Daria Zhao

Director of Product Marketing, AI at Yext

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Building world-class GTM from launch to revenue to scale. Previously, I built and ran cloud, AI/ML, and global youth PMM at Datadog, Anomalo, and Autodesk. In 2018, I cofounded Learn With Mochi, named "Top STEM Toy of 2024" by Forbes and launched to #1 on Product Hunt. Before tech, I ran U.S. crisis response for a $XX million initiative of the Gates Foundation and spent 10 years writing for UNICEF, bringing stories of humanitarian crisis & aid to readers in 180 countries. A lifelong beneficiary of American public schools, I believe great technology is accessible and inclusive for all.

Experience

  • Director of Product Marketing - AI & Emerging Products at Yext
    Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

    AI-native GTM for fastest-growing product suite in company’s 20-year history. Join us!

  • Senior Manager, AI/ML Product Marketing at Anomalo
    Apr 2024 - Jun 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos

    Joined at $33M Series B to build enterprise PMM function, Fortune 500 customer programs, Gartner MQ enablement, new SKU commercialization, joint GTM with data and AI infrastructure partners. Backed by Databricks alongside Mistral, Perplexity, Glean, LangChain, dbt Labs.

  • Datadog ()
    • Senior Manager, Cloud Product Marketing
      2023 - Apr 2024 · 1 yr 4 mos

    • Acting Director, Product Marketing
      2023 - 2024 · 1 yr

    • Team Lead, Product Marketing
      2023 - 2023 · Less than a year

  • UNICEF ()
    • Global Field Engagement Advisor
      2018 - Aug 2022 · 4 yrs 8 mos

    • Global Field Contributor
      2008 - 2018 · 10 yrs

    • U.S. Program Chair
      2009 - 2012 · 3 yrs

      Piloted and scaled U.S. Clubs program. Mobilized 30,000 youth across 800+ chapters. Wrote for readers in 180 countries. Received 2010 President’s Service Award from the Obama White House.

  • Crisis Response (Pro Bono) at UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
    Mar 2022 - Jun 2022 · 4 mos

    Project manager for employee-led response to Ukraine conflict. Coordinated 3-month shelter design collaboration between the UN Refugee Agency and Autodesk Foundation.