Listenlabs

Founding Communications Lead

San Francisco, CA

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 11 days ago

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About the role

TL;DR We're hiring a Founding Communications Lead to shape how Listen shows up in the market — with customers, candidates, reporters, analysts, and the broader technology community.
Listen is building the future of AI-powered customer understanding, and we need someone who can help polish and amplify the story we tell about ourselves. You'll work directly with our Head of Marketing and leadership team to build Listen's communications foundation across media, executive storytelling, announcements, employer brand, and internal and

Own Listen's communications strategy across media relations, executive communications, company announcements, employer brand, and core company narrative.
Drive media relations across tech and B2B media, identifying the right stories, shaping compelling angles, preparing pitches, and building trusted reporter relationships.
Create high-quality communications materials, including press releases, media kits, fact sheets, executive bios, briefing documents, messaging guides, and interview prep.
Partner with leadership on major announcements, including product launches, funding news, customer momentum, research reports, events, and company milestones.
Build Listen's employer brand for elite technical talent by telling the story of our team, technical ambition, product velocity, and culture of ownership.
Support awards, rankings, analyst briefings, and stakeholder communications that strengthen Listen's credibility in the market.
You've worked at a strong PR agency and want to move in-house to build the function from the inside.
As an early member of the team, you'll own end-to-end processes from scratch and grow alongside the company.
Room to grow: As an early member of the team, you'll own end-to-end processes from scratch and grow alongside the company.

You are an excellent storyteller with strong instincts for what makes something newsworthy, credible, and memorable.
You have real communications experience, ideally in B2B SaaS, tech, AI, enterprise software, or a high-growth startup environment.
You can write clearly and quickly across many formats: pitches, announcements, founder posts, talking points, bylines, internal notes, press materials, and executive narratives.

This role is for a sharp, polished, high-judgment communications professional who knows how to turn company momentum into clear, credible stories.
You'll help us earn attention from tech and B2B media, prepare executives to tell the story well, and make sure our message is consistent across every important audience.
This is a senior IC role with high ownership.
5-8 years in communications, PR, media relations, executive communications, journalism, or related roles.
B2B SaaS communications experience is important.
Agency PR or journalism experience is a plus.

Annual Learning Stipend: Books, courses, conferences, coaching, language lessons - almost anything that makes you sharper.
Annual Wellness Stipend for your health and headspace: Gym memberships, race fees, massages, ergonomic gear, and more.
We celebrate together: Company offsites (Hawaii this Summer!) and events like our annual holiday party - every win is a team win.

Health, covered: Full medical, dental, and vision.
FSA/HSA and life insurance are available too.
Competitive compensation: Backed by world-class investors including Sequoia, Ribbit Capital, Conviction, and Pear VC - we hire the best and treat them accordingly, with meaningful equity ownership.
Annual Learning Stipend: Books, courses, conferences, coaching, language lessons - almost anything that makes you sharper.
Annual Wellness Stipend for your health and headspace: Gym memberships, race fees, massages, ergonomic gear, and more.
Monthly Stipend for AI tools: A dedicated budget for the software and GPU credits that make you faster.
Flexible time off: A take-what-you-need vacation policy.
We celebrate together: Company offsites (Hawaii this Summer!) and events like our annual holiday party - every win is a team win.

Founded by serial entrepreneurs - Alfred (Bemlo, YC W22) and Florian (IOI medalist, ICPC World Finalist) - and built with talent from Google, Meta, Tesla, Amazon, Jane Street, and X, alongside Bain, Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, and Sequoia-backed startups like Applied Intuition, Scale AI, and Rippling.
Over 30% of our team are former founders, and multiple are competitive programming medalists.
Company offsites (Hawaii this Summer!) and events like our annual holiday party - every win is a team win.
Develop Listen's key narratives, talking points, and stories we use with press, customers, candidates, analysts, investors, and internal teams.

This listing is sourced directly from Listenlabs's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.