Head of Communications, Glean
$150-235k
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
Enterprise search and knowledge management
Job no longer available
Enterprise search and knowledge management
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$150-235k
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
201-500 employees
Company mission
To bring people the knowledge they need to make a difference in the world.
Role
Who you are
- BA/BS in communication, marketing, liberal arts, or related degree
- 10+ years in communications and PR with experience managing teams and agencies responsible for communications, PR, analyst relationship, and/or brand
- Stellar written and verbal communication, with experience simplifying concepts and influencing stakeholders, and impeccable attention to detail
- A get-it-done attitude with ability to roll up your sleeves while driving strategy
- A proven track record in understanding ROI, reporting and analytics, and success metrics for PR
- Experience working closely with software development processes, familiarity with developer teams, and/or experience with a technical B2B SaaS product
- Ability to balance and prioritize competing opportunities, customer needs, and business priorities
What the job involves
- Glean is searching for an experienced Head of Communications who is passionate about helping enterprises bring cutting-edge AI into the workplace. As our Head of Communications, you will play a critical role in accelerating awareness, driving key external narratives, and overseeing Glean's public relations strategy and execution through a period of unprecedented growth
- Drive our external communications strategy for product and corporate public relations, including building relationships with media, analysts, and influencers across trade, tech, and broader business outlets, as well as seeking out speaking and award opportunities and developing creative ways to position Glean as a thought leader and subject matter expert
- Develop and maintain the in-market narratives for Glean’s public positioning, partnering closely with Marketing leadership and cross-functional teams to maintain clearly articulated and differentiated corporate communications, product communications, and developer communications strategy
- Be a thought partner to the broader Marketing and Glean company leadership, by staying abreast of the latest trends, having a point of view on which PR activities to prioritize, knowing who we should engage with, and knowing who influences conversations in the market— all while linking these activities back to supporting Glean’s growth
- Partner closely with Product Marketing and company executives to support Analyst Relations strategy and execution
- Partner closely with Content and Social Media to identify trending topics, determine key awareness channels, and experiment with campaign tactics
- Oversee our PR agency, collaborate with leadership to determine the metrics for success, and lay the foundation for our broader awareness opportunities
- Drive internal communications strategy, including employee communications and executive communications, by partnering with senior management and People team to build, refine, and anticipate needs for internal company messaging
Our take
Glean is an intuitive digital assistant which allows employees to search across all their apps and find the information and tools that they need more quickly.
With so many SaaS apps being used by modern day companies, overwhelm and inefficiency inevitably enter the equation. Glean’s search engine is proving popular for how it unifies and centralizes all these distributed tools and data.
It’s been quite a start to life at Glean, having only emerged from stealth in 2021, it received a $1 Billion valuation in early 2022, thus achieving unicorn status, and has received nearly $400 million in funding so far. The SaaS platform is already used by some major companies including Grammarly, databricks, and Rubrik.
That Glean was co-founded by a quartet with senior experience at Google, Microsoft, Uber, and Facebook stands the company in good stead. However, it’s the fact that its search engine is solving a new, but very real problem in the workplace that’s seen its popularity surge so quickly, which it’s likely to continue to do in the future. Its adaptability to include new AI capabilities to its platform, such as generative AI, has Glean well set to see further growth.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
44% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Sep 2024
$260m
SERIES E
Feb 2024
$200m
SERIES D
Total funding: $655m
Company benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision for you and yours
- Competitive compensation and stock options
- 401k contribution
- Flexible work (3 days a week in the office), though we believe in folks working where they can be most effective
- Company events, from weekly happy hours to our annual company retreat
- Flexible hours, unlimited PTO, and company-wide winter break shutdown
- Transparent culture
- Learning and development stipend
- Free meals with lunch and dinner options every day
Company HQ
Evergreen Park, Palo Alto, CA
Leadership
Arvind Jain
(CEO)Former Engineer at Google and Microsoft. Is the co-founder of high growth startup Rubrik, which delivers data security and operational resilience for enterprises.
Piyush Prahladka
(Software Engineer)Prior to joining the co-founding team at Glean, they worked as a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google, then as an Engineering Lead at Uber.
Tony Gentilcore
(Product Engineering Lead)Former Developer at At&T and TJC Labs. For ten years, served as a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google, including a spell as Founder and Tech Lead / Manager of the Chrome Speed Team.
TR Vishwanath
(Engineering Lead)Before co-founding Glean, was a Principal Software Engineer at Facebook after spending eight years at Microsoft as a Software Design Engineer, then Principal Development Lead.
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