Media Manager (AI)

Location: Foster City, California, United States; hybrid. Candidates may be based in or able to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area.

Salary: $110,000–$155,000 per year, plus equity.

Company

Builds an agentic software creation platform that enables people to create applications using natural language.

What you will do

• Lead day-to-day relationships with external media agencies, including strategy direction, briefs, planning cycles, QBRs, and performance accountability.
• Review and challenge media recommendations across TV, CTV, online video, OOH, audio, social, search, and programmatic.
• Own media budget pacing, forecasting, authorizations, reconciliation, and mid-flight reallocations with Finance.
• Lead annual, quarterly, and campaign-level media planning based on audiences, product moments, competitive pressure, and business goals.
• Define KPIs and measurement frameworks, oversee wrap reports, and drive testing across incrementality, brand lift, and marketing mix modeling.
• Translate campaign performance into clear recommendations for marketing leadership and align media plans with Brand, Growth, Creative, Product Marketing, Social, and Communications.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of media planning and strategy experience on the brand side or at a media agency serving major consumer brands.
• Experience independently reviewing and challenging agency media plans.
• Experience managing multi-million-dollar media budgets across concurrent campaigns, including pacing, forecasting, and reallocations.
• Fluency across the full paid media channel landscape and strong knowledge of reach and frequency, brand lift, incrementality testing, and marketing mix modeling.
• Sharp analytical skills, including working with raw campaign data and Excel, plus strong stakeholder management across Finance, Analytics, Creative, and agency teams.
• Daily use of AI tools to accelerate analysis, reporting, and media planning, with the ability to make sound decisions in ambiguous and fast-moving situations.

Nice to have

• Experience at a high-growth consumer technology, B2C, or AI company.
• Agency experience followed by a move, or intended move, to the client side.
• Experience building a media function or measurement framework from scratch.
• Experience with OOH and large cultural-moment buys, such as sponsorships or tentpole events.
• Experience using Replit to build and ship a product, or a perspective on how AI is changing media planning and buying.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with competitive salary and equity.
• 401(k) program with a 4% match for US employees.
• Health, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance.
• Paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave, flexible time off, and holidays.
• Autonomous work environment, monthly wellness stipend, commuter benefits, and in-office setup reimbursement.
• Quarterly team gatherings and in-office amenities.