Head of Marketing

Head of Marketing

Location : Bengaluru,India

Reports to the Chief Product Officer

About Deep Cognition

Deep Cognition builds AI automation for freight forwarding and customs brokerage. Freight forwarding runs on people and paperwork. We build the AI that handles the repetitive work so teams can focus on customers.We have two products. Agentic TMS is a transportation management system run by AI agents. The agents handle quoting, booking, customs filing, and invoicing across the shipment lifecycle. PaperEntry AI is intelligent document processing. It reads commercial invoices, packing lists, bills of lading, and customs entries with 99 percent or better accuracy. Together they let a forwarder or broker move 5 to 10 times more volume with the same team.Our customers include C.H. Robinson, Maersk, JAS Worldwide, Dachser, and Rohlig Logistics. We process over $1 billion in goods each year.

We are an early stage company with a small, fast team. Our headquarters is in Dallas, Texas. Our engineering and marketing teams are in Bengaluru. Our customers are in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia.

The role :

We are hiring a Head of Marketing to own our pipeline. You will report to the Chief Product Officer, who currently leads marketing. Your job is simple to state. Grow the number of qualified leads. Turn those leads into sales meetings. Make our brand the one forwarders and brokers think of when they think about AI for logistics. This is a hands on leadership role. You will set the strategy. You will also run campaigns yourself. You will manage a small in house team and a bench of external contractors and agencies.

What we are looking for :

• 8 or more years in B2B marketing. At least 3 years leading a team or a function.
• Experience at an early stage startup. You have built marketing from a small base with a small budget.
• A track record of growing pipeline. You can show the numbers.
• Experience managing external contractors and agencies. You know how to brief, measure, and replace vendors.
• Strong writing. You can produce a clear email, landing page, or one pager without an agency.
• Comfort with data. You know your cost per lead, conversion rates, and pipeline sources.
• Based in Bengaluru or willing to relocate. Hybrid work from our Bengaluru office.
• Able to work with a US based leadership team. Some evening calls each week.

What you will do :

• Own the lead pipeline target. Report on it weekly.
• Run demand generation across email outbound, LinkedIn, paid search, SEO, webinars, and trade shows.
• Build and manage the marketing tech stack.
• Manage external contractors for content, design, video, paid media and appointment setting. Set clear briefs. Hold them to results.
• Write and edit content that speaks to freight forwarders and customs brokers. Cover both Agentic TMS and PaperEntry AI.
• Plan our conference and trade show calendar. Run our presence at events.
• Work with Sales on lead handoff, follow up, and conversion.
• Work with Product on positioning, launches, and customer stories.
• Own our website and our presence on review and analyst sites.
• Hire and coach a small marketing team as we grow.

It would be great if you have :

• Logistics, freight, customs, or supply chain industry experience. This is our ideal profile.
• Experience marketing to US and European buyers from India.
• Experience marketing AI agents, TMS, or document automation products.
• Experience with outbound prospecting and sales engagement tools.

Why join :

• Own the marketing function end to end. Report directly to the leadership team.
• Two products customers love. Our users save hours every day.
• A real market. Logistics is a multi trillion dollar industry that still runs on paper.
• Hybrid flexibility. Work from home part of the week.
• Competitive salary.