Executive Communications and Content Manager

• Chainguard is the trusted source for open source. By delivering hardened, secure
• production-ready builds of all the open source software engineers and AI agents rely on, Chainguard helps organizations build faster, stay compliant
• Our customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and global industry leaders, including Anduril, Canva, Fortinet, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, OpenAI, Snap Inc., and Snowflake.
• Chainguard is venture-backed by leading investors, including Amplify, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mantis VC, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Spark Capital.
• The role, in a nutshell:
• We're looking for an Executive Communications and Content Manager to help our executive team and community show up in the market with sharp, distinctive points of view. This role is fundamentally a thought leadership and content role: you'll spend most of your time writing and creating content (blog posts, bylines, social content, video
• talking points) that carry our company narrative through the distinct voice of each spokesperson who delivers it.
• You’ll work across Chainguard’s executive team, developing a narrative for each leader while keeping their storytelling aligned with broader company moments, launches
• campaigns. You'll also help extend that same thought leadership lens to our customers, highlighting their perspectives and insights as part of our content strategy. This is a role for a strong writer and storyteller who thrives on variety, juggles multiple voices and deadlines without losing quality
• knows how to translate complex topics into narratives that land with developer, security

What You’ll Do

• Executive thought leadership content: Develop and write blog posts, bylines, video, and long-form pieces that build our executives' individual points of view and reputations in the security and open source communities.
• Customer thought leadership: Work with Chainguard customers to develop content that showcases their industry leadership and how they're using Chainguard.
• Executive social presence: Manage and write social content for our executive team, turning ideas, moments, and company news into posts that sound authentically like each person.
• Spokesperson prep: Shape narratives, talking points, and prep materials to help executives show up with a clear story at external engagements, such as podcasts, events, and webinars.
• Narrative translation: Turn technical and strategic topics into stories that land with developer, security, and business audiences.
• Cross-functional alignment: Work with Marketing, PR, and Events to make sure executive storytelling reinforces broader company narratives, launches, and campaigns.
• Content operations: Own the external content calendar for each executive you support, and manage the process end to end

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of experience in executive communications, public relations, content/brand storytelling, journalism, or a related writing-intensive role. In-house experience is a plus.
• Ability to manage content across multiple executives, channels, and deadlines, without dropping the ball.
• A storyteller's instinct: you can spot the narrative in a piece of news, a customer moment, or an executive's offhand idea, and turn it into content that resonates.
• Excellent writing and messaging skills, with the ability to convey complex information in a clear and compelling manner.
• Comfort operating with confidence around senior execs, including knowing when to push back or nudge them to keep things moving.
• Proven success in cross-functional, highly collaborative roles.
• Bonus: experience working in highly technical or developer-facing organizations.
• On-Target Earnings: $127,650 - $161,000
• Base Salary Range
• $111,000 — $140,000 USD
• About Us
• We live and breathe our company values:
• We are customer obsessed — We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better.
• We have a bias for intentional action — We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.
• We don't take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) — We are solving an important problem which takes focus, but we also like to enjoy the journey.
• We trust each other and assume good intentions — We're transparent with decisions to empower team members to make well informed decisions.
• A few of the benefits we offer:
• Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
• Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).
• 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.
• ∞ Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
• 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child's first year.
• If your experience is close but doesn't fulfill all requirements, please apply. We're building the best team in technology and are focused on hiring "Chainguardians" with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.
• Chainguard is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions
• related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity
• other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.
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