About the role:
Were looking for a Senior Executive Communications Manager to join our Communications team in a newly created role to be a strategic partner to our Research & Development (R&D) leadership team. This is a great opportunity to help build and shape communications for a highgrowth organization and work closely with a dynamic innovative group of leaders.
This is a remote position open to candidates based in Canada.
You should apply if:
- You want to impact the future of physical operations: Your efforts will highlight the groundbreaking innovations coming out of our R&D organization contributing to safer smarter and more sustainable operations for the industries that power our world.
- Youre energized by innovation: The vision we have to digitize large sectors of the global economy is fueled by our R&D teams and your role will be crucial in bringing their impactful work to light for our employees and the broader industry.
- You want to be at the forefront of technology: At Samsara youll be embedded within a team of talented engineers and product leaders helping to communicate their cuttingedge work in AI hardware and more.
- You want to be with the best: Samsaras highperformance culture means youll be surrounded by the best and challenged to go farther than you have before.
- You are a team player: At Samsara sales is a team sport. We help each other out by sharing best practices and focusing on winning as a team.
In this role you will:
- Support R&D leaders on a wide range of employee communications including strategic consultation on organizational changes town halls AMAs and crafting written communications to R&D teams.
- Build and work crossfunctionally to execute integrated communication strategies for key R&D SVPs and VPs (focusing on leaders in Safety Connected Workforce and Connected Equipment).
- Develop and execute external communication initiatives to build the talent brand for select R&D SVPs and VPs through press social media events podcasts and compelling content (bylines blogs etc.).
- Collaborate with Design Product Marketing and other teams to develop engaging content for keynotes and mainstage sessions.
- Use a datadriven approach to measure the impact of communication initiatives iterate on strategies and collaborate with stakeholders across Communications Marketing HR and R&D.
- Champion role model and embed Samsaras values and operating principles as we scale globally and across new offices.
Minimum requirements for the role:
- 8 years of communications experience with a focus on employee and/or executive communications at a high growth Tech/SaaS company.
- Excellent communication storytelling and presentation skills (written verbal and visual) with experience originating creative content across a variety of channels.
- Proven track record supporting senior leaders with internal and external communications.
- Experience partnering crossfunctionally to execute communication plans.
- Background in developing thought leadership content employee communications and ideally some experience with media relations or external branding.
- Strong project management skills and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
An ideal candidate also has:
- Experience working directly with Research & Development organizations.
- Familiarity with the enterprise SaaS market.
- Experience with event content development and execution.
Required Experience:
Manager