Head of Corporate Marketing

About the Job: LaunchDarkly is redefining how modern software is built and operated. As AI transforms software development, we believe the future belongs to organizations that can move at AI speed while maintaining control in production. We're looking for a strategic external communications leader to help make that vision impossible to ignore.

As Head of Corporate Marketing, you'll lead the team responsible for translating our company strategy into a cohesive market narrative that influences customers, analysts, media, developers, and industry leaders. You'll own our external communications strategy across public relations, analyst relations, social media, and executive communications while partnering closely with Product Marketing, Content Marketing, Demand Generation, and our executive team to ensure every external touchpoint reinforces the same story.

This role is ideal for someone who thinks beyond communications channels and is energized by shaping markets, influencing industry conversations, and building category leadership.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with executive leadership to operationalize LaunchDarkly's corporate narrative.

• Increase LaunchDarkly's share of voice and thought leadership across developer and engineering leader audiences technology executives, analysts, and industry influencers.

• Ensure consistent messaging across communications, product launches, thought leadership, analyst engagements, and executive visibility.

• Build repeatable processes that align communications efforts around a unified strategic story rather than individual functional priorities.

• Identify emerging market conversations and flag opportunities for LaunchDarkly engagement..

• Lead and develop a team of three spanning Public Relations, Analyst Relations, and Social Media, creating a high-performing organization focused on influence, quality, and business impact.

• Manage thought-leadership programs for the CEO, CTO, SVP of Product and other key executives to position LaunchDarkly leaders as trusted authorities on software delivery, AI, and modern engineering.

• Identify speaking opportunities, contributed content, media engagements, and strategic platforms that reinforce our market position.

• Support analyst relations efforts with Gartner, Forrester, IDC, RedMonk, and other key firms by ensuring consistent, accurate messaging on LaunchDarkly's products and differentiation..

• Define and track communications metrics across share of voice, analyst perception, executive visibility, and market influence and surface insights to inform strategy.

Qualifications:

• Typically brings 15+ years of experience in corporate communications, product communications, corporate marketing, or related leadership roles within high-growth B2B software companies and 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, including public relations, analyst relations, executive communications, and/or social media.

• Strong point of view on how modern B2B technology companies build market influence beyond traditional public relations.

• Exceptional storytelling, messaging, and executive communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into compelling market narratives.

• (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 and thought leadership.

Specific Requirements:

• 20% travel required

• Must be authorized to work in US / Ca...