Marketing & Communications Manager

The Marketing & Communications team is how Catalyx tells its story to the market. We build the narrative, run the channels, and keep content sharp and consistent. We're seeking a Marketing & Communications Manager to own that story and the function behind it. This is a high-ownership role for an operator and a storyteller in equal measure. You'll build our marketing engine from the ground up, set the standards and systems that keep pushing comms forward, lead a team of content creators, and shape the strategy that ties marketing to our commercial and fundraising goals. You'll work directly with the COO and the founders. Key Responsibilities: Marketing Operations & Campaigns: - Own marketing and communications campaigns across our newsletter, website, LinkedIn, Instagram and X, keeping them consistent, on-brand, and on schedule. - Build the workflows, calendars, and review-and-approval processes that let the function run reliably while providing visibility to leadership. - Set and enforce quality standards across written and visual content. Team Leadership: - Lead and develop a team of content creators, setting priorities, KPIs, and a clear operating rhythm that scales with the company. - Manage workload, feedback, and growth so the team produces impactful work on a regular cadence. Strategy & Commercial: - Shape marketing strategy and tie it to commercial and GTM goals. - Support live deals and fundraising with effective narrative and collateral, from investor materials to customer-facing content. - Hold a clear point of view on positioning and messaging for a deep-tech company and ensure all external comms align accordingly. Technical Storytelling: - Translate complex work across re-entry, thermal protection, and hypersonic defense into clear, credible stories for technical and non-technical audiences. - Partner with founders and engineering to get the substance right and keep a consistent voice across every channel. Measurement & Systems: - Define what success looks like for each channel, measure it, and report on it. - Own the marketing stack and synthesize reporting across platforms. Required Skills & Qualifications: - 5–6 years in marketing or communications, including experience leading people and managing marketing budgets. - 100% on-site role at our facility in Ahmedabad; must be based in Ahmedabad or willing to relocate. - Experience at a VC-backed startup, excited by ambiguity, speed, and building from scratch. - Excellent writing and editing, with a knack for making technical subjects clear and compelling. - A track record of running multi-channel campaigns across newsletter, web, and social with consistency. - High-ownership of execution and the operational discipline to set up processes, calendars and KPIs and keep them running like clockwork. - Confidence working with and presenting to senior stakeholders, including founders, investors, and customers. - Experience managing external agencies and contractors. - Comfortable working across a range of marketing tech and platforms. - A strong appetite for technical subject matter and the curiosity to go deep. - Exposure to deep tech, hardware, defense, or aerospace is a plus. - A design eye or hands-on ability working with content and analytics tools is a plus. Why Join Us: - Own the marketing function of a space-tech company and build it from the ground up. - Work directly with the COO and founders across strategy, story, and go-to-market. - Tell stories few companies can: hardware built to survive the most extreme parts of spaceflight. Build something that matters — the next frontier won't wait.