Senior Manager, PR and Communications

Boston, MA (On-site)

$151K/yr – $205K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own rapid global PR strategy and cross‑functional storytelling that raises market visibility, with a focus on leadership voice, threat research storytelling, and integrated communications across the business.

  • Growth/Impact: Own Rapid7’s global PR strategy to drive market attention and strengthen category influence.
  • Executive & Threat Research Visibility: Scale executive/expert voice and Threat Research/ Rapid7 Labs storytelling across platforms and editorial calendars.
  • Cross-Functional Influence: Align Brand, Product Marketing, Demand Gen, Customer Marketing, Social, and Digital teams to embed PR into full-funnel strategy.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead PR Strategy: Own Rapid7’s global PR strategy to drive sustained market attention, strengthen category influence, and reinforce Rapid7’s position in key industry conversations
  • Elevate Executive & Expert Visibility: Build and scale external platforms that position Rapid7 executives, practitioners, customer voices, and Threat Research teams as trusted contributors to key cybersecurity conversations. Develop threat research communications programs, editorial calendars, and data-driven storytelling strategies that elevate Rapid7 Labs as an authoritative voice in the market.
  • Drive Cross-Functional Alignment: Partner across Brand, Product Marketing, Demand Gen, Customer Marketing, Social, and Digital teams to ensure communications and PR are part of the full-funnel influence strategy
  • Define & Measure Impact: Define and track communications performance through metrics including share of voice, message pull-through, sentiment, and executive visibility

Requirements

  • 7-10+ years of experience in public relations, corporate communications, or related roles within B2B technology (cybersecurity or AI strongly preferred)
  • Proven experience owning PR strategy and driving measurable earned media impact
  • Strong relationships with business, technology, and cybersecurity media
  • Experience managing global PR agencies and scaling programs
  • Exceptional storytelling and writing skills across formats (press, bylines, executive messaging)
  • Ability to operate as a strategic advisor to senior leaders
  • Experience working cross-functionally in fast-paced, high-growth environments
  • Strong judgment, especially in ambiguous or high-stakes situations
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Rapid7

Rapid7, Inc. (NASDAQ: RPD) is a global leader in AI-powered managed cybersecurity operations, trusted to advance organizations’ cyber resilience. Open and extensible, the Rapid7 Command Platform integrates security data, enriching it with AI, threat intelligence, and 25 years of expertise and innovation to reduce risk and disrupt attackers. As a recognized leader in preemptive managed detection and response (MDR), Rapid7 unifies exposure and detection to transform the cybersecurity operations of more than 11,500 customers worldwide.

Founded in 2000
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
3.3K employees (138 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
6.7M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
30.9%
Direct
63.7%
Referral
4.7%
Social
0.4%
Paid
0.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~3.3K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
76 (2% of company)
Median Career Experience
11.5 years
Median Tenure
3.1 years

Funding

Total Funding
$350.5M
Last Raise
$1.5M
Post IPO Equity, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • Jun 2024
    Post IPO Equity
  • Sep 2023
    Grant • $1.5M
  • Sep 2023
    Post IPO Debt • $260M

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