Sr. Director, Global External Communications

Elastic
United States
Full timeUSD 200,400 - 316,900 annuallyFunction: Communications, PR & CommunitySkills: ["Strategic leadership","Editorial judgment","Relationship management","Communication strategy","Data-driven decision-making"]

Lead a senior global external communications strategy that shapes Elastic’s reputation and influence across corporate, technical, regional, public sector, and ecosystem audiences. Translate technical product innovation into compelling narratives for CIOs, CISOs, CTOs, and the media, and build an always-on earned influence engine. Oversee specialist technical communications teams, modernize operating models with intelligence-led measurement, and lead agency ecosystems and executive voice amplification.

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Sr. Director, Global External Communications

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Job Summary

Lead a senior global external communications strategy that shapes Elastic’s reputation and influence across corporate, technical, regional, public sector, and ecosystem audiences. Translate technical product innovation into compelling narratives for CIOs, CISOs, CTOs, and the media, and build an always-on earned influence engine. Oversee specialist technical communications teams, modernize operating models with intelligence-led measurement, and lead agency ecosystems and executive voice amplification.
Location: United States
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Communications, PR & Community
Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Set and lead Elastic’s global external communications strategy across corporate, technical, regional, public sector, and ecosystem audiences.
  • •Turn technical innovation into stories that influence technology decision-makers and earned media.
  • •Lead and develop specialist technical communications leaders embedded across key solution areas.
  • •Build an always-on earned influence engine and oversee corporate and business communications for major company moments and reputation.
  • •Own global/regional communications operating models, lead ecosystem and public sector communications, and modernize the function using intelligence and measurement.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 200,400 - 316,900 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health Insurance401kParental LeavePaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Significant senior leadership experience in external or corporate communications within enterprise technology, cloud, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data, developer platforms, or AI.
  • •Strong technical fluency and comfort engaging deeply with Product and Engineering leaders to understand sophisticated technical concepts.
  • •Ability to translate highly technical products and developer stories into broader narratives for technical and enterprise decision-makers.
  • •Experience leading specialist technology communications teams and enabling subject-matter experts to partner effectively with Product, PMM, Engineering, and senior business leaders.
  • •Proven track record building and leading a global external communications function with data- and intelligence-led strategy and measurement.
Experience:Enterprise technologyCloudInfrastructureCybersecurityDataDeveloper platformsAI
Skills:Strategic leadershipEditorial judgmentRelationship managementCommunication strategyData-driven decision-making
Languages:English

Company Brief

Elastic
Builds the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, Logstash) and provides search, observability, and security solutions that enable organizations to search, analyze, and protect data in real time across applications, infrastructure, and enterprises.
Industry: Data Infrastructure
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Founded: 2012
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