Account Director, Tech & AI Comms

San Francisco, CA (Remote)

$113K/yr – $130K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 2 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and drive the AI communications strategy for the client, guiding senior stakeholders, shaping product launch narratives, and coordinating cross‑functional teams to deliver integrated, trusted AI storytelling.

  • Lead AI communications strategy and act as strategic counselor to executives
  • Plan and manage major product launches and flagship events
  • Build and maintain relationships with top tech and business media and consistently land stories

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead communications strategy for the client's AI business and act as the go-to strategic counselor for senior client stakeholders
  • Track the AI landscape, including competitors, emerging players, industry shifts, and policy conversations, and turn it into clear recommendations and narrative positioning
  • Plan and run product launches from start to finish including messaging, sequencing, media and analyst briefings, embargo management, reviewer programs, and post-launch amplification
  • Drive news and storytelling around major industry moments and flagship events, including stories that go beyond the product news
  • Build and maintain relationships with senior tech, business and AI-focused reporters, analysts, newsletter writers, and podcast hosts; develop, review and pitch stories
  • Gather feedback from media and industry voices on how the client and its competitors are perceived, and use it to sharpen strategy
  • Navigate a matrixed client organization, lining up multiple product teams, marketing, corporate comms, and executive stakeholders around a single AI narrative
  • Coordinate across agency practices, geographies, and specialty teams (e.g., social, influencer, measurement, creative) to deliver integrated programs
  • Prepare executive spokespeople for interviews, briefings, and speaking opportunities, and support their external visibility, including social
  • Anticipate issues and reputational risks specific to AI (such as trust, ethics, and competitive pressure) and counsel clients on how to respond

Requirements

  • 5-7+ years of experience in integrated communications or PR, ideally in an agency setting, with significant time spent on technology clients; 4+ years of people management experience required
  • Hands-on experience leading communications for AI, emerging tech, or enterprise/consumer technology products
  • A proven track record of managing major product launches and flagship event moments
  • Established relationships with top-tier tech and business media
  • Global network experience preferred
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (particularly Outlook, Word, SharePoint, PowerPoint, and Excel)

Preferred

  • Fluency in the AI ecosystem, including major platforms, model providers, startups, and the key voices shaping the conversation, and the ability to explain what it all means for a client
  • A strong strategic point of view and the confidence to push back and lead clients toward the right answer
  • A history of proactively landing stories with reporters and analysts, not just responding to requests
  • Experience working in large, matrixed organizations with many stakeholders and competing priorities
  • A creative mindset, with the ability to find stories that don't depend on product news
  • Strong presentation and consulting skills; experience pitching new business and presenting to senior executives
  • Experience building or growing a team
  • Experience working globally or with colleagues in multiple locations
  • Comfort in a fast-paced environment with frequent tight deadlines and shifting priorities
  • Client service orientation is a must

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits program including medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Pretax accounts including HSA (company match), Medical & Dependent Care FSA
  • Generous time off including PTO, Holidays, Annual Wellness Break, Summer Fridays and Personal Days
  • Short & Long-Term Disability, paid by company
  • Parental Leave, up to 12 weeks for birthing and non-birthing parent
  • Caregiver Leave, up to 2 weeks to help eligible family member with serious health condition
  • Community Engagement, up to 24 hours
  • Bi-annual Wellness Credits, up to $300 per year
  • Support with home office equipment
  • Monthly Technology Credit (to offset internet / phone costs)
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We. is a global communications agency helping brands navigate an ever-changing world. We’ve spent decades at the intersection of technology and humanity, translating new innovations into meaningful experiences that connect with people. As change accelerates and expectations evolve, we use our expertise to help brands communicate through complexity to drive connection, understanding and progress. We offer a range of solutions with this in mind, across diverse industries, audiences and stakeholders.

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Account Director, Tech & AI Comms

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