Deepgram

Director of Community Growth

Remote

$165,000 – $210,000Compensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Artificial Intelligence, Speech Recognition, Voice TechnologyIndustries

Position Overview

  • Location Type: Remote
  • Job Type: FullTime
  • Salary: $165K - $210K

Deepgram is the leading voice AI platform for developers building speech-to-text (STT), text-to-speech (TTS) and full speech-to-speech (STS) offerings. 200,000+ developers build with Deepgram’s voice-native foundational models – accessed through APIs or as self-managed software – due to our unmatched accuracy, latency and pricing. Customers include software companies building voice products, co-sell partners working with large enterprises, and enterprises solving internal voice AI use cases. The company ended 2024 cash-flow positive with 400+ enterprise customers, 3.3x annual usage growth across the past 4 years, over 50,000 years of audio processed and over 1 trillion words transcribed. There is no organization in the world that understands voice better than Deepgram.

Deepgram is looking for a Director of Community Growth to support the strategy and development of Deepgram's brand in developer and user-facing communities. As a Director of Community Growth you will work with our DX (Developer Experience), Applied Engineering, Product and Marketing teams to build content that hits the right tone and distribute it where our technical audience spends their time. Your success will be measured on driving product signups that turn into deals as well as the engagement and growth of our hosted and third party communities. If you thrive in a role that is one part project manager, one part content creator and one part tactical executor, you’re our person.

Requirements

  • Strong understanding of developer communities and their needs.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to create engaging content for technical audiences.
  • Experience with social media management and community building.
  • Analytical skills to track and measure community growth.
  • Project management skills to coordinate events and initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • Community Engagement: Foster user relationships within the Deepgram user community (Discord), monitoring engagement, encouraging conversation and developing processes for our internal team to better extract themes and feedback.
  • Content Creation and Distribution: Develop and share a content calendar and strategy, then distribute the content to inspire play in community members, kicking off a UGC (user generated content) flywheel across hosted community as well as channels like Reddit, X and YouTube.
  • Social Media: Own our company handles and create posts that stand on their own (zero click content) as well as developing content for key executives and Deepgrammers.
  • Community Event Management: Organize and host (or sponsor) hackathons, livestreams, and meetups to strengthen community bonds and create goodwill and word of mouth for Deepgram.
  • Feedback Management: Partner with DX to collect and relay community feedback to internal teams to inform product development and resonant messaging for marketing.
  • Analytics and Reporting: Monitor community metrics as well as the success of events and other engagements and their influence on revenue.

Application Instructions

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Skills

Developer communities
Communication
Interpersonal skills
Content creation
Social media management
Community building
Analytical skills
Project management

Deepgram

Speech recognition APIs for audio transcription

About Deepgram

Deepgram specializes in artificial intelligence for speech recognition, offering a set of APIs that developers can use to transcribe and understand audio content. Their technology allows clients, ranging from startups to large organizations like NASA, to process millions of audio minutes daily. Deepgram's APIs are designed to be fast, accurate, scalable, and cost-effective, making them suitable for businesses needing to handle large volumes of audio data. The company operates on a pay-per-use model, where clients are charged based on the amount of audio they transcribe, allowing Deepgram to grow its revenue alongside client usage. With a focus on the high-growth market of speech recognition, Deepgram is positioned for future success.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2015Year Founded
$100.5MTotal Funding
SERIES_BCompany Stage
Data & Analytics, AI & Machine LearningIndustries
51-200Employees

Benefits

Comprehensive Health Plans
FSA Health Matching up to $1,000
Work from Home Ergonomic Stipend
Healthy Food & Snacks in offices
Community Groups
Unlimited Vacation

Risks

Increased competition from open-source solutions like OpenAI's Whisper threatens market share.
Recent layoffs suggest potential financial instability or strategic restructuring challenges.
Integration of Poised may cause disruptions in service or product development.

Differentiation

Deepgram's APIs offer fast, accurate, and scalable speech recognition solutions.
The acquisition of Poised enhances Deepgram's real-time feedback capabilities in virtual meetings.
Aura API provides low-latency, human-like voice models for conversational AI agents.

Upsides

Strategic partnership with Clarifai accelerates AI application development and market expansion.
Aura API positions Deepgram to capitalize on real-time conversational voice AI trends.
Deepgram's technology is used by large enterprises like NASA, indicating strong market trust.

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