Head of Marketing

David AI • San Francisco, CA

4d • $210,000 - $250,000

About The Position

David AI is an audio data research company that develops datasets with an R&D approach. The company’s mission is to bring AI into the real world, with audio as a gateway, by addressing the shortage of high-quality training data as audio AI advances.

David AI is hiring a Head of Marketing to build and lead its marketing function. The role owns the company’s positioning, go-to-market communications, and demand generation among teams building audio AI. It connects the company’s datasets, evaluations, and research into a clear, evidence-based story that earns trust from customers, researchers, and prospective teammates.

This is a hands-on leadership role working closely with founders and leaders across functions. The Head of Marketing will set strategy, allocate budgets across marketing initiatives, hire and lead a team, and personally contribute to work such as customer interviews and launch announcements. The position covers company storytelling, campaigns, community and media presence, editorial content, benchmark adoption, and recruiting reputation.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of experience in marketing, communications, or a related storytelling role, including experience leading a team at a growing startup.
• Exceptional writing and storytelling skills, demonstrated through work personally created and published.
• Experience working with technical experts; able to ask probing questions, understand technical substance, and explain it accurately without relying on jargon.
• Strong editorial judgment, including the ability to identify worthwhile stories, determine the evidence they require, and select suitable formats and channels.
• A track record of building an audience or earning meaningful attention for a company and its work through content, communications, PR, or community.
• Experience hiring and developing people, managing creative work, and giving specific, useful feedback.
• Comfort with ambiguity and a rapid pace, and ability to thrive in a “build while flying” environment.
• Low-ego, collaborative, and mission-driven approach focused on team and company success.

Nice To Haves

• Experience as a founder or in a storytelling role at a high-growth startup.
• Experience in AI, data infrastructure, marketplaces, or another technically complex business.

Responsibilities

• Develop the company story with the founders and keep it clear and consistent across the website, company presentations, founder communications, and recruiting materials.
• Lead marketing campaigns for research, benchmarks, product releases, and company milestones, coordinating writing, design, video, and distribution through publication and follow-up.
• Grow David AI’s reputation in the voice AI community by developing company and founder channels, building media and industry relationships, and creating opportunities through research events, podcasts, speaking, and partnerships.
• Build the editorial program by sourcing insights and examples from researchers, engineers, operators, and customers; personally write and edit key pieces, including research explainers and customer stories; and help others communicate their expertise.
• Work with Research, Product, and GTM on targeted outreach and follow-up to help relevant model teams discover, use, and cite the company’s benchmarks.
• Strengthen the company’s recruiting reputation with the People and Talent team through substantive stories and experiences that communicate the team’s caliber, the importance and difficulty of its problems, and the opportunity for impact.
• Build and lead the marketing team.
• Set marketing strategy and allocate budgets across marketing initiatives.
• Personally contribute to hands-on marketing work, including interviewing customers and writing launch announcements.

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO.
• Top-notch health, dental, and vision coverage, with 100% coverage for most plans.
• FSA and HSA access.
• 401(k) access.
• Meals twice daily through DoorDash, plus snacks and beverages at the office.
• Unlimited company-sponsored Barry’s classes.
• International visa sponsorship across several visa types, including H-1B transfers, H-1B1, O-1, E-3, and TN; STEM OPT support.

What This Job Offers

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