OpenAI

Head of Ads Enterprise Marketing

OpenAI$150K — $200K *
Enterprise Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years in B2B, enterprise, or ad sales marketing leadership
  • Experience with scaled digital media advertising programs
  • Understanding of enterprise buying decisions and procurement cycles
  • Ability to develop executive narratives and thought leadership
  • Proficient in creating content ecosystems for brand leadership and pipeline generation
  • Experience with large-scale event strategies and conversions
  • Knowledgeable in advertising concepts and metrics
  • Analytical with a focus on connecting marketing to revenue outcomes
  • Skills to translate complex tech into actionable narratives
  • Proven track record of building high-performing teams

Responsibilities

  • Define end-to-end marketing strategy for enterprise advertisers
  • Develop narratives and messaging for AI-powered advertising
  • Build brand positioning to differentiate OpenAI as a trusted platform
  • Lead thought leadership programs to establish OpenAI's industry voice
  • Create storytelling frameworks for executive and media engagements
  • Develop sales enablement materials to articulate differentiated value
  • Lead the creation of customer stories demonstrating advertiser success
  • Build integrated demand generation and account-based marketing programs
  • Define go-to-market strategies for key industry verticals
  • Own industry presence at major advertising events
  • Partner with Product Marketing to align roadmap with market needs
  • Establish measurement frameworks for brand perception and engagement

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model, requiring three days in-office per week
  • Opportunity to shape marketing strategy for an innovative AI platform
  • Lead a high-performing, dynamic marketing team
  • Gain visibility at leading industry events
  • Collaborative partnership with multiple business units for comprehensive growth
  • Drive thought leadership in the rapidly evolving advertising space
Full Job Description
About the Role

We are hiring a Head of Enterprise Ads Marketing to define and scale OpenAI's global marketing strategy for enterprise advertisers, agencies, and strategic brand partners. This leader will own how advertisers understand, evaluate, adopt, and grow with OpenAI's advertising solutions.

This is a highly strategic and hands-on leadership role where you will shape the narratives that position OpenAI as a premium advertising platform for the world's marketers while building the content, thought leadership, events, and demand programs that drive pipeline and long-term strategic growth.

You will partner closely with Sales, Partnerships, Product, Finance, Legal, Communications, Research, and Data Science to help establish OpenAI as a trusted leader in the future of AI-powered advertising.

This role is ideally based in San Francisco, CA, with a hybrid schedule of three days per week in the office.

In This Role, You Will:
  • Define the end-to-end enterprise advertiser marketing strategy across awareness, consideration, pipeline creation, adoption, expansion, and long-term growth.
  • Develop OpenAI's enterprise advertising narratives, positioning, and messaging architecture across AI-powered marketing, creativity, measurement, and consumer engagement.
  • Build compelling brand positioning that establishes OpenAI as a trusted, differentiated platform for enterprise advertisers and agencies.
  • Lead category thought leadership programs and content strategy that position OpenAI as a leading voice on the future of advertising, AI, creativity, and measurement.
  • Create executive storytelling frameworks and high-impact communications for senior client engagements, keynote presentations, media moments, and industry conversations.
  • Develop strategic sales enablement programs, positioning, and materials that help commercial teams articulate differentiated value across industries, customer segments, and buying audiences.
  • Lead the development of flagship customer stories, case studies, and proof points that demonstrate measurable business outcomes and advertiser success.
  • Build integrated demand generation and account-based marketing programs targeting priority accounts and industries through owned media, partner channels, executive engagement, and industry activations.
  • Define industry-specific narratives and go-to-market strategies across key verticals including CPG, Retail, Automotive, Financial Services, Technology, Entertainment, Telecom, and Travel.
  • Own OpenAI's presence and narrative strategy at major industry events including Cannes Lions, CES, Advertising Week, Possible, and DMEXCO.
  • Partner closely with Product Marketing and Product teams to translate roadmap innovations into market-ready launches, customer education, and enterprise sales motions.
  • Establish measurement frameworks to track brand perception, executive engagement, pipeline contribution, influenced revenue, content performance, and market momentum, while building and leading a high-performing team over time.


You Might Thrive in This Role If You:
  • Have 12+ years of experience in B2B marketing, enterprise marketing, ad sales marketing, product marketing, brand strategy, or strategic go-to-market leadership.
  • Have built or led enterprise advertising marketing programs at a scaled digital media platforms.
  • Deeply understand how enterprise advertisers and agencies make buying decisions, including procurement cycles, executive stakeholders, measurement requirements, and long-term partnerships.
  • Have significant experience developing executive narratives, thought leadership platforms, and enterprise positioning strategies that influence senior marketers and industry decision-makers.
  • Have experience building sophisticated content marketing ecosystems that support both brand leadership and pipeline generation.
  • Have led world-class tent-pole event strategies and know how to convert marquee moments into measurable brand and commercial impact.
  • Have built high-quality sales enablement ecosystems that help commercial teams win complex deals.
  • Are fluent in advertising concepts including brand building, performance media, measurement, attribution, audience strategy, creative effectiveness, and media planning.
  • Are highly analytical and comfortable connecting marketing investments to pipeline and revenue outcomes.
  • Can translate complex technology into clear, credible narratives for CMOs, agency leaders, media executives, and enterprise buyers.
  • Thrive in ambiguous, fast-moving environments where you are building new functions from scratch.
  • Are an excellent people leader who can attract top talent and raise the quality bar quickly.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research laboratory consisting of the for-profit corporation OpenAI LP and its parent company, the non-profit OpenAI Inc. The company was founded in 2015 by a group of technology leaders, including Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, and John Schulman. OpenAI's mission is to develop and promote friendly AI for the betterment of humanity. The company has developed a number of cutting-edge AI technologies, including GPT-3, a language processing system that can generate human-like text. OpenAI has received funding from a number of high-profile investors, including LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and venture capitalist Peter Thiel.
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