Head of Marketing & Communications

Career Head of Marketing & Communications

Head of Marketing & Communications

Brno (hybrid) · Full-time · Reports to the CEO · Leadership team

You will be our first marketing hire. Zaitra is a fast-growing deeptech startup with technology already proven in space, but marketing, PR and communications do not exist here yet. You will build them from scratch.

We are becoming a satellite operator that sells near-real-time Earth observation intelligence to commercial, defense and government customers, yet the market still sees us as a component supplier. Your job is to change that perception and build the engine that gets us in front of the customers we want.

About Zaitra

Zaitra builds onboard AI for satellites and is turning it into a satellite constellation aiming to deliver Earth observation insights within a minute of capture. Our products, SKAIDOCK, SKAIPACK, SKAIVERSE and SKAISEN, serve space, defense and government customers. We are ~30 people in Brno.

What you’ll own

For the next 1–2 years you are the marketing department, responsible for both strategy and execution. We expect you to understand the space and defense market well enough to set the strategy yourself, not wait for briefs. You own the marketing budget. A PR and marketing agency, a designer and freelancers are available to support you, and you decide how to use them.

In your first 6 months

• Build our communication and marketing strategy from scratch, anchored in one clear positioning used consistently by the CEO on stage, by our sales team in meetings and on our homepage.
• Build our SEO and GEO strategy, so customers find us in both search engines and AI answers.
• Ship a redesigned homepage and pitch deck. Set up analytics and a target-account list shared with sales.
• Own our 2027 trade-show presence end to end: messaging, booth design, materials and travel.
• Test LinkedIn campaigns for our component and data businesses, then decide where the budget goes.

By month 12

• Named target institutions across the EU are in conversation with our sales team, and marketing’s contribution is visible.
• We have made four major announcements and appear regularly in space, defense and maritime trade media.
• Our employer brand helps us hire sales and engineering talent.
• You have a marketing plan, a budget and a case for your first hires.
• Our sales team has the presentations, data sheets and materials it needs to win deals.

What you bring

• 5+ years in B2B/B2G marketing or communications, including owning the function end to end, as head of marketing or as the first marketing hire.
• Startup experience. Experience in deeptech, space or defense is a strong plus, ideally at a company selling to institutions with long sales cycles.
• A track record of placing stories in trade and business media and running announcements.
• Experience managing a budget, agencies and vendors, and holding them to a high bar.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Nice to have

• Czech or Slovak.
• Communications for defense or government customers, where you can’t name every customer for security reasons.
• Hands-on experience with LinkedIn Ads, banner campaigns and account-based marketing.
• Communicating ESA- or EU-funded projects.
• Relationships with space and defense journalists.

What we offer

• Salary: 90,000–150,000 CZK gross per month, depending on experience.
• A seat on the leadership team, ownership of the marketing budget and a direct line to the CEO.
• Hybrid work from Brno, plus international travel to major trade shows.
• A real path to building and leading your own team as we grow.
• 25 days of vacation
• Multisport card
• Hybrid work (3/2)
• Flexible work hours
• Meal vouchers

To be honest: early on, you will also handle simple hands-on tasks, including shipping the flyers. AI agents can help you as teammates. Priorities move when deals and launches move.

Where: Brno

Type: Full time

Start date: 1Q/2027

Contact: jobs@zaitra.io

Interested? 👉 Send us your CV and a few words about yourself.
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