Director of Public Relations & Thought Leadership

USA (Hybrid)

$153K/yr - $204K/yr (Est.)Director/Executive12+ years expFull time

Posted 5 months ago

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Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own and evolve the messaging architecture that positions PROS as the AI-driven offer management leader for modern airline retailing
  • Ensure positioning is cohesive and differentiated across earned media, executive communications, digital properties, and sales enablement
  • Maintain consistent articulation of PROS value propositions -- offer excellence, dynamic pricing, AI-driven revenue optimization, and modern airline retailing -- across all market-facing surfaces
  • Set the strategic direction for Product Marketing, holding the team accountable for solution positioning, persona-based messaging, and launch narrative that serves PROS Travel growth priorities
  • Ensure the team translates PROS platform capabilities into executive-level messaging tailored to airline commercial and technology buying groups, and that output is consistent, commercially relevant, and aligned to ABM priorities
  • Partner with GTM teams to ensure positioning supports enterprise account progression and ABM priorities across the global airline market
  • Own the customer advocacy strategy for PROS Travel, setting the direction for how airline success stories are identified, developed, and activated across PR, thought leadership, and ABM campaigns
  • Hold the Customer Marketing team accountable for building and scaling structured programs that activate customer proof points and deliver credible market narratives in support of expansion conversations

Requirements

  • 12+ years across public relations, product marketing, or strategic communications in enterprise or complex B2B environments
  • Deep experience with the airline or travel technology industry is a must
  • Proven experience managing PR agencies and driving strategic media positioning
  • Demonstrated ability to align messaging to enterprise sales and ABM environments
  • Strong executive communication and storytelling capability
  • Experience leading and developing marketing team members
  • Sound judgment in high-visibility and reputational situations

Preferred

  • Use AI tools to enhance efficiency and creativity, applying them to automate tasks, generate insights, or improve day-to-day decision-making
  • Stay curious and open to new technologies, regularly exploring AI-driven solutions to elevate team performance and customer impact
  • Demonstrate a growth mindset, experimenting with AI capabilities—from content generation to predictive analytics—to fuel continuous innovation in their role
  • AI Literacy: Demonstrates a solid understanding of core AI concepts, terminology, and practical applications. Effectively leverages AI tools to enhance productivity, insights, and decision-making, while adhering to ethical standards and best practices
  • Prompt Engineering: Skilled at crafting clear, structured, and effective prompts to optimize the quality, relevance, and utility of AI-generated outputs
  • Agentic AI: Understands the role of autonomous agents in streamlining workflows and automating end-to-end tasks. Able to build, utilize, or manage agentic AI systems and integrate them into business processes
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PROS

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PROS Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PRO) is a leading provider of AI-powered SaaS pricing, CPQ, revenue management and digital offer marketing solutions. Our vision is to optimize every shopping and selling experience. With nearly 40 years of industry expertise and a proven track record of success, PROS helps B2B and B2C companies across the globe, in a variety of industries, including airlines, manufacturing, distribution and services, drive profitable growth. The PROS Platform leverages AI to provide real-time predictive insights that enable businesses to drive revenue and margin improvements. To learn more about PROS and our innovative SaaS solutions, please visit our website at www.pros.com.

Founded in 1985
Houston, Texas, USA
2.6K employees (156 in marketing)
88% recommend to a friend
96% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
91.9K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$39.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
44.1%
Direct
44.1%
Referral
8.4%
Social
2.2%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2.7K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
108 (4% of company)

Funding

Total Funding
$25M
Last Raise
Private Equity, 28 years ago

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