Chief AI Officer

5WPR • Miami, FL

3d • Remote

About The Position

5W Public Relations is establishing a new, independent AI Communications practice with its own P&L, product suite, and market position. This role is responsible for building this practice from the ground up, aiming to make 5W a leader in Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) and capitalize on the evolving landscape of AI in brand perception and search rankings. The objective is to build a significant revenue engine around these new AI-driven services.

Requirements

• Proven track record building or scaling an AI-native or martech business to $10M–$100M in revenue.
• Direct experience selling AI, data, or measurement products into Fortune 500 marketing organizations to CMOs and CEOs.
• Demonstrated ability to package services into productized, recurring-revenue offerings.
• Technical fluency in LLMs, retrieval, embeddings, and GEO mechanics.
• Experience as a public-facing operator: conference stages, media appearances, thought leadership that generates inbound.
• A network of brand-side CMOs, CCOs, and Heads of Growth.
• Founder or P&L ownership experience.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in revenue-generating roles at AI, SaaS, or data companies.
• At least one example of closing six- or seven-figure deals with enterprise brand-side buyers.
• Ability to travel to clients.
• Must be based outside the New York metro area.

Nice To Haves

• An exit is a plus.
• Preferred locations include Miami, Austin, LA, London, Tel Aviv, Lisbon, or Singapore.

Responsibilities

• Productize GEO and Citation Share into three priced offerings with defined SOWs and a recurring revenue structure within the first 90 days.
• Close five enterprise pilots at $250K+ each and build the pipeline to support them.
• Build the AI Communications organization by leveraging existing talent and recruiting external hires.
• Own the public narrative for the practice, including keynotes, earned media, podcasts, and LLM citation presence.
• Co-own the category story with firm leadership across all client-facing and market-facing channels.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed