Senior Community Manager | Remote

Interested candidates based outside of the designated areas are welcome to apply, provided they have the indefinite right to work in the job location.

Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management. We help organizations defend against cybersecurity threats with comprehensive data security and management capabilities, including immutable backup snapshots, AI-based threat detection, monitoring for malicious behavior, and rapid recovery  are named a Leader by multiple analyst firms and globally recognized for innovation, product strength, and design simplicity.

This is a rare opportunity for a senior community leader to own and transform how Cohesity builds and activates its practitioner community in the enterprise data security and management space. You will define the community strategy, build a world-class technology champions advocacy program, and drive cross‑functional alignment across Product, Marketing, and Customer Success.

This role is for someone who is already a recognized voice in the industry — a blogger, influencer, and practitioner with deep roots in the enterprise data security ecosystem and a proven track record of scaling communities that deliver real business outcomes.

Build and Scale the Community Program

• Own the end-to-end community strategy — growth, engagement, and advocacy — aligned to business needs across core geographies and key verticals.
• Build and scale a structured technology champions program of advocates.
• Convert engaged customers and practitioners into active advocates driving peer influence, product feedback, and retention.

Drive Cross‑Functional Alignment

• Align with Product, Marketing, and Customer Success to embed community insights into business decisions and connect the program to product launches and thought leadership moments.
• Build feedback loops across Sales, Field, and Partner teams that tie community activity to pipeline and GRR impact.

Deploy AI to Power the Community

• Design and build AI‑powered bots and automation to enhance community experience.
• Use AI tools to scale content production, personalize member experiences, and surface community insights that inform product and marketing decisions.
• Stay current on emerging AI community tools and continually explore new ways to automate engagement, reduce friction, and improve program efficiency.

Measure and Grow

• Own measurable outcomes: community membership growth, engagement, customer retention (GRR), and advocacy program participation.
• Use data to continuously improve program design, content strategy, and champion engagement, reporting with clarity to senior stakeholders.

• Established influencer presence in enterprise data security and/or data management — with a strong portfolio of published thought leadership and a recognized following.
• Proven track record as a voice and industry influencer — active at events, webinars, podcasts, and/or professional forums in the enterprise data security space.
• Experience building and scaling advocacy or Champions programs with direct accountability to retention and engagement outcomes.
• Strong cross‑functional influence — able to align Product, Marketing, and Customer Success around a shared community strategy.
• Deep subject matter knowledge in enterprise data security, data governance, or compliance.
• Active relationships with practitioners, bloggers, podcast hosts, and community leaders in the enterprise data security ecosystem.
• Hands‑on experience building or deploying AI bots and automation within community platforms.

• Track record of standing up a new community program from scratch — membership model, engagement…