
Product Marketing Lead, Advertising
OpenAI · San Francisco, CA
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- Full-time
- $315,000 / year
- San Francisco, CA
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Job highlights
- Lead advertising product marketing and go-to-market strategy.
- Translate market insights into product requirements and plans.
- Own launch strategy and execution for new advertising products.
- Drive product adoption and sales through coordinated efforts.
- Improve existing experiences for retention and satisfaction.
About the role
About The Team
OpenAI’s mission is to ensure the responsible and widespread adoption of artificial intelligence. In support of that mission, the Marketing team helps deeply understand customer audiences and market dynamics, influence the development of the right products, build sustainable and customer-aligned monetization models, and drive awareness, adoption, and usage across OpenAI’s products and platform.
We take a data-driven approach to understand markets, develop monetization strategies, and uncover customer needs that shape product strategy and messaging. We partner closely with Sales, Partnerships, Product, Engineering, Research, Comms, and Design to deliver a cohesive end-to-end customer experience and lead go-to-market efforts for new product launches across channels.
About The Role
We’re looking for a Product Marketing Lead focused on Advertising to help shape and scale our advertising products and go-to-market strategy. You’ll combine strategy, market and customer insight with strong product intuition to guide roadmap priorities, mitigate product risks, and deliver launches and coordinate go-to-markets that drive adoption and measurable business impact. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in ambiguity, enjoys turning complex technical capabilities into clear customer value, and can lead cross-functional work in a fast-moving environment.
In This Role You Will
- Lead market assessment and customer discovery to identify advertiser needs, market trends, and competitive dynamics
- Translate insights into clear product requirements, positioning, and go-to-market plans in close partnership with Product and Engineering
- Partner with Design, Data Science, and Analytics to define success metrics, measurement strategy, and experimentation plans
- Identify product risk areas (e.g., performance, safety, policy, trust) and drive cross-functional plans to mitigate them
- Own launch strategy and execution for new and improved advertising products, including messaging, enablement, and rollouts
- Build narratives and materials that explain value simply (e.g., positioning, sales decks, one-pagers, FAQs, internal comms)
- Lead the go-to-market strategy and coordination to drive product adoptions and sales in coordination with Sales, Partnerships and Product (Including client communications, product documentation, and positioning)
- Coordinate across stakeholders to keep workstreams aligned, remove blockers, and deliver outcomes on time
- Continuously evaluate and improve existing experiences to drive retention, performance, and advertiser satisfaction
You might be a great fit if you…
- Have strong structured problem solving skills - taking ambiguous problems, breaking them down into answerable parts and then designing and managing a process to answer these questions and driving implementation
- Can connect advertiser needs to product strategy, and influence prioritization across Product/Engineering/Design
- Understand the advertising ecosystem: measurement, targeting/relevance, creative, auctions, and performance tradeoffs
- Have experience marketing products—especially advertising, marketing tech, platforms, or data/AI products
- Communicate clearly and persuasively—turning technical concepts into crisp customer value and differentiated positioning
- Are fluent in both qualitative and quantitative research (customer interviews, surveys, funnel analysis, experimentation)
- Thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and can manage multiple concurrent projects with strong judgment
- Are highly collaborative, proactive, and comfortable leading cross-functional efforts without direct authority
About OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.
For additional information, please see OpenAI’s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.
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Key skills/competency
- Product Marketing
- Advertising
- Go-to-Market Strategy
- Market Assessment
- Customer Discovery
- Product Requirements
- Launch Execution
- Cross-functional Leadership
- Data Analysis
- AI Products
Skills & topics
- Product Marketing
- Advertising
- Go-to-Market Strategy
- Market Assessment
- Customer Discovery
- Product Requirements
- Launch Execution
- Cross-functional Leadership
- Data Analysis
- AI Products
- Marketing Technology
- Platform Marketing
- Data Products
- AI
- Messaging
- Enablement
- Rollouts
- Sales Decks
- One-pagers
- Internal Comms
- Product Documentation
- Positioning
- Quantitative Research
- Qualitative Research
- Customer Interviews
- Surveys
How to get hired
- Tailor your resume: Highlight experience in advertising, marketing tech, and AI products, emphasizing structured problem-solving and cross-functional leadership.
- Craft a compelling application: Clearly articulate how your skills in market assessment, customer discovery, and GTM strategy align with OpenAI's mission and the Product Marketing Lead role.
- Prepare for interviews: Be ready to discuss your understanding of the advertising ecosystem, how you translate technical capabilities into customer value, and your experience managing ambiguous projects.
- Showcase collaboration: Emphasize your ability to lead cross-functional teams without direct authority and your experience with both qualitative and quantitative research methods.
- Understand OpenAI's mission: Demonstrate your passion for AI and how you can contribute to its responsible and widespread adoption through effective product marketing.
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Frequently asked questions
- What are the key responsibilities of the Product Marketing Lead, Advertising at OpenAI?
- The Product Marketing Lead, Advertising at OpenAI will lead market assessment, translate insights into product requirements and go-to-market plans, own launch strategy and execution for advertising products, and drive product adoption and sales. This role requires strong collaboration with Product, Engineering, Design, and Sales teams.
- What kind of experience is OpenAI looking for in a Product Marketing Lead, Advertising candidate?
- OpenAI is looking for candidates with strong structured problem-solving skills, experience marketing products (especially advertising, marketing tech, platforms, or data/AI products), a deep understanding of the advertising ecosystem, and fluency in both qualitative and quantitative research. The ability to communicate clearly and persuasively, and thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments is also crucial.
- How does OpenAI approach product development and go-to-market strategy for its advertising products?
- OpenAI takes a data-driven approach, closely partnering with Sales, Partnerships, Product, Engineering, Research, Comms, and Design. They focus on understanding customer needs, developing monetization strategies, and shaping product strategy and messaging to drive awareness, adoption, and usage. The Product Marketing Lead will play a key role in this process.
- What is the compensation range for the Product Marketing Lead, Advertising position at OpenAI?
- The compensation range for the Product Marketing Lead, Advertising position at OpenAI is $284,000 to $315,000 annually.
- How can I best prepare for an interview for the Product Marketing Lead, Advertising role at OpenAI?
- To prepare for the interview, thoroughly review the job description and be ready to discuss specific examples from your experience that demonstrate your structured problem-solving, understanding of the advertising ecosystem, ability to translate technical features into customer value, and experience leading cross-functional initiatives. Familiarize yourself with OpenAI's mission and products.
- What are OpenAI's values regarding diversity and inclusion for the Product Marketing Lead role?
- OpenAI is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity and inclusion. They do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other legally protected characteristics. They strive to encompass and value diverse perspectives.
