Communications Specialist 5
6 - 10 years
Redmond, WA
Full-time
Onsite
1 month ago
About the role
Typical Day in the Role
The team is responsible for product marketing, supporting a dynamic marketing organization. As a key member of this team, you will:
Candidate Requirements
The ideal candidate will have:
Key Responsibilities
Qualifications
Required
Preferred
What Success Looks Like
Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate can sit in leadership forums as a peer and contribute meaningfully. They are comfortable taking imperfect inputs and turning them into high-quality outputs. A strong communicator who can evangelize internally and represent the organization externally, they operate with speed, judgment, and require little direction.
Unique Selling Points
This is a high-visibility role working directly with senior marketing leaders, offering broad exposure across various product lines. It provides the opportunity to shape major launches and influence both strategy and execution.
Top 3 Must-Have Hard Skills & Years Of Experience
The team is responsible for product marketing, supporting a dynamic marketing organization. As a key member of this team, you will:
- Drive the rhythm of business, including executive reviews and organizational alignment.
- Support senior management-level deliverables, including OKRs, reporting, and executive preparation.
- Lead internal communications, such as newsletters and sharing team impact.
- Craft external communications, including drafting social media posts, blog content, and LinkedIn articles.
Candidate Requirements
The ideal candidate will have:
- Strong experience in a Chief of Staff or business manager role.
- Experience supporting senior leadership at a high level.
- A proven ability to drive team alignment and operational cadence.
- Exposure to both internal and external communications.
- The ability to thrive in fast-paced environments with high visibility.
Key Responsibilities
- Business Management & Leadership Support
- Act as a trusted partner to marketing leadership, supporting planning and execution across key initiatives.
- Drive the rhythm of business, including leadership team meetings and action tracking.
- Collaborate across various departments to ensure alignment and forward momentum.
- Independently advance work by synthesizing inputs and driving next steps.
- Identify gaps, risks, and dependencies, and proactively bring solutions.
- Internal & External Communications
- Lead and execute the internal communications strategy to drive awareness and adoption of key initiatives.
- Create and manage internal narratives across multiple channels.
- Support external-facing communications by drafting social posts and blogs.
- Build and maintain an editorial cadence aligned with business priorities.
- Operational Excellence & Budget Support
- Manage and track marketing budgets, including spend visibility and coordination with finance partners.
- Support the execution of planning cycles and ensure adherence to team processes and compliance requirements.
- Execution at Speed
- Operate with urgency and move work forward quickly and independently.
- Translate high-level direction into clear outputs and actions.
- Maintain strong follow-through across multiple workstreams, ensuring timely and high-quality deliverables.
Qualifications
Required
- 5-8 years of experience in business management, marketing operations, communications, or consulting.
- Proven ability to operate as a peer to senior stakeholders and influence without authority.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, suitable for executive-level audiences.
- Experience managing cross-functional initiatives in a fast-paced environment.
- A high ownership mindset with the ability to drive ambiguous work to completion.
Preferred
- Experience in enterprise technology or cloud marketing.
- Background in executive communications or storytelling.
- Familiarity with marketing rhythms, field alignment, and launch planning.
What Success Looks Like
- The leadership team is more effective, aligned, and focused on the highest priorities.
- Key initiatives move faster with fewer gaps.
- Internal stakeholders are better informed and engaged.
- Communications are clear, consistent, and influential both internally and externally.
- The role reduces friction and increases execution velocity across the organization.
Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate can sit in leadership forums as a peer and contribute meaningfully. They are comfortable taking imperfect inputs and turning them into high-quality outputs. A strong communicator who can evangelize internally and represent the organization externally, they operate with speed, judgment, and require little direction.
Unique Selling Points
This is a high-visibility role working directly with senior marketing leaders, offering broad exposure across various product lines. It provides the opportunity to shape major launches and influence both strategy and execution.
Top 3 Must-Have Hard Skills & Years Of Experience
- Business management/operations (9 years)
- Executive communications (9 years)
- Cross-functional program management (9 years)
Skills
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