Director of Marketing, Ads

We're looking for a founding Marketing Director to lead the marketing strategy for Discord’s advertising solutions. In this role, you’ll set the vision and drive execution across both Product Marketing and Business Marketing, shaping how advertisers discover, understand, and adopt Ads on Discord. You'll position our platform to win in a competitive, fast-evolving market—uniting cross-functional teams around a bold, cohesive strategy to establish Discord as a leading destination for innovative advertising.

You will partner closely with product, sales, data science and engineering to shape the product vision, drive adoption of our products, establish our narrative, and solidify our reputation as a leader in gaming and advertising.
If you're a strategic leader who thrives in fast-paced, zero-to-scale environments, this is a unique opportunity to drive the growth of our advertising business and play a key role in shaping its long-term direction.

What You'll Be Doing

• Build and lead a high-performing team, fostering collaboration, excellence, and innovation.
• Own the product marketing strategy for our advertising solutions, ensuring alignment with business objectives and market opportunities.
• Partner with the executive team and product management to influence product vision, prioritize roadmaps, and shape the strategic direction of our portfolio.
• Lead the go-to-market strategy for our ads portfolio, driving seamless collaboration across product, sales, engineering, and marketing teams.
• Elevate Discord’s presence in the advertising industry by driving our content strategy, thought leadership, trade partnerships, and industry engagement.
• Own the Sales enablement strategy—to ensure our Sales team is equipped with the insights, narratives, and materials they need to succeed.

What you should have

• 12+ years of experience in product marketing, with at least 6 years in a leadership role leading ads products. Ideally experience in mobile performance or gaming advertising.
• Deep understanding of the advertising space, including digital advertising ecosystems, ad tech platforms, and media buying strategies.
• Exceptional communication and storytelling skills, with a track record of crafting narratives that drive measurable business outcomes
• Excel in ambiguous environments—excited about building new processes, business models, and scaling an advertising business from the ground up.
• Experience managing significant marketing budgets and influencing C-level stakeholders

Candidates must reside in or be willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma counties). Relocation assistance may be available.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $300,000 to $337,500 + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role and level. Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, or benefits.