Head of PR & External Communications

San Francisco, CA (On-site)

$200K/yr – $250K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Shape Wispr Flow’s external voice by building an anchor narrative system that serves developers, enterprise buyers, press, and recruits, while ensuring executive communications scale across socials, podcasts, and speaking engagements.

Corporate narrative and positioning: create a repeatable messaging architecture and audience-specific tracks that stay consistent as the company moves fast.
The communications system: own the editorial calendar, media strategy, and performance measurement to drive reach and credibility.
Audiences and media: translate technical complexity into clear stories for multiple buyers and nurture relationships with emerging media for ongoing coverage.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Corporate narrative and positioning: message architecture, audience-specific narrative tracks, and the discipline to hold consistency across a fast-moving company
The communications system: editorial calendar, media strategy, agency management, and performance measurement
Maximizing for positive reach and positioning across the press and media channels we care about most
Executive communications: building a durable CEO voice across socials, podcasts, speaking, and long-form writing, as a repeatable system rooted in genuine conviction
Audience translation: distinct narrative tracks for developers, consumers, enterprise buyers, press, and recruits, each tuned in depth and frame of reference without diluting the substance
Understanding and building a targeted relationship with emerging media: podcasts, newsletters, streaming shows, creators that blur the lines between influencers and media.
Leverage automations to improve conventional PR workflows, reporting, dashboards, coverage tracking, competitive intelligence, etc.
Cross-functional partnership: embedded communications input in product launches, investor narrative, and partnership strategy
Competitive intelligence: a standing practice that informs narrative planning and keeps Wispr Flow ahead of the category conversation
Reputation and issues management: proactive scenario planning, rapid response, and the judgment to make the right call under pressure

Requirements

10 or more years of communications experience, with meaningful time building programs and teams at high-growth technology companies
Range across narrative craft and distribution mechanics: you write well, you think in systems, and you do not outsource either
Demonstrated ability to translate technical complexity across multiple distinct audiences without losing substance for any of them
Business and financial fluency: you understand how positioning, growth narrative, and investor perception connect to communications strategy
Strong media relationships built on trust over time and a proactive news sense
Proven issues management judgment: you have handled something that mattered, under pressure, and made the right call
High agency, low ego: you ship, you give direct feedback, you are accountable for outcomes not outputs
AI-native in practice.

Benefits

San Francisco$200K – $250K
Generous equity grant
401k matching
Relocation bonus
Health, vision, dental insurance

MVP Ventures

MVP Ventures was founded in 2020 with the realization that a rethought model for venture investing could unlock significantly greater returns. With the help of our proprietary data-driven sourcing engine and value-add focus, we invest as the 2nd-largest check into early-stage teams building differentiated and defensible technology across software and hardware — with no ownership restrictions.

Founded in 2020

Menlo Park, California, USA

45 employees (2 in marketing)

mvp-vc.com