VP of Marketing in Seattle, Washington at BuyWander

Build the Brand. Own the Growth. Define a Category.

Location: Seattle, WA

Type: Full-Time | Executive

Compensation: Competitive Salary $165-225K includes Meaningful Equity + Performance Bonuses

BuyWander is rebuilding the $850B retail returns industry from the ground up.

We take returned goods—millions of items that would otherwise sit, stagnate, or go to waste—and turn them into opportunities through AI-powered local auctions.

Think: Black Friday EVERYDAY meets a treasure hunt.

Think: Resellers, families, side hustlers—all winning.

We launched in 2024. We’re growing fast. And we’re just getting started. We are building a category-defining company.

We’re hiring our first Head of Marketing.

This is a rare opportunity to:

• Build a brand from zero to everywhere

• Own growth across every channel

• Define how an entirely new category shows up in the world

You’ll build it. You’ll test, break, rebuild—and then scale what works.

We’re looking for someone who is equal parts:

• Strategist

• Operator

• Analytical leader

• AI-forward builder

• Mad scientist

If you want to experiment, iterate, and unlock growth in unconventional ways—keep reading.

Brand (make BuyWander unforgettable):

• Define and evolve our voice, story, and positioning

• Turn “returns” into something people are excited about

• Build a brand people talk about, not just see

Growth (drive real results):

• Own customer acquisition across all channels (paid, organic, partnerships, local)

• Build a data-driven growth engine—not guesswork

• Obsess over CAC, LTV, conversion, and retention

Demand Generation (online + local):

• Drive traffic and participation in our auctions

• Create local market playbooks that scale nationally

• Launch bold, creative campaigns that actually convert

Experimentation (this is where the magic happens):

• Run constant tests across channels, messaging, and audiences

• Operate like a marketing lab—fast cycles, fast learnings

• Break conventional playbooks and find asymmetric wins

AI-Powered Marketing:

• Leverage AI tools to 10x output and insight

• Automate workflows, content generation, and analysis

• Build systems where AI + human creativity = unfair advantage

Systems & Scale:

• Build the marketing engine (tools, dashboards, attribution)

• Create feedback loops between data to insight to action

• Eventually build and lead a high-performance team

Most Head of Marketing roles:

• Inherit teams

• Manage budgets

• Optimize existing channels

This role:

• Builds the entire growth engine from scratch

• Blends data + creativity + AI into a competitive advantage

• Has real equity upside tied to success

You’ll work directly with founders to shape how BuyWander wins.

• Build and lead the full marketing org

• Define a brand that can become nationally recognized

• Equity in a company attacking a massive market

• Create something category-defining—and hard to replicate

• Massive market + real problem

• High-speed, high-ownership environment

• Mission-driven: helping people get ahead

• A team that values builders, thinkers, and doers

If you want to run experiments, break playbooks, and build something big—let’s talk.

• 5–10+ years in marketing, owning growth, performance, or brand

• Proven track record of driving measurable, repeatable growth

• Strong analytical mindset—you think in funnels, cohorts, and experiments

• Experience using data to make decisions (not just reporting it)

• Hands-on experience with modern marketing tools + AI workflows

• Comfort operating in ambiguity with speed and ownership

• Experience in marketplaces, auctions, resale, or eCommerce

• Built or scaled growth engines from 0 to 1

• Deep performance marketing + creative testing expertise

• Strong POV on the future of AI in marketing

• Analytical leader: You use data to find leverage and make decisions fast

• AI-forward: You’re already using AI daily—and pushing its limits

• Mad scientist: You love testing weird ideas and finding what unexpectedly works

• Builder: You thrive in 0 to 1 environments

• Scrappy operator: You don’t wait—you execute

• Owner: You think like this is your company

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COMPANY BENEFITS

• Competitive Salary and Performance-based Bonuses

• Meaningful equity in a company attacking a massive market,

for a brand that can become nationally recognized

• Health, Vision & Dental Insurance

• Unlimited PTO

• Annual Company Offsites

• 401K

BuyWander is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We make employment decisions based on qualifications, skills, merit, and business needs. We believe a range of skills, perspectives, and experiences strengthens our team and supports better outcomes for our employees and customers.