Communications Lead, Platform at Bessemer Venture Partners India | New York City, NY | $255K/yr – $320K/yr

Bessemer Venture Partners India

Communications Lead, Platform

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$255K/yr – $320K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own platform communications end to end for developers and enterprise buyers, coordinating narrative across releases and press moments.

Own platform communications end to end for developers and enterprise buyers across capability releases and product updates.
Build relationships with AI press, enterprise tech journalists, and creators to surface stories that move platform adoption.
Prepare platform leaders as spokespeople for press, podcasts, panels, and ad hoc moments across multiple channels.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Own communications for the Claude Platform end to end: capability releases, product updates, and the steady cadence of developer-facing news
Build and maintain strong relationships with the journalists, newsletter writers, and creators covering AI platforms, enterprise software, and the API economy
Prepare Platform leaders to be effective spokespeople for press, podcasts, panels, and the smaller moments in between
Partner with Product and Engineering to align external narratives with how these products are sold and supported, and surface customer feedback back to the teams who can act on it
Work across press, social, owned, and community channels, with the judgment to know which one carries a given moment and when to coordinate more than one at once

Requirements

Experience in communications, PR, or product marketing, including meaningful time on platform, API, developer, or enterprise products
An understanding of both developer culture and enterprise buying, and the judgment to read timing and tone when the conversation around AI gets noisy
Strong instincts for which product moments deserve the spotlight and which don’t, and genuine curiosity about what makes a launch land
A demonstrated ability to operate with high agency and low ego, with a bias to action
Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience

Preferred

8-10 years of experience in communications, PR, or product marketing
Communications experience at a developer platform, API-first, or enterprise software company
Existing relationships with reporters and analysts covering AI platforms, enterprise tech, or the developer ecosystem
Experience managing communications for AI or ML products
Are very online: you follow the right channels, know what’s moving through Hacker News and developer social chatter, and catch things early

Benefits

competitive compensation and benefits
optional equity donation matching
generous vacation and parental leave
flexible working hours
a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues

Bessemer Venture Partners India

Bessemer Venture Partners is one of the world's oldest and most active venture capital firms, founded in 1911. We have 400+ active portfolio companies, and 150+ IPOs and deSPACs to our name.We've been investing in India since 2006 with a dedicated, on-the-ground team focused on early-stage founders building enduring companies. With over 80 investments in India, we back businesses across AI, Consumer, Cybersecurity, Fintech, and Healthcare. Our India portfolio includes Swiggy, BigBasket, Urban Company, Bharat Matrimony, Medi Assist, NephroPlus, Moxie, Boldfit, Aivar, Graph AI, Easebuzz, Perfios, Transbnk, and more. Globally, our portfolio has included Pinterest, Shopify, Twilio, LinkedIn, DocuSign, Fiverr, Toast, and ServiceTitan. We pride ourselves on partnering with many of our companies from the earliest of stages until their IPO and beyond. Born from innovations in steel more than a century ago, Bessemer’s storied history has afforded its partners the opportunity to celebrate and scrutinize its investment decisions (see Memos) and also learn from the investments we didn’t make (see Anti-Portfolio).We are committed to forging the legacy companies of tomorrow and if you're building something that matters, we'd like to connect.

Founded in 2006

Bengaluru, Karnataka, IND

16 employees (1 in marketing)

www.bvp.com/india