Head of PR & External Communications

Posted 22 Days Ago
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San Francisco, CA, USA
In-Office
200K-250K Annually
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Consumer Web • Wearables
The best immersive voice keyboard — 5x faster than typing
The Role
Lead and build the end-to-end communications function for an AI-native company: develop narrative and message architecture, run media and social strategy, shape executive voice, embed comms in product and investor launches, manage issues and competitive intelligence, leverage AI to optimize PR workflows, and hire and scale a communications team.
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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. How we think →

The team is still small enough that every person shapes what gets built.

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. What we are hiring for is someone who can build the model that AI-native companies aspire to, and that does not yet fully exist.

The old playbook, press releases, managed spokesperson quotes, quarterly media cycles, was designed for a world where information moved slowly and trust was conferred by institutions. That model does not work here. We are looking for someone who knows that and has a point of view on what replaces it.

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.

What You Will Own
  • Corporate narrative and positioning: message architecture, audience-specific narrative tracks, and the discipline to hold consistency across a fast-moving company

  • The communications system: editorial calendar, media strategy, agency management, and performance measurement

  • Maximizing for positive reach and positioning across the press and media channels we care about most

  • Executive communications: building a durable CEO voice across socials, podcasts, speaking, and long-form writing, as a repeatable system rooted in genuine conviction

  • Audience translation: distinct narrative tracks for developers, consumers, enterprise buyers, press, and recruits, each tuned in depth and frame of reference without diluting the substance

  • Understanding and building a targeted relationship with emerging media: podcasts, newsletters, streaming shows, creators that blur the lines between influencers and media.

  • Leverage automations to improve conventional PR workflows, reporting, dashboards, coverage tracking, competitive intelligence, etc.

  • 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, and the judgment to make the right call under pressure

What We Are Looking For
  • 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.

Why This Moment

The companies that get communications right in this new world will not just have better press coverage. They will have built something more durable: a public understanding of what they are doing and why it matters that survives scrutiny, competitive noise, and the narrative chaos of a category being defined in real time.

We are not looking for someone to manage the story we already have. We are looking for someone to build the model. If that is the problem you want to work on, we want to hear from you.

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

We're a small, focused team that cares deeply about the quality of our work and the people we do it with. Here's what you can expect:

  • Equity on employee-friendly terms, including early exercise and extended exercise windows with a combination of ISOs and RSUs. Ask us for more details!

  • Health, dental and vision. We cover 100% of the premium on the Anthem Blue Cross Gold PPO, and 75% of premiums for dependents. (US)

  • 401(k) with up to a 4% match. (US)

  • 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.

We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed. Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you're interested in this work. We’re designing how humans interact with AI, which makes representation even more important, and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team.

We are committed to ensuring a fair and accessible interview process. If you need any accommodations or adjustments, please let us know.

Skills Required

  • 10 or more years of communications experience at high-growth technology companies
  • Proven experience building communications programs and leading teams
  • Strong narrative craft and distribution mechanics; excellent writing and systems thinking
  • Ability to translate technical complexity across multiple distinct audiences (developers, consumers, enterprise, press, recruits)
  • Business and financial fluency linking positioning to investor perception and growth narrative
  • Established media relationships and proactive news sense
  • Proven issues and reputation management experience under pressure
  • AI-native in practice: regular use of AI tools to improve PR workflows while maintaining editorial standards
  • High agency, low ego; accountable for outcomes and able to give direct feedback
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The Company
HQ: South San Francisco, CA
49 Employees
Year Founded: 2021

What We Do

Founded in 2021, Wispr is building a more natural interface to interact with technology and bring it to every human on the planet. Wispr is a frontier-tech consumer electronics company building neural interfaces. Wispr is headquartered in San Francisco and has raised $14.6M to date.

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