Full-Time

Founding Marketing Manager

Posted on 9/17/2025

Summation

Summation

11-50 employees

AI-based tool transforms articles into curricula

Compensation Overview

$150k - $180k/yr

+ Equity

Bellevue, WA, USA

Remote

Category
Growth & Marketing (2)
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Required Skills
Sales
Hubspot
Marketing
Requirements
  • 4–6 years of experience in marketing, marketing strategy, or a related role (preferably in B2B SaaS or high-growth tech)
  • Track record of running campaigns across paid and organic channels and translating results into business impact
  • Strong analytical skills; comfort with experimentation frameworks, funnel metrics (LTV/CAC, conversion), and reporting tools
  • Demonstrated ability to build marketing processes and implement marketing systems (HubSpot, attribution platforms, automation tools)
  • Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills; able to influence stakeholders across teams
  • A self-starter who thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and is motivated to build from zero to one
Responsibilities
  • Marketing Execution: Design and run multi-channel campaigns (paid, organic, partnerships, events) to drive awareness, pipeline, and customer engagement
  • Experimentation & Analytics: Develop hypotheses, set up experiments, analyze results, and turn insights into scalable playbooks
  • Process & Infrastructure: Build and optimize marketing workflows, reporting, and automation tools (CRM, attribution, marketing tech stack)
  • Strategy Development: Contribute to go-to-market strategy, channel prioritization, and market segmentation
  • Content & Creative: Partner with Design and Product teams to produce campaigns, collateral, and creative assets that reinforce Summation’s brand and messaging
  • Cross-functional Collaboration: Work with Sales to align on lead quality, funnel performance, and pipeline growth; with Product to optimize onboarding and adoption; and with Leadership to inform strategy
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience at an early-stage startup where you built systems from scratch
  • Familiarity with SQL, BI tools, or advanced analytics
  • Prior exposure to finance, operations, or enterprise SaaS buyers

Summation is an AI-powered platform that converts scholarly articles and reports into customized course materials. It serves educators by generating outlines, textbooks, slides, and assessments from uploaded content, enabling efficient curriculum development and up-to-date teaching resources. Operating as a SaaS product, it targets the education technology market, including universities, colleges, and individual instructors. Its core approach is automating parts of curriculum design so educators can focus more on teaching and student engagement. Compared to traditional content creation, Summation emphasizes rapid, tailored material generation from existing scholarly content, differentiating itself through AI-driven transformation of sources into ready-to-use course assets. The goal is to streamline the creation of high-quality educational materials, increasing efficiency for educators while supporting updated and aligned coursework.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$35M

Headquarters

Bellevue, Washington

Founded

2024

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Fanatics uncovered $10M growth opportunities using Summation in 2025.
  • $35M funding from Benchmark and Kleiner Perkins accelerates enterprise expansion.
  • Enterprise demand surges for decision-grade AI with verified insights.

What critics are saying

  • OpenAI's April 15, 2026 GPT marketplace obliterates paid analysis moats.
  • Name collision with edtech Summation forces rebrand, destroys SEO by Q4 2026.
  • MagicSchool AI captures 40% higher ed market with faster workflows by 2027.

What makes Summation unique

  • Proprietary AI Calculation Engine runs 100x more analyses than human teams.
  • Verified Tasks produce audit-ready results tied to source data.
  • Reports create traceable artifacts for recurring operating reviews.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Unlimited Paid Time Off

401(k) Retirement Plan

Company Equity

Stock Options

Parental Leave

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

7%

1 year growth

13%

2 year growth

4%
425 Business
Oct 2nd, 2025
Bellevue Startup, Backed by $35M, Introduces AI Platform to Sharpen Enterprise Leaders' Decisions

The company, Summation Technologies Inc., doing business as Summation, also said that it has raised $35 million from Benchmark and Kleiner Perkins.

GeekWire
Oct 1st, 2025
Summation emerges with $35M funding

Opendoor co-founder has launched Seattle-area startup Summation, which has emerged from stealth mode with $35 million in funding. The company is co-founded by Ramachandran “RC” Ramarathinam and Ian Wong.

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