Full-Time

Vice President

Marketing

Updated on 9/3/2026

Genea

Genea

201-500 employees

Cloud-based CRE platform for access, HVAC

Compensation Overview

$200k - $240k/yr

Remote in USA

Remote

Remote within the United States, with approximately 25% travel for events, partner engagements, and conferences.

Category
Growth & Marketing (1)
Required Skills
Branding/Brand Strategy
Salesforce
Marketing

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Requirements
  • Deep, hands-on channel marketing expertise in a sell-through or two-tier distribution model, with comfort marketing directly to end users.
  • 10-12+ years of progressive B2B marketing experience, with brand-building at the center and a track record of supporting revenue growth.
  • Proven brand-building leadership, including leading brand refreshes and modernizing positioning and identity.
  • Strong partner marketing experience with co-marketing, partner enablement, and MDF/co-op programs.
  • A deep understanding of field and industry events as brand and pipeline drivers.
  • Product marketing and launch experience, including sales enablement and messaging.
  • Fluency in ABX marketing operations and attribution using Salesforce, with the ability to partner on and bridge reporting until a dedicated RevOps function matures.
  • Proven people leadership experience building, mentoring, and scaling marketing teams.
  • Executive presence and credibility to influence a leadership team.
  • Willingness to travel approximately 25% for events, partner engagements, and conferences.
  • Commercial awareness of how marketing supports revenue.
  • Ability to influence without authority and align cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Strong communication and storytelling skills in internal, partner-facing, and executive settings.
  • Ability to operate comfortably amid ambiguity and build structure where none exists.
  • A passion for and proven track record of AI-enabled marketing and execution.
Responsibilities
  • Own and develop Genea's brand strategy, positioning, and identity, and lead the brand refresh through a modernized website and content system.
  • Lead channel and partner marketing through integrators, resellers, and technology partners via co-marketing, partner enablement, MDF/co-op programs, and a partner advisory board.
  • Orchestrate marketing across sell-through through partners and sell-to direct-to-end-user motions, applying the right approach to each.
  • Set the strategy for the field and industry events portfolio, including flagship shows, an owned partner conference, and a technology-partner showcase, to build brand and influence pipeline.
  • Own product marketing and go-to-market for product and channel launches, including sales enablement and messaging.
  • Guide the demand generation and campaign team supporting net-new logo growth in partnership with Sales and BDR.
  • Partner with Sales to influence and report on marketing-sourced and marketing-influenced pipeline, and help build account-level ABM reporting suited to a channel model.
  • Bridge marketing's role in reporting and the martech stack until a dedicated RevOps function matures.
  • Lead, mentor, and grow the marketing team while building a collaborative, high-accountability culture.
  • Own the marketing budget and ROI reporting.
  • Hire, develop, and manage the performance of the marketing organization, and own its organizational design as the team scales.

Genea provides a cloud-based platform for commercial real estate teams to automate and streamline manual building operations. Its core capabilities include access control, overtime HVAC management, and submeter billing, all integrated into a single system that works with most existing hardware. The product operates by connecting on-site devices to the cloud, enabling centralized control, automated workflows, and real-time reporting through a subscription service with 24/7 support. This approach differentiates Genea by prioritizing compatibility with a wide range of hardware and delivering scalable automation across many buildings, including large corporate real estate portfolios. The company targets property managers, building owners, engineers, tenant coordinators, and sustainability managers, with the goal of helping these professionals reduce manual tasks, improve efficiency, and manage energy and security more effectively across its footprint (1,500+ buildings in 12 countries).

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Series D

Total Funding

$7.6M

Headquarters

Irvine, California

Founded

2006

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Genea's Q1 and mid-year 2026 updates show continued product velocity.
  • Revelio pegs Genea at 658 employees in March 2026, with active hiring.
  • Shopify's July 12, 2024 Google Wallet rollout validates enterprise adoption.

What critics are saying

  • HID, Allegion, Milestone, and ASSA ABLOY can bundle Genea's features into their stacks.
  • No public funding data and only 33 2026 openings signal modest scale.
  • Brand confusion with Genea Fertility's 2025 data breach risks search and trust damage.

What makes Genea unique

  • Open-architecture cloud access control works with existing hardware, cutting rip-and-replace costs.
  • Genea's 2026 integrations span HID, Allegion, Milestone, HiveWatch, and Transact.
  • Convergint named Genea a Global Elite Partner on May 20, 2026.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Flexible Work Hours

Paid Vacation

401(k) Company Match

Comprehensive Leave Options

Remote Work Options

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

1%

1 year growth

3%

2 year growth

0%
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