[Hiring] Director, Communications, Media & Journalism @phData

Role Description

Most companies in data and AI sound the same. The same launch recaps, the same borrowed talking points, the same claims no one checked. This role exists so phData doesn't. You turn what our R&D experts and executives know into original, fact-checked journalism that reporters quote, analysts cite, and buyers trust. You are one person working with roughly 10 subject-matter experts and executives, and you don't have a team to hide behind. If you do this poorly, phData publishes content that is forgettable at best and wrong at worst, in a market where credibility is the whole game.

Qualifications

• Read this section like a mirror, not a checklist. Some of it is meant to make you nod. Some of it is meant to make you uncomfortable. Both reactions are useful, to you and to us.
• You've killed a story you loved because one source wouldn't confirm it. You didn't publish and hope.
• You've told a senior executive their idea wasn't original enough to run, and kept the relationship.
• Journalist first. You report, interview, verify, and edit like someone whose name is on the byline. You consider "good enough to publish" a failure of standards, not a deadline.
• Quiet ownership. Your best work goes out under an SME's or executive's name. You are fine with that, and you still defend its quality as if it were yours.
• Judgment over volume. You pick one flagship idea a quarter and say no to the rest. You don't measure yourself by how much you shipped.
• Translator. You can sit with an R&D lead who is explaining agent orchestration, ask the question that exposes the real insight, and then explain it to a reporter in two sentences.
• Relationship builder. You earn attention from reporters and analysts by being useful and accurate, not by pitching harder.

Requirements

• Senior reporting and editing experience at B2B publications, with a track record of earned media coverage.
• Strong interviewing, data sourcing, and editing skills, particularly in data and AI.
• Experience managing analyst relations, including evaluations such as Gartner Magic Quadrant and Forrester Wave.
• Proven stakeholder management and advocacy program execution, with experience designing and testing workflows.
• This role is based in the United States. You will collaborate with global teams in India and South America, and must be flexible in working across time zones.
• Travel of up to approximately 40% may be required to support company milestones and in-person meetings.

Benefits

• Remote-First Work Environment
• 401k plan with company match
• Dental and Vision insurance
• Home Office Equipment Stipend
• Annual stipend for Learning and Development
• Competitive comp, excellent benefits, Flexible PTO plan plus 10 Holidays (and other cool perks)