Manager of Influencer & Podcast Marketing, Pendulum Therapeutics
$140-163k
+ Equity
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Reinventing personal health naturally through the microbiome
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Reinventing personal health naturally through the microbiome
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$140-163k
+ Equity
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
To bridge nature and medicine.
Role
Who you are
- The right candidate understands how to build enduring partnerships that drive both trust and measurable business impact—and ultimately help consumers find their rhythm through products that truly work
- Success requires a balance of creativity, relationship-building, and commercial accountability
- The most qualified candidates will have strong experience in and passion for influencer marketing, be extremely detail oriented, and have a track record for working cross-functionally to drive projects forward
- 5–8 years of experience in influencer marketing, partnerships, or social media
- Proven experience building and managing influencer relationships over time
- Experience developing or working within structured influencer programs
- Strong understanding of performance marketing principles including CAC, conversion, and ROI
- Experience managing influencer or creator budgets and optimizing investment
- Experience in health, wellness, or adjacent categories preferred
- Strong organizational and operational skills
- Comfortable working with data, dashboards, and reporting
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
- Ability to operate in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
- Passion for building a brand that is both scientifically credible and deeply human
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Manager, Influencer & Podcast Marketing to lead the execution and day-to-day management of Pendulum’s influencer and podcast programs— a critical marketing channel for building trust, driving growth, and making our science human
- This role sits at the center of strategy and execution. You will partner with the Director to bring Pendulum’s influencer vision to life—translating strategy into programs, managing creators and partners, and ensuring every campaign delivers against both brand and performance goals
- At its core, this role is about building and scaling meaningful relationships
- You will be responsible for identifying, onboarding, and growing a network of creators, healthcare professionals, and cultural voices who become long-term advocates for Pendulum
- This includes developing clear frameworks for how we engage talent—defining relationship types, content approaches, and partnership structures that drive both authenticity and performance
- You will own the operating system behind influencer and podcast marketing: managing talent pipelines, campaign execution, content delivery, and performance tracking
- This includes overseeing dashboards, analyzing results, and continuously optimizing how we invest across creators, formats, and platforms
- This role plays a critical part in ensuring Pendulum shows up differently: credible, human, and grounded in results
- Influencer Relationship Management & Growth: manage Pendulum’s influencer relationships end-to-end, building a network of trusted creators, healthcare professionals, and cultural voices
- Identify, vet, and recruit new influencers aligned with Pendulum’s brand, science, and growth priorities
- Develop and nurture long-term relationships, turning creators into ongoing partners and advocates for the brand
- Create and refine frameworks for how Pendulum engages influencers, including defining partnership types, content expectations, compensation models, and contract structures
- Continuously evaluate and optimize the influencer portfolio based on performance, brand alignment, and growth potential
- Ensure a high-quality experience for all partners, strengthening Pendulum’s reputation as a best-in-class brand to work with
- Campaign Execution & Content Management:
- Manage end-to-end execution of influencer campaigns across paid, organic, affiliate, and whitelisting initiatives
- Oversee briefing, contracting, content development, approvals, and campaign launches
- Own the operating system behind influencer and podcast marketing: managing talent pipelines, campaign execution, content delivery, and performance tracking
- Ensure all influencer content aligns with Pendulum’s brand voice, scientific standards, and regulatory requirements
- Support development of content that translates complex science into relatable, human storytelling
- Collaborate with Brand & Growth Marketing, Regulatory, and Creative teams to leverage influencer marketing content across earned, owned, and paid channels
- Performance, Analytics & ROI Ownership:
- Own performance tracking and reporting across influencer and podcast programs, including dashboards, KPIs, and campaign recaps
- Be accountable for ROI on influencer and podcast investments, continuously optimizing spend across creators, platforms, and formats
- Analyze performance across cohorts to inform future strategy
- Partner with Growth Marketing to improve conversion, CAC, and overall channel efficiency
- Use data to inform creative testing, partnership decisions, and long-term investment strategy
- Operations & Process:
- Build and manage scalable systems for influencer marketing, including tools, workflows, contracts, and performance tracking
- Maintain clear visibility into pipeline, campaign status, and performance across all initiatives
- Drive operational excellence to ensure the program can scale efficiently while maintaining quality and compliance
- Cross-Functional Collaboration:
- Partner closely with Brand, Growth, Clinical, and PR teams to ensure alignment and consistency
- Collaborate with creative teams to develop high-performing content and messaging
- Support the Director in executing broader influencer and organic strategy
Our take
Pendulum Therapeutics developed its product by analysing the genetic material of microbes in the human body. Its debut product, Pendulum Glucose Control, is a medical probiotic, the first of its type to be clinically proven to be effective at lowering blood sugar spikes in people with type 2 diabetes. Classified as a medical food, it bridges the gap between medication that can cause side effects and generic probiotic products that have no scientific backup with regard to efficacy.
Pendulum Glucose Control has been greatly in demand, and so with a $54M investment, manufacturing has scaled up. Other products from Pendulum include supplements for gut health and metabolism optimisation supplements, the latter also becoming a key product from the team.
In 2023, Pendulum increased its already thriving publicity with the appointment of actor Halle Berry as its CCO, hinting at a scaling up of its operations in line with its media visibility. Its 2024 breakthrough product has been its GLP-1 Probiotic drink, a first-of-its-kind drink to control metabolism.
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Insights
-1% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- 401k with company matching
- Competitive salary and equity packages
- Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
- Flexible schedules and unlimited vacation policy
- Commuter benefits
- Cell phone stipend
- Collaborative team environment
- Casual culture (66% of founders usually wear hoodies)
- Small on-site gym
- Strong emphasis on work/life balance: we believe it, we encourage it, we live it
- Walking distance to Bart & Muni
Company HQ
Dogpatch, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
John Eid
(Co-Founder & CSO)They took a Ph.D. at The University of Illinois before spending 8 years at Pacific Biosciences. They left this Principal Scientist role in September 2013 to co-found Pendulum Therapeutics, serving since as Chief Scientific Officer.
Colleen Cutcliffe
(Co-Founder & CEO)Having studied for a Ph.D. at John Hopkins University, they worked as a Hospital Project Manager for 3 years prior to joining Elan Pharmaceuticals as a Scientist. They spent 4 years at Pacific Biosciences with John before co-founding Pendulum Therapeutics in 2013.
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