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Head of PR & External Communications

Wispr Flow · San Francisco, CA · 4 wk ago
On-siteMarketing$200k–$250k/yrFull-time

About Wispr

We're building the first voice interface a billion people use every day. Our first product, Flow, lets you talk instead of type anywhere on your computer or phone, and turns messy speech into polished text that is ready to send. It's scaled from $2M → $50M in ARR in under 12 months with millions of users and thousands of enterprise customers.

The Role

This is a communications architecture role, building, not just managing. The foundational disciplines, narrative development, relationship building, message architecture, media strategy, are table stakes. We are looking for someone who can build the model that AI-native companies aspire to, and that does not yet fully exist.

What We Are Hiring For

You will operate as a senior strategic partner, and own the communications function end-to-end: narrative, press, executive voice, owned content, cross-functional alignment, and issues management. You will build the team and the system as the company scales.

Corporate Narrative and Positioning

  • Message architecture
  • Audience-specific narrative tracks
  • Holding consistency across a fast-moving company

The Communications System

  • Editorial calendar
  • Media strategy
  • Agency management
  • Performance measurement

Executive Communications

  • Building a durable CEO voice across socials, podcasts, speaking, and long-form writing
  • Rooted in genuine conviction

Audience Translation

  • Distinct narrative tracks for developers, consumers, enterprise buyers, press, and recruits
  • Tuned in depth and frame of reference without diluting the substance

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
  • The judgment to make the right call under pressure

What You Will Own

  • 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

Logistics

  • Location: About 60% of the team is in San Francisco and the rest are remote, mostly US-based
  • If you're in SF: you'll be in the office most days. We think the best work happens in person. Most of the team is here five days a week, and a few do three or four days depending on family or long commutes
  • If you're remote: we're open to remote for some roles. We fly remote teammates to SF for three to four days a month
  • Visa sponsorship: We sponsor visas: H1B, O1, EB1, L1, STEM + OPT, and more. We can't successfully sponsor for every role and every candidate, but if we make you an offer we'll make every reasonable effort, and we retain an immigration law firm to help

What We Offer

  • Equity on employee-friendly terms, including early exercise and extended exercise windows with a combination of ISOs and RSUs
  • Health, dental and vision: We cover 100% of the premium on the Anthem Blue Cross Gold PPO, and 75% of premiums for dependents
  • 401(k) with up to a 4% match
  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave (12 weeks for non-birthing parent)
  • Flexible time off and company holidays
  • All meals in the office, plus commuter benefits and relocation reimbursement if you’re moving to San Francisco
  • A high-spec laptop, monitor, and a whisper-friendly microphone
  • Regular team events and off-sites

Compensation Range

$200K - $250K

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