Senior Manager of Internal Communications, Chainguard
$150-180k
+ Stock options
Software supply chain security company
Job no longer available
Software supply chain security company
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$150-180k
+ Stock options
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make the software supply chain secure by default.
Role
Who you are
- And you’ll thrive in this role if you’re an empathetic and creative communicator who can balance strategy with flawless execution and cross-functional collaboration
- 10+ years of experience in internal communications, executive communications, or related fields — ideally in a high-growth tech or remote-first environment
- Exceptional writing and storytelling skills, with the ability to translate complex or sensitive topics into clear, human language
- Executive presence and stakeholder management, with a track record of working closely with C-level leaders
- High emotional intelligence and sound judgment — especially in high-stakes or ambiguous communication situations
- Strong program management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple threads and deadlines with calm and focus
- Experience running large-scale internal events, including All Hands and company summits
- Comfort with distributed teams and async-first communications — we’re a remote company and that shapes how we operate
What the job involves
- We’re hiring a Senior Manager of Internal Communications to shape and scale the way we communicate across the company
- This role will drive strategic, clear, and engaging communication between leadership and employees. As a fully remote company, this function is essential to building a strong culture — and we consider our culture to be part of our brand
- You will own key communication channels including our Weekly All Hands, internal newsletter, and bi-annual company Summit content
- Lead company-wide internal communications strategy and execution, ensuring clarity, consistency, and alignment across all channels and moments
- Own and continuously improve Weekly All Hands, including agenda curation, speaker preparation, logistics, and executive scripting
- Produce and manage our weekly internal newsletter, keeping teams informed, aligned, and energized about company updates, wins, and strategic priorities
- Drive content planning and messaging for our bi-annual in-person summits, including executive keynotes, ancillary content, and cross-functional activities
- Develop executive communications in partnership with senior leaders — writing, editing, or advising on emails, scripts, FAQs, and change management
- Build playbooks and frameworks for repeatable communications (e.g., strategy rollouts, product milestones, org changes, business system updates, and more)
- Uphold and evolve our tone of voice internally — communicating with warmth, clarity, humility, and purpose. (Oh, and humor. We do serious work, but don’t take ourselves too seriously.)
- Use data and feedback loops to measure the impact of internal communications and iterate accordingly
Our take
Developers rely on open source code and apps in their day to day work, but when the provenance of the code is unknown this creates potential weaknesses that cybercriminals can exploit. Chainguard exists to build security into the coding supply chain by making it possible for companies to enforce security policies based on auditable signatures baked into the code, and by providing a security-first set of container images with no known vulnerabilities for cloud app developers.
In the wake of huge cyber attacks like the Log4j vulnerability and Solarwinds breach, software supply chain security has been an area of major focus for startups hoping to solve problems in this sector. However, most of these focus on scanning and detection of threats. Chainguard's approach comes from the other end of the process, focusing on building security into the software itself. It was built by former Google engineers aware of software developers existing workloads, so is designed to be easily installed and integrated into existing automation systems like Terraform.
Chainguard completed a Series C funding round led by Lightspeed Ventures in 2024, minting it as a new Unicorn on the cybersecurity scene. It is using this funding to expand its go-to-market internationally and expand its Chainguard Images product.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
55% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Apr 2025
$356m
SERIES D
Jul 2024
$140m
SERIES C
Total funding: $612m
Company benefits
- Equity/stock options
- Unlimited PTO
- Remote work with flexible coworking and team meetup opportunities
- Home office and internet stipend
- 100% health/dental/vision insurance coverage for you and your family
Company HQ
Everest, Kirkland, WA
Leadership
Dan Lorenc
(CEO & Co-Founder)Before co-founding Chainguard was a Software Engineer at Google, Disqus and Microsoft.
Kim Lewandowski
(Head of Product & Co-Founder)Prior to co-founding Chainguard was a Product Manager with Google. Before that was the Head of Product & Engineering at Brit + Co and the founder of Spotwag.
Matthew Moore
(CTO & Co-Founder)Was a Software Engineer at VMware, Google and Microsoft.
Ville Aikas
(Co-founder)Was a Senior Staff Engineer at VMware and a Software Engineer for Google and the University of Washingtom. Was previously Owner at VA Systems.
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