Head of Marketing & Communications

Dive in and do the best work of your career rney alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here. We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world.

Digital Ocean is accelerating into a new era of growth and possibility — where our trusted, developer-loved cloud meets the accelerating demands of AI-native builders. We are seeking a Senior Director of Marketing to lead Product Marketing and Corporate Communications (including PR and Analyst Relations), with end-to-end accountability for the corporate narrative that positions Digital Ocean as the simplest, most trusted cloud and inference platform for AI startups, developers, and digital-native businesses.

This leader will not only define our story — they will ensure it shows up consistently, credibly, and with authority across media, analysts, social, the CEO platform, launches, sales assets, and every GTM touchpoint. This includes direct ownership of PR, the build-out of a modern analyst relations function, and hands‑on leadership of proactive, high‑velocity communications that materially shift market perception and build durable trust.

You will report to the Head of Growth & Marketing and work cross‑functionally across Product, Sales, Developer Relations, CEO Staff, Growth, and Events.

Lead Product Marketing, PR, and Corporate Communications

• Inspire and develop a team of storytellers and communicators who bring Digital Ocean’s value to life for developers, startups, and AI‑native builders.
• Design and operationalize the playbooks, processes, and cross‑functional rituals that make our positioning sharper, our launches more impactful, and our narrative a consistent force across every channel where DO shows up.

Own and Execute Digital Ocean’s Corporate Narrative

• Serve as the day‑to‑day owner of Digital Ocean’s corporate narrative — ensuring it is crisp, differentiated, and consistently reinforced across all internal and external motions.
• Partner cross‑functionally with Product, CEO Staff, Dev Rel, Sales, Growth, and Events to ensure messaging is aligned, trusted, and used.
• Translate complex technical and AI‑native concepts into simple, memorable stories that resonate with developers, startups, and growth‑stage companies.

Build a High‑Credibility, High‑Velocity PR Engine

• Take full ownership of PR: strategy, execution, relationships, messaging, and metrics. Lead Digital Ocean’s shift from an agency‑driven PR model to a strategic, internally led powerhouse.
• Develop and scale a systematic cadence of:
  • Executive visibility and thought leadership
  • Proactive media outreach
  • Industry commentary and timely rapid response
  • Customer stories and product storytelling that land in press
• Build and operationalize the CEO’s public platform on cloud, AI, economics, and builder ecosystems — including social amplification.

Establish and Lead Analyst Relations

• Establish Digital Ocean’s analyst relations engine and elevate how influential third‑party voices perceive and categorize the emerging AI cloud landscape.
• Drive consistent briefings, positioning documents, and narrative alignment to secure inclusion in waves, quadrants, and landscape reports.
• Ensure analyst perception moves in measurable, positive ways.

Deliver Launches and Product Communications That Drive Adoption

• Lead end‑to‑end product marketing for major launches, ensuring clarity, value articulation, customer proof, and external amplification.
• Partner with Product and Growth to ensure launches drive adoption, attach, and awareness.
• Build competitive positioning, talk tracks, and enablement assets that increase seller confidence and accelerate deal cycles.
• Equip Sales with the narratives and assets needed to drive multi‑product, strategic deals across the platform.

Make PR and Narrative a Driver of Business Outcomes

• Use data, market intelligence, customer insights, and sentiment analysis to refine and strengthen our…