# Head of AI Ads at AirOps

- Company: AirOps
- What the company does: Build an AI discovery strategy that earns trust across the web, gets your brand chosen by AI, and drives growth with AirOps. Backed by Greylock.
- Company website: https://www.airops.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: New York , San Francisco or Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $185K to $250K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-03
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/airops/8ddccd26-1667-457f-b354-97a088d56b92
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/airops-head-of-ai-ads/

## About the role

We are hiring a Head of AI Ads to define, invent, and lead this emerging new product line. You will be AirOps’ principal authority on generative ads, building the foundational playbooks for how the world's top brands deploy capital across LLM-driven discovery channels. Equal parts category-defining strategist, growth systems engineer, and 0 to 1 operator, you will sit at the tip of the spear: converting early market signals into scalable product motions and teaching the industry how to win in the post-search era.

## What they're looking for

- Spiked Performance & Growth DNA: Proven track record leading high-scale performance marketing, SEM, or paid media teams with deep mastery of auction mechanics, bidding logic, targeting, and multi-touch attribution
- 6+ years experience in performance marketing, growth, digital advertising, or related relevant fields at high growth startups
- First-Principles Innovator: A history of pioneering new, unproven channels or markets before standard playbooks existed. You thrive in complete ambiguity and create order out of noise
- Holistic Growth Instincts: Sharp strategic judgment across both paid and organic levers. You view discovery as an integrated ecosystem, not just a series of isolated ad buys
- Quantitative Rigor: Strong analytical instinct with a data-first approach to budget allocation, unit economics, incrementality, and performance measurement
- AI & Search Curiosity: Deep, active fascination with AI-native discovery, LLM evolution, and answer-engine landscapes (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, etc.)

Tags: Strategy + New Biz