Senior Marketing Manager

Marketing Role At VetPowered

You are the first dedicated marketing hire at VetPowered. You write the plan, then you pick up the camera and shoot it. You own two revenue motions that most companies split across two teams: a direct-to-consumer product business, and a defense manufacturing business that sells through RFQs and teaming agreements. You build the attribution model that proves which one your work moved. Year one proves the model. Headcount follows the numbers you put on the board.

VetPowered LLC is a precision defense manufacturer in San Diego. We are AS9100 Rev D certified, ITAR registered, an SBA 8(a) participant, and a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business. In 2026, the SBA named us Small Business Manufacturer of the Year. We machine parts for the Department of the Navy, the Air Force, and the country's largest defense primes. We also design and sell our own branded products, the Mark 10 and Mark 15 firearms-cleaning systems. Most of the people running our machines came from the building next door. VetPowered operates alongside Workshops for Warriors, an accredited school that trains, certifies, and places veterans and transitioning service members in advanced manufacturing. The school has trained and certified 1,776 veterans and transitioning service members, awarded nearly 23,000 industry credentials, and placed graduates at 522 companies across 49 states. The average starting wage for a graduate is $63,500. That is the story almost nobody has heard. This role exists to change that, and to turn the telling of it into purchase orders, partnerships, and product revenue.

VetPowered's voice is irreverent, confident, blue-collar, and funny. The joke is on the work, the grind, the machine, the 0500 alarm. It is never on a customer, a service branch, or anyone's identity. Workshops for Warriors content is earnest, proud, and outcome-focused, written so a donor in Topeka and a command sergeant major at Camp Pendleton can both share it. You will work inside real constraints. Shop-floor content passes a written export-control screen before it posts. Safety on camera is not negotiable. School outcome figures come from an approved metric sheet and nowhere else. Compensation for this role will never vary with student enrollments at the school, because federal law governing VA-approved institutions does not permit it. If those constraints read as obstacles, this is the wrong job. If they read as the reason the work matters, keep reading.

Onsite five days per week. Primary duty station is 2717 Boston Avenue, San Diego, with regular presence at the Workshops for Warriors campus at 2970 and 3030 Main Street. Remote and hybrid candidates will not be considered. Travel is roughly 10 percent, mostly executive events, industry conferences, and field shoots, occasionally on short notice.

You will work on an active manufacturing floor. Required personal protective equipment includes eye protection and hearing protection where posted. You should expect to lift and carry production equipment weighing up to 25 pounds, stand and walk for extended periods, kneel, and work at height from a ladder or lift to get a shot. The floor has machine noise, coolant mist, and metal chips. Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities.

$120,000 to $140,000 base salary, depending on experience. This is the full range we expect to pay for this position. No incentive compensation at hire. Any future bonus plan is tied to the measures above. This is a full-time salaried (exempt) position (40+ hours/week). Benefits and Perks: VetPowered makes comprehensive benefits available on the first of the month following the date of hire. Options include Medical (50% employer contribution), dental and vision coverage (100% employer contribution), a 401k program with employer match, 8 paid holidays, Flexible work hours (position dependent), and paid time off.