Vice President (VP) of Marketing

Afresh is on a mission to eliminate food waste and make fresh food accessible to all. Our first A.I.-powered solution optimizes ordering, forecasting, and store operations for fresh food departments in brick-and-mortar grocers. With our Fresh Operating System, regional and national grocery retailers have placed $1.6 billion in produce orders across the US and we've helped our partners prevent 6.9 million pounds of food from going to waste. Working at Afresh represents a one-of-a-kind opportunity to have massive social impact at scale by leveraging uncommonly impactful software – we hope you'll join us!

About the role

Afresh is looking for a stellar Marketing leader to help us define and develop a new category in the market.  You'll be driving demand for our enterprise products, evolving how we tell our brand story and truly helping us connect to our audiences.  This is a critical leadership role that is uniquely positioned at the intersection of the business, the brand, and the customer to help us not just grow but also amplify our climate and food system impact!

What you'll do:

• Set goals, plan, and prioritize across all areas of marketing including brand, product and account based marketing.
• Manage current marketing team, plan for future hiring, and hire marketers that are passionate about driving growth and telling our story.
• Collaborate on strategy across the company, be the voice of the customer, provide the marketing perspective, and serve as the liaison between product and GTM functions.
• Maintain relationships and communicate with press/media about the company, product, team, and brand.
• Collaborate on the company story and vision with the founding team and make sure our communications add value to our audience and maintain a high quality bar.
• Manage the marketing budget, ensure we are operating efficiently, and meeting metrics goals.

Skills and experience

• 8+ years of experience in marketing, including at B2B SaaS with experience in segment, persona, and industry-specific targeting.
• Experience hiring marketers and managing them effectively.
• Proven track record across all areas of marketing, depth in corporate or content marketing.
• You've developed marketing strategies and tactics that put the customer first and understand to hit revenue goals at the same time.
• Scrappiness and experimentation mindset. You are comfortable rolling up your sleeves since we are still an early stage company.
• Motivated by our mission and eager to tell our story!

About Afresh

Founded in 2017, Afresh is working on the #1 solution to curb climate change: reducing food waste. By combining human insight and transformative technology, we're helping grocers provide fresher food to customers at more affordable prices.

Afresh sits at an incredible intersection of positive social impact, rocket ship financial growth, and cutting-edge technology. Our best-in-class AI research has been published in top journals including ICML, and we've raised over $30 million in funding from investors including Eric Schmidt's Innovation Endeavors and James McCann (former CEO Tesco, Ahold, Carrefour). In 2021, we received an Honorable Mention for Fast Company's World Changing Ideas in Food.

Fresh is the past, present, and future of our food system – the waste we create today will impact our planet for years to come. Join us as we continue to build a vibrant, diverse, and inclusive team that embodies our company’s values of proactivity, kindness, candor, and humility.

Afresh provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.

A qualified candidate must reside in or be willing to relocate to one of these states to be considered: AR, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, KY, MA, MI, MS, MO, NV, NJ, NY, NC, OR, PA, TX, WA, WI