Senior Communications Manager

Location –Mountain View, CA or SF Bay Area (Hybrid Schedule)

We are seeking a savvy Communications professional for the role of Corporate Communications Senior Manager. This person will lead on executive thought leadership and content development for our Engineering organization. As part of this role, there will be a specific focus on owned content creation for the SVP of Engineering, while working in lockstep with the broader engineering external comms team to uncover earned opportunities.

The role also offers the unique opportunity to build and share our technical story internally and on LinkedIn through the voice of the SVP of Engineering and our engineering leadership. An interest in technology is a must for this role, with the ideal candidate having strong experience in the sector. They will be a go-getter with rigorous attention to detail, strong content creation skills, and a passion for working with executives to shape corporate-level stories.

Responsibilities:

• Lead on content development (social videos, on platform posts, script development) and project manage major external content projects for the engineering organization
• Work closely with engineering leadership on technical focused narratives that support the goals of the wider business
• Lead on developing cross-platform narratives for our Engineering Executives - speaking opps, earned media, on platform content
• Lead on wider engineering org external content development including on platform content for Engineering Executives and the LinkedIn Engineering Blog
• Collaborate with engineering comms team on thought leadership stories that can be used externally in the press
• Work with employee comms to scale external narratives, content and messaging internally

Requirements:

Basic Qualifications:

• 8+ years of related PR or external communications experience
• Experience working with senior executives
• Experience working for a technology company or creating content about the tech industry

Preferred Qualifications:

• Outstanding content development skills across a variety of channels - written, video, audio
• Very strong project management skills for large scale external comms activities
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Solid understanding of business and media environment particularly in technology
• Demonstrated ability to connect dots across product and business news in order to shape powerful stories
• Excellent written and oral communications skills with the ability to critically think about how to position a story and weave in multiple messages to maximize opportunities
• Fantastic organizational skills and an innate ability to multitask and prioritize
• Possess a high degree of integrity and sense of confidentiality
• Organizational skills and an innate ability to stay on top of multiple projects at once
• Ability to develop and maintain strong internal and external relationships at all levels

Suggested Skills:

• Corporate Communications
• Technology Communications
• Complex Problem Solving
• Intellectual Curiosity
• Stakeholder Management
• Content creation skills

Compensation:

• $76.15 - $87.26 Hourly (W2/Non-Exempt)

Req# 15028