Senior Communications Manager, Chainguard
Offers Equity/stock options
Software supply chain security company
Job no longer available
Software supply chain security company
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
Offers Equity/stock options
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make the software supply chain secure by default.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years in communications; experience working in technology, SaaS, and security
- Proven ability to understand technical products and up-level them for a more executive-level audience
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Experience working with executives
- Cross–functional project management skills
- A willingness to adapt to change, move quickly, and think on your feet
What the job involves
- Your role is to share Chainguard’s innovative story with the world
- As our Senior Communications Manager, you will help shape Chainguard's narrative and be responsible for corporate and product communications
- You will work closely with partners across the business to identify and amplify key storylines, manage agency partners, and build relationships with key reporters
- Establish our external communications strategy, partnering closely with executives and our agency partners to successfully implement a PR program
- Define KPIs for the program, evangelize those metrics with go-to-market leaders, and ultimately track the success of our external communications efforts
- Make the most of company announcements and drive a regular cadence of press coverage outside of news moments
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product marketing and product teams on launches, continuously sharing our innovation with the world
- Uncover new stories through the business and build compelling thought leadership platforms for an extended bench of executives
- Create compelling content, such as bylines and blogs, and push us to be creative with owned content
- Build relationships with key journalists, editors, and producers to ensure Chainguard is a trusted source on a variety of topics
- Manage the relationship with our PR agency partners, treating them as an extension of our internal team, ultimately enabling them to be proactive and productive
- Partner with your peers across Corporate Marketing and Internal Communications to ensure consistency in our messaging across every channel
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
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jul 2024
$140m
SERIES C
Nov 2023
$61m
SERIES B
Total funding: $256m
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 values
- Fun. Everything goes easier when we’re having fun! We do serious work, but we try not to take ourselves too seriously
- We have a Bias for Action. We’re a startup and we need to move fast. Speed is our friend!
- We are Customer Obsessed. We intently listen to their needs and value their feedback
- Open Source Excellence is key. OSS is a component of every software supply chain, and OSS is required to improve supply chain security
- Trust and Reputation. This one has two parts! We’re a security company, and our reputation is critical. Also, we hire great team members and trust them to do their work. We’re transparent with data, news, and decisions, to empower our team members to make the correct decisions
Company HQ
Everest, Kirkland, WA
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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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