Quick Answer: You’ve already built a list of SaaS companies hiring marketing talent using Origami. Now, don’t just stare at it — Origami includes a built-in LinkedIn sequencer so you can turn that list into live conversations right from the same platform. This guide walks you through refining your list, crafting a 3-touch sequence specifically for this audience, and sending it all without exporting a single CSV.

(Built your list yet? If not, stop here and read how to build a list of SaaS Companies Hiring Marketing Talent first — it shows the exact prompt and filtering inside Origami. Then come back for the outreach.)

Step 1: Build Your List in Origami (The Recap)

When you’re targeting SaaS companies hiring marketing talent, the quality of the list defines half your success. Inside Origami, you describe your ideal prospect in plain English, and the AI agent builds the list for you.

The prompt you used (or will use) looked something like this:

“Find SaaS companies in the US and Canada that are currently hiring for VP Marketing, Head of Growth, or Director of Demand Generation. Look for active job postings from the last 30 days. Include only companies with 30–500 employees and Series A to Series C funding. Exclude early-stage startups with fewer than 15 people.”

Origami returns a prospect list with:

Full name and job title of the hiring manager (often the CEO, CRO, or CPO posting the role)
Verified work email and LinkedIn profile URL
Company details: size, funding stage, location, tech stack, recent news
The job opening itself (title, tags, snippet) as a signal of intent

If you’re just getting started, the free plan gives you 1,000 credits — no credit card required — so you can build and enrich a decent list without spending a dime. Once you’re confident in the quality, you scale to a paid plan (from $29/month).

But building the list is just the beginning. Now let’s make it ready for outreach.

Step 2: Refine and Qualify Your List for LinkedIn Outreach

A raw search will bring in leads that aren’t all created equal. Before you launch a sequence, segment and filter ruthlessly. Your goal is to contact only people who have a clear need that your offer can solve — and who are in a position to act.

Slice by role and seniority

Not every person tied to a marketing job opening is the right contact. Filter your list down to:

CEO / Founder — only if the company is small (under 50 employees) and they’re directly involved in the hire
VP Sales / CRO — often the hiring authority when marketing reports into revenue
CPO / Head of Product — occasionally relevant if marketing is being built under product
Existing Head of Marketing (who is hiring a director under them) — ideal when you’re selling a service that augments their team, not replaces them

Remove individual contributor marketers who aren’t decision makers. A “Content Marketing Manager” posting for a junior hire isn’t a priority.

Segment by company size and stage

The way a 25-person Series A SaaS hires is radically different from a 400-person Series C. In Origami, use the built-in filters to bucket your leads:

Early-stage (20–80 employees, Series A/A+): Likely hiring their first or second marketing leader. The pain is “figuring it all out from scratch.” Your messaging should speak to building the function, not optimizing it.
Growth-stage (80–300 employees, Series B/C): They’re replacing a failed first hire or scaling from a single leader to a team. Pain points: lack of process, unclear attribution, missed pipeline.
Later-stage (300–500 employees): Hiring a specialized VP or Director to plug into an existing engine. They care about track record at similar scale and retention rates.

Create separate sequence cadences (or sequence variants) for each segment. The messaging will land differently.

Look for intent signals that make the prospect “warm”

Within your filtered list, scan the job descriptions Origami includes. You’ll see phrases like:

“Buildingour marketing function from 0 to 1”
“Replace underperforming marketing leader” (implied by urgent remit)
“Need someone who can work with sales to fix our pipeline”

A prospect with freshly posted job descriptions containing these phrases is far warmer than one where the same role has been open for 4 months (they might be tire-kicking). Prioritize the recent, urgent-sounding opportunities.

Qualify out bad fits

Remove anyone where:

The role listed is a one-off event hire (unless you sell event services)
The company just hired a new CMO 2 months ago — the opening might be stale
The LinkedIn profile of the contact hasn’t been active in 6+ months

A cleaned list is smaller, but it’s worth 10x a messy one. Expect to trim 20–40% of the raw results.

Step 3: Create the 3-Touch LinkedIn Sequence (Copy & Paste Real Messages)

This is where most campaigns die — generic, lazy messages that scream “spam.” SaaS leaders hiring marketing talent have seen 50 identical InMails this week. To stand out, your messages must reference their specific situation and the pain of building a marketing team in SaaS.

Origami gives you two ways to build the sequence:

Paste your own templates: Write your own 3-touch sequence and paste them into the sequencer. Set delays (e.g., Day 1, Day 3, Day 7) and hit launch.
Let the agent write it: Ask Origami’s AI to generate a personalized 3-day LinkedIn sequence for all your leads automatically. It pulls each lead’s title, company, and industry to tailor messages — so you get a custom feel without manual copy-paste.

For this campaign, I recommend starting with manual templates that you can tweak per segment. Below is a sequence tailored for SaaS companies hiring marketing talent. The messages reference real pain points, industry language, and buying triggers. Copy them, adapt where needed, and use them as your base.

Full 3-Touch Sequence: Outreach for SaaS Companies Hiring Marketing Talent

Segment context for this example: Growth-stage SaaS (70–250 employees, Series B) hiring a VP Marketing or Head of Growth. The company needs someone who can align marketing with sales and scale pipeline past $10M ARR.

Touch 1 – Day 1: Connection Request Note

Purpose: Get accepted. Don’t pitch. Plant a seed that you understand their world.

"Noticed you’re hunting for a VP Marketing to get sales & marketing aligned — scaling that at your stage is a beast. I’ve worked with a dozen Series B SaaS teams on exactly that handoff. Happy to compare notes if you’re open."

(Character count: ~260 — well under LinkedIn’s 300 limit.)

Touch 2 – Day 3: Follow-Up Message

Purpose: If they connected, now you can send a full message. Offer a concrete insight, not a brochure.

Subject line (if you’re sending InMail, otherwise just the message body): The marketing hire that actually works

"Hey , hope the hiring sprint isn’t eating your entire Q2. Quick observation from the other side: most Series B founders hire a ‘brand builder’ when what they really need is a pipeline machine. If you want, I can share the 3-question framework we use with clients to screen for that before they waste 4 months. No pitch, just something that’s saved us a ton of pain."

(101 words. Replace `` with the lead’s first name, which Origami will automatically populate.)

Touch 3 – Day 7: Soft Close

Purpose: Give them an easy off-ramp while leaving a tangible asset that proves you’re an expert.

Subject line: Instead of me chasing…

", I won’t keep pinging you endlessly. I put together a short case study of how we helped a 120-person SaaS (similar to you) cut their VP Marketing search from 5 months to 6 weeks — and the person is still there 2 years later. If it’s useful, great. If the timing’s off, no worries at all. [Link to case study]"

(81 words. After this, you can optionally trigger a break-up message a week later, but usually 3 touches is enough with a quality list.)

Optional variation for early-stage companies (20–60 employees, Series A):

Day 1 Note:

"Saw you’re hiring your first marketing lead — congrats on getting to that stage. That first hire makes or breaks the next 12 months. I’ve helped 10+ A-stage SaaS companies avoid the ‘wrong marketer’ trap. Would be happy to share what we look for if you’re open."

Day 3 Message:

"Hey , quick one — a lot of early SaaS founders underestimate how much sales process needs to exist before marketing can even work. If you’re up against that, I’ve got a 5-minute framework we use to assess marketing readiness before the hire. Let me know if you’d like it."

Day 7 Soft Close:

", I’ll leave you with this: we once placed a Head of Growth who increased demo requests by 40% in the first 90 days just by fixing the handoff. Similar stage to you. I’ve got a breakdown if you want the playbook. If not, best of luck with the hire — seriously."

Every message is 50–100 words, direct, and specific. No fluff.

Step 4: Send the Sequence Directly From Origami

Here’s where Origami becomes more than a list builder. The platform’s built-in LinkedIn sequencer lets you launch the entire campaign without leaving the dashboard.

How it works

In the same interface where you refined your list, select the contacts you want to enroll.
Choose your sequence — either the templates you pasted in, or one generated by the AI agent.
Set the delay between touches (I recommend 3 days between each message for this audience).
Click Launch. Origami will begin sending connection requests and follow-up messages automatically, respecting the delay cadence.

No exporting CSVs to a separate tool. No manual copy-paste. No syncing.

Tracking and visibility

Once the sequence is running, you can view everything in one place:

Who accepted your connection request
Who replied (and the message content)
Open and click rates for any links you included

The real magic: when you look at a contact’s activity, you still see their enriched profile — title, company, tools used, the job opening that made them a target. So when someone replies, you know exactly why you reached out. You’re not squinting at a name wishing you remembered which segment they fell into.

Automatic un-enrollment

If a lead replies — even a quick “Not interested” — Origami’s sequencer automatically removes them from the remaining steps. You’ll never send a “just circling back” message after someone already said no or booked a meeting. That’s the kind of mistake that kills trust.

Costs (the sequencer is free)

The LinkedIn sequencer is included on all paid plans at no extra cost. You only pay for the credits used to enrich your leads (finding emails, job signals, etc.). Paid plans start at $29/month, and even the free plan gives you 1,000 credits to build and enrich a list before you commit. So you can realistically test this entire workflow — build, refine, sequence, send — for $0.

What Response Rates to Expect (and When to Iterate)

SaaS hiring managers are bombarded, but they’re also incentivized to talk to experts who can shorten the pain of a critical hire. With a well-targeted list and the messaging above, expect:

Connection acceptance rate: 30–45% (higher than cold InMail because the note references real context)
Reply rate on connected leads: 8–15% across the 3 touches
Meeting booked rate: Typically 3–6% of total contacts enrolled, provided your offer is relevant

If you’re below those ranges after 200+ contacts, iterate on the messaging before you blame the list. Small wording tweaks can move reply rates by 5+ percentage points. Test different pain-point variants, shorter notes, or a different soft close offer.

Only if messaging tests fail repeatedly do you go back and refine the list (e.g., tighter funding filters, more recent job postings, or a different seniority threshold).

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