Comfortable operating in ambiguity, with a proactive approach toward problem-solving.
  • Proficient in utilizing AI technologies to enhance marketing capabilities and efficiencies.

Responsibilities

  • Own the regional marketing strategy, vision, and budget from inception to execution.
  • Develop a content strategy to foster organic growth and enhance brand equity in targeted markets.
  • Collaborate with sales leadership to identify impactful events and engagements for customer acquisition and retention.
  • Create a library of case studies and proof points to support customer acquisition and reinforce loyalty among existing clients.
  • Manage paid marketing efforts to optimize cost per acquisition and overall pipeline contribution.
  • Support the enterprise pipeline efforts, tailoring strategies for larger accounts and complex sales cycles.
  • Take overall accountability for regional performance metrics, including pipeline health, customer acquisition cost, and brand awareness.

Benefits

  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) for sharing in the company's growth.
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO) available from day one.
  • Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with wellness leave benefits.
  • Comprehensive health benefits with premiums partially or fully covered.
  • $750 annual personal growth fund for learning and development.
  • Generous parental leave policies for both birthing and non-birthing parents.
  • 401(k) plan with immediate vesting and employer matching contributions.
  • Onboarding travel to New Zealand for immersion in company culture and operations.
Full Job Description
About the role

We're searching for an exceptional marketing leader to grow Halter in this region to one of Halter's biggest markets in the world. You'll be building recognition for Halter's brand that reaches every ranching community in the region, with revenue performance to match. We've made our first moves on the ground and now we need a senior leader to build on that foundation.

This role is a key driver of North America's full-funnel revenue performance: acquisition, expansion, and retention, all through marketing. You're not running events and content on instruction or directive from HQ. You are accountable for the region's marketing strategy to achieve our revenue outcomes. That means thinking like a revenue owner first, and a marketer second.

Your job is to make sure marketing shows up as a genuine lever across that whole funnel: helping win new ranchers, and also feeding the stories, proof points and community that keeps existing ranchers expanding and retained. You, in tight collaboration with go-to-market leadership, will build this strategy, build the team to deliver against it, and own the demand and pipeline that drives Halter's growth in this market for years to come.

You will have full support from Halter's global marketing team based in New Zealand HQ, with the brand and strategic frameworks you need to do your job - think of this as our DNA and standardised thinking and that lets every region move fast without reinventing the wheel. We are building the feedback loop to take your feedback and wins, and globalise them, to make Halter's marketing brilliant in all of our key markets. But ultimately the buck stops with you in this region - acquire, expand and retain the best ranches in one of the best ranching regions globally.

Who we are looking for
  • A full-funnel revenue thinker, not a channel specialist. You've owned acquisition, expansion, and retention outcomes, not just top-of-funnel demand generation. You think in pipeline and revenue contribution first, achieved through strategically driving brand awareness
  • Deeply customer-led. You're energised by time on ranch with customers, and you turn that understanding into commercial decisions such as messaging, proof points, and channel choices, not just generic content ideas.
  • A builder and world-class operator. You will build and lead a high-performing, efficient team, ideally with experience scaling a marketing or growth function in a fast paced environment. You will be comfortable rolling your sleeves up and playing 'executor', while also knowing the right time to give space to your team to win (or lose) and learn from that experience
  • Genuinely commercial. You're not just comfortable being measured on a revenue number - you demand it from yourself and your team. You move fast on real bets, you're allergic to decisions not backed by data, and you thrive on seeing real results in real time.
  • First-principles by instinct. You use Halter's global frameworks because they're smart, not because you're told to, and you know exactly when your regional market demands something different, and can make that case with evidence, not opinion.
  • A strong operator across both brand and demand. You're equally comfortable in a tone-of-voice conversation and a CAC/ROI conversation, and you're able to move between the two with ease
  • Comfortable with ambiguity. You'd rather own the outcome and figure out the path than wait for a fully specified brief.
  • AI-forward as a default operating mode, not a tool you occasionally reach for. You and your team use AI to draft and iterate content, personalise outreach at a scale a human team couldn't match manually, and analyse campaign and funnel data faster than a traditional team would. You treat headcount as a last resort after you've pressure-tested what AI can already do, not the other way around.


What the role looks like
  • Strategy & ownership: Own the regional marketing strategy and budget end to end, setting the vision and the plan to take Halter from early-market entry to category leadership and one of our largest revenue markets.
  • Organic growth, brand equity, and content. You are accountable for the organic channel's contribution to pipeline and CAC, not just for content output. Own the thesis for how Halter earns trusted-voice status in your market without paying for attention every time, and through data driven decision making decide where and how to invest resource across organic vs paid. Build a content strategy that compounds: SEO-driven rancher resources, owned channels, and organic social, be clear on what 'compounding' actually means in this market (search, community, category education), and know when to kill channels that aren't compounding.
  • Events strategy. This sits at the heart of our territory manager regional model. You'll partner with sales leadership to decide which field days, expos, and rancher gatherings actually move pipeline in North America, and how they connect directly into the territory manager's patch and pipeline, not run as a separate marketing calendar.
  • Case studies & proof. Build a library of local customer stories and results that do double duty: acquisition proof points for new ranchers, and expansion/retention proof points for existing ones.
  • Paid traffic. Work with the Performance Marketing function running paid channels in-region with a sharp eye on CAC and pipeline contribution, not just reach or impressions.
  • Enterprise motion. Support and drive the enterprise/larger-account pipeline in North America specifically, where the buying committee, proof requirements, and sales cycle look different from owner-operator ranches.
  • Accountability for the numbers: Own and report on pipeline, CAC, brand awareness and the complete revenue picture of this region. Marketing is one of the most critical levers that sits right across the funnel, so it's expected you will design the marketing strategy around each metric from acquisition through to NDR.
  • Brand and tone of voice in-region. Use Halter's global brand as the foundation, and make the judgment calls on how it lands with your regional customers specifically: language, imagery, humour, what plays and what doesn't in this market.
  • Objection handling through stories, not just spec sheets. Build ROI case studies and compelling storytelling, delivered through the right channels at the right point in the funnel, that neutralise the objections ranchers actually raise (price, proof, switching risk), not generic feature messaging.


Our Benefits
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP): Own a part of Halter and share in our growth and success
  • Unlimited PTO: Take time off when you need it-no accrual required, available from day one
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) & paid wellness leave: Access confidential support through JustWorks plus 3 paid wellness days per year
  • Comprehensive health benefits: Medical, dental, and vision coverage starting the first day of the month after you join (with most premiums covered, including 100% of employee-only health premiums on select plans)
  • Personal growth fund: $750 USD per year to support learning, development, or personal growth goals
  • Parental leave: 16 weeks paid leave for birthing parents and 8 weeks paid leave for non-birthing parents
  • 401(k): 100% match on the first 3% contributed, plus 50% match on the next 2% (up to a 4% employer match), with immediate vesting
  • Onboarding travel to New Zealand: Fly to NZ for onboarding at Halter HQ in Auckland-meet the team, visit a test farm, and immerse yourself in all things Halter


Our Office First Approach

Humans are wired for connection. Being office first is a core pillar of our culture because in-person connections drive your growth, learning, impact, and relationships. Strong relationships make it easier to disagree, give feedback, and do meaningful work together.

We're office first, not office only. Working from the office is our default, but we flex when needed. We have a high-trust culture where everyone is trusted to do what's best for Halter.

Our office vibe is special, the high energy and spectacular people make work enjoyable. Your growth and impact are unlimited here, coming from solving problems, innovating, and constantly learning from each other.

Join our team

If this opportunity sounds like you, please apply below by sending through your cover letter explaining why you're excited about this role and working at Halter, along with your CV, and we'll be in touch!

Please also feel free to check out the careers page for more information on working at Halter and don't forget to follow us on LinkedIn & Instagram.

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