Head of AI Ads
$185,000–$250,000 year
RemoteSan Francisco, California, United States
Job Summary
Define AirOps' playbook for AI-native advertising, creating definitive frameworks for budget allocation, paid placements, and content optimization across LLM platforms. Partner directly with marketing executives to map early-adopter strategies, evaluate channel tradeoffs, and test full-funnel ROI. Design and execute high-velocity quantitative experiments to decode auction dynamics, recommendation algorithms, and attribution models. Bridge performance marketing and AI Engine Optimization by guiding brands on leveraging structured data, authority-building, or direct paid placements. Serve as the public face of AirOps, publishing insights and shaping market perception around the future of discovery. Translate front-line customer learnings into repeatable product specs and scalable go-to-market motions.
Required Qualifications
- Spiked Performance & Growth DNA: Proven track record leading high-scale performance marketing, SEM, or paid media teams with deep mastery of auction mechanics, bidding logic, targeting, and multi-touch attribution.
- 6+ years experience in performance marketing, growth, digital advertising, or related relevant fields at high growth startups.
- First-Principles Innovator: A history of pioneering new, unproven channels or markets before standard playbooks existed.
- Holistic Growth Instincts: Sharp strategic judgment across both paid and organic levers.
- Quantitative Rigor: Strong analytical instinct with a data-first approach to budget allocation, unit economics, incrementality, and performance measurement.
- AI & Search Curiosity: Deep, active fascination with AI-native discovery, LLM evolution, and answer-engine landscapes (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, etc.).
- Category-Building Energy: High-bandwidth communicator with executive presence, passionate about establishing a new industry discipline at the intersection of AI, performance marketing, and brand growth.
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