Senior Director of Executive Communications, Cloudflare
$226-310k
+ Equity plan
Regular travel
Web performance and security platform
Be an early applicant
Web performance and security platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$226-310k
+ Equity plan
Regular travel
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help build a better Internet that is bold and ambitious.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for a seasoned, highly strategic communicator who can effortlessly pivot between deep-tech and mainstream storytelling
- Additionally, the ideal candidate is AI-forward—someone who naturally embraces and leverages AI tools to streamline production, scale output, and optimize executive workflows
- Seasoned Comms Experience: 10+ years of experience working in executive communications for CEOs, top C-level public-company leaders, or international public figures
- The "Translator" Ability: Proven success communicating both to highly technical audiences (developers, IT leaders) and mainstream business/consumer audiences
- AI-Forward Mindset: Demonstrable experience utilizing AI productivity and writing tools to scale executive communications workflows and drive efficiency
- Programmatic & Project Management Acumen: Experience building communication programs or initiatives from the ground up, with a high level of project management discipline across multiple global teams
- Impeccable Craft: Exceptional communication, writing, and presentation skills—with a highly tailored approach to crafting various storylines, speeches, and presentations for unique executive talk tracks
- Proactive & Agile: Creative, hardworking, and flexible professionalism—you thrive in a fast-paced environment and anticipate the next move before it happens. Highly organized when it comes to future vision and daily details
- Global Perspective & Presence: Experience leading initiatives across international teams, with a willingness to travel regularly
What the job involves
- Cloudflare is looking for a Senior Director of Executive Communications to scale our global Executive Communications Program
- This is an exciting opportunity to lead executive communications for a prominent leader pioneering the field, Cloudflare’s co-founder and President—helping to tell her story and share her expertise internally and externally
- This role will also be the architect behind our broader executive communications strategy—building the frameworks, training, and programs raising the bar for how our entire leadership team communicates globally
- This role reports to the Vice President, Global Head of Communications, and sits within a fast-paced, award-winning team
- Office of the President Partnership: Lead all aspects of communications pertaining to the Office of the President, including related media relations, speaking engagements, public appearances, employee communications, stakeholder engagement, social media, planning, and personal branding
- Build & Scale the Executive Comms Program: Create the blueprint for a broader executive communications program. Establish the core playbooks, central messaging pillars, and training frameworks used to uplevel spokesperson readiness across Cloudflare's leadership
- Master the Audience Pivot: Seamlessly translate highly complex technical concepts (such as AI, cybersecurity, and cloud infrastructure) into engaging, accessible narratives for mainstream business audiences and media—without losing the technical rigor that developer audiences expect
- Streamline via AI Integration: Actively champion and integrate generative AI tools into your daily workflow to research, draft, iterate, and scale executive content efficiently
- End-to-End Preparation: Manage and strategically plan all aspects of how the executive prepares for, shows up at, and maximizes her presence at appearances, events, and communications-focused engagements
- Content Creation: Craft compelling executive messaging, narratives, keynotes, op-eds, and content across internal and external communication channels
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with the executive admin team to ensure alignment with the President’s calendar and trips, while working closely with key PR, IR, and Employee Comms stakeholders to streamline and curate strategic brand narratives
Our take
Cloudflare is a multi-service global network that provides web security and infrastructure, DDoS mitigation services, and a content delivery network. Founded in 2009, Cloudflare has risen to become an industry giant, with over 25 million global internet properties on its network.
Cloudflare has been responsible for a number of admirable initiatives, offering free web protection to human rights groups, journalists, artists, and US election websites. This goes some way to counteracting the flak Cloudflare has received in some circles for the controversial groups and users who use its services. This chequered history, however, has not affected its over 80% market share in the content delivery network field.
This is perhaps in part because it has proven sharp at staying abreast of the rapidly morphing tech and digital space and customer demands. For example, Cloudflare is shifting to 100% renewable energy usage to create a zero-emissions internet, and in 2020 released a feature that would help users navigate data privacy regulations by selecting where their data is stored.
And impressive third-quarter 2025 results show strong momentum, with revenue rising to $562 million from $430 million a year earlier. The company also raised its full-year guidance, underscoring confidence in continued growth. As demand for secure, cloud-based infrastructure keeps growing, Cloudflare's expanding platform and improving efficiency leave it well positioned to capture further gains in a rapidly growing market.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Competitive pay: We offer a competitive total rewards package, where every employee is an owner of our stock.
- Take-what-you-need vacation: We encourage employees to find a comfortable work-life balance by taking as many days off as they need while still being able to perform their jobs satisfactorily. (We really mean it!)
- Paid maternity & paternity leave: Our global parental leave policy allows up to sixteen paid weeks of bonding leave time for all qualifying new parents.
- Employee benefits: We offer a comprehensive benefits package including healthcare, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, pension plans in accordance with the market practice in our locations.
- Commuter program: We are flexible about where we work and value connecting at the office. Our commuter benefits program is in place to support team members' commute to work via public transportation without the extra cost burden.
- Wellbeing: Global offerings that provide mental health, childcare and family forming support to our employees across our offices.
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Lee Holloway
(Co-Founder & Lead Engineer)Lee began their career as an Engineer at Homewarehouse for a year before working at Unspam Technologies for 4 years. They co-created Project Honey Pot in 2004 and Cloudflare in March 2009, serving as Lead Engineer of both to present.
Michelle Zatlyn
(Co-Founder, President & Co-Chair)Having worked for Investor Economics and I Love Rewards for a combined 4 years, Michelle worked at Toshiba for 3 years as a Product Manager. She then co-founded Cloudflare in 2009 as COO, and has served as President since 2020. She is also a Board Member at Atlassian.
Matthew Prince
(Co-Founder & CEO)Matthew studied for an MBA at Harvard Business School before co-founding Unspam Technologies in December 2001, and Cloudflare in 2009, where he has served as CEO ever since.
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