Communications Manager

Boston, MA (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive analyst relations and executive communications for Port, shaping strategy, messaging, and GTM alignment across platforms, developer tools, and IDP; lead thought leadership, editorial programs, and cross-functional storytelling.

  • Own end-to-end analyst relations program with key firms (Gartner, Forrester, IDC, Redmonk)
  • Must-have: Strong editorial instincts and writing ability across executive bylines, blogs, and pitches
  • Standout: Cross-functional collaboration to influence strategy and executive messaging

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own Port's analyst relations program end-to-end, including relationships with key firms covering platform engineering, developer experience, and DevOps (e.g., Gartner, Forrester, IDC, Redmonk)
  • Manage analyst briefings, inquiry calls, and research participation — ensuring Port is accurately and favorably represented in relevant reports, Magic Quadrants, and market landscapes
  • Track analyst coverage and emerging narratives; synthesize insights for internal stakeholders to inform product positioning and GTM strategy
  • Develop and maintain analyst-facing materials including briefing decks, company backgrounders, and use case previews
  • Drive Port's thought leadership strategy, establishing executives and subject matter experts as credible, distinctive voices in the platform engineering IDP and developer experience space
  • Own the editorial calendar and company blog — commissioning, editing, and publishing content across product announcements, engineering perspectives, and industry commentary
  • Identify timely hooks, trends, and category-defining angles that Port can own across owned channels, third-party publications, and the speaking circuit
  • Manage the CFP process and speaker bureau — developing proposals, managing a roster of internal speakers
  • Partner with the social and design teams to shape the messaging and narrative strategy behind major corporate announcements across social channels
  • Curate the monthly newsletter

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in communications, content marketing, or a related field in a B2B SaaS or enterprise tech environment
  • Proven experience managing analyst relations programs for B2B tech - preferably in developer tools/cloud space.
  • Strong editorial instincts and writing ability — you can draft an exec byline, edit a technical blog post, and write a media pitch, all in the same week
  • Comfortable operating as a generalist who can zoom out to strategy and zoom in to execution
  • Strong cross-functional collaborator with the ability to influence without authority

Preferred

  • Experience in the developer tools, DevOps, platform engineering, or cloud infrastructure space
  • Existing relationships with analysts or journalists covering the enterprise tech or developer ecosystem
  • Experience working with or managing a PR agency
  • Comfort presenting to and advising executive stakeholders on communications strategy

Benefits

  • High-visibility role with direct access to executive leadership
  • Collaborative, low-ego culture with strong cross-functional support
  • Define the communications function at a category-creating company in hypergrowth
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Port

We combined hundreds of years of DevOps knowledge with thousands of hours of research to transform the developer experience as the world sees it today. Starting by building the Developer Portal that brings everyone together, and going forward as the developer experience forefront. Join our Community on Slack to discuss DevEx with your peers and influence our roadmap: https://www.getport.io/community

Founded in 2022
Middletown, Delaware, USA
375 employees (20 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
112.4K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
39.4%
Direct
44.2%
Referral
11.6%
Social
3.6%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~382

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
9 (2% of company)
Median Career Experience
10.5 years
Median Tenure
0.7 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$60M
Last Raise
Series B, 1 years ago