Head of AI Ads

Location: New York, San Francisco, or remote within the United States

Salary: $185,000–$250,000 annually, plus equity

Company

hirify.global is a full-service platform helping brands improve visibility, recommendations, and growth across AI-driven search and discovery platforms.

What you will do

• Define hirify.global’ playbook for AI-native advertising, including budget allocation, paid placements, organic authority, and content optimization across LLM platforms.
• Partner with marketing executives and growth teams to develop early-adopter strategies, evaluate channel tradeoffs, and measure full-funnel ROI.
• Design and execute quantitative experiments across emerging AI platforms to analyze auction dynamics, recommendation algorithms, conversion triggers, and attribution models.
• Bridge performance marketing with AI Engine Optimization by advising on structured data, authority-building, and paid placements.
• Represent hirify.global publicly through industry insights, executive education, and thought leadership in the AI Ads ecosystem.
• Turn customer learnings and experiment results into product specifications and scalable go-to-market services.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in performance marketing, growth, digital advertising, or a related field, preferably at high-growth startups.
• Proven experience leading high-scale performance marketing, SEM, or paid media teams.
• Deep knowledge of auction mechanics, bidding logic, targeting, and multi-touch attribution.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills, including budget allocation, unit economics, incrementality, and performance measurement.
• Strategic understanding of both paid and organic growth channels.
• Active interest in AI-native discovery, LLM evolution, and answer engines such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude.

Nice to have

• Experience pioneering new, unproven channels or markets before established playbooks existed.
• Experience building a new category or operating in highly ambiguous environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Equity in a fast-growing startup.
• Competitive benefits tailored to location.
• Flexible time off policy.
• Parental leave.
• Culture centered on ownership, quality, curiosity, customer impact, and respectful candor.