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Salary: USD 182,600 - 295,350 / annual
LaunchDarkly is seeking a Head of Corporate Marketing to lead the company's external communications strategy and shape market narrative as AI transforms software development. You will own corporate communications across public relations, analyst relations, social media, and executive communications, partnering closely with Product Marketing, Content Marketing, Demand Generation, and the executive team to ensure consistent messaging across all external touchpoints.
Key responsibilities include:
- Partnering with executive leadership to operationalize LaunchDarkly's corporate narrative and increase share of voice among developers, engineering leaders, technology executives, analysts, and industry influencers
- Ensuring consistent messaging across communications, product launches, thought leadership, analyst engagements, and executive visibility
- Building repeatable processes that align communications efforts around a unified strategic story
- Identifying emerging market conversations and flagging engagement opportunities
- Leading and developing a team of three spanning Public Relations, Analyst Relations, and Social Media
- Managing thought-leadership programs for the CEO, CTO, SVP of Product, and other key executives to position them as trusted authorities on software delivery, AI, and modern engineering
- Identifying speaking opportunities, contributed content, media engagements, and strategic platforms
- Supporting analyst relations efforts with Gartner, Forrester, IDC, RedMonk, and other key firms
- Defining and tracking communications metrics across share of voice, analyst perception, executive visibility, and market influence
This role is ideal for someone who thinks strategically about market influence, shapes industry conversations, and builds category leadership beyond traditional communications channels.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 15+ years of experience in corporate communications, product communications, corporate marketing, or related leadership roles within high-growth B2B software companies, with 5+ years of leadership experience
- Demonstrated success building integrated communications strategies that strengthen market positioning, thought leadership, and executive visibility
- Experience leading and developing high-performing communications organizations across multiple disciplines (public relations, analyst relations, executive communications, social media)
- Strong point of view on how modern B2B technology companies build market influence beyond traditional PR
- Exceptional storytelling, messaging, and executive communication skills with ability to translate complex technical concepts into compelling market narratives
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, Journalism, or related field (preferred)
- Preferred: Background in developer tools, DevOps, cloud infrastructure, AI platforms, or enterprise software serving technical audiences
- Preferred: Experience supporting category creation, major market repositioning efforts, or new product category launches
- Preferred: Experience partnering closely with Product Marketing and executive leadership to shape corporate positioning
- Must be authorized to work in US/Canada (no visa sponsorship or relocation)
- 20% travel required
