Director of Communications

California, MO (Remote)

$175K/yr – $190K/yrDirector/Executive8+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the corporate narrative and multi-channel comms engine for a B2B SaaS leader in the agentic AI era, shaping strategy, governance, thought leadership, and executive storytelling.

  • Communications architecture: build frameworks and governance to ensure consistent messaging across PR, AR, internal comms, and social.
  • Media and executive visibility: lead PR, analyst relations, internal comms, and spokesperson training for external impact.
  • AI-first messaging: scale narrative across media, social, and product with a strong leadership partnership.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Evolve and refine Gainsight’s corporate narrative to reflect the company’s platform, mission, and market position in the agentic AI era.
  • Develop and operationalize communications frameworks, governance models, and editorial processes that ensure consistent messaging across the organization.
  • Build and scale an AI-first communications strategy by enabling AI systems and employees with Gainsight’s messaging, voice, and tone.
  • Lead integrated thought leadership initiatives in partnership with cross-functional teams across marketing, product, and executive leadership.
  • Design and manage spokesperson training and executive communications programs to strengthen external representation of the brand.
  • Own Gainsight’s communications strategy across media relations, analyst relations, internal communications, social media, and market-facing messaging.
  • Ensure Gainsight’s story reaches key audiences effectively through coordinated PR, executive visibility, and strategic communications initiatives.
  • Partner closely with the SVP of Corporate Marketing and broader communications team to execute high-impact corporate communications programs.
  • Help position Gainsight as the leading retention-as-a-service partner for modern businesses navigating the agentic era.
  • This role will require occasional travel for team meetings, training, or company events.

Requirements

  • 8 to 12 years of communications experience, with meaningful time in B2B SaaS or enterprise tech. You know how to tell complex software stories simply.
  • Proven track record across the full communications spectrum: PR, analyst relations, executive communications, and social. You have owned the narrative, not just executed someone else’s.
  • A narrative architect. You can take a multi-product, high-velocity company and build a coherent story that makes the market sit up and pay attention.
  • A systems builder. You think in programs and frameworks, not one-off wins. You leave infrastructure behind you.
  • An exceptional writer and editor. You can turn a raw executive perspective into a polished byline, a crisis into a measured response, and a product launch into a news moment.
  • Strong executive presence and the instinct to counsel senior leadership. You are a strategic partner, not just a skilled executor.
  • High agency and low ego. You are equally comfortable setting the strategy and rolling up your sleeves to get it done.
  • A player-coach. You are a strong writer with deep AP style fluency and an instinct for what makes copy sing. You lead by doing, not just directing, and the team sees it.
  • Genuine curiosity about AI, customer success, and the intersection of technology and business outcomes. You need to know the space to shape how the world sees it.

Nice to Have

  • Experience at a category-creating company.
  • An existing network in B2B tech media, analyst firms, or the customer success community.
  • Background in journalism or a communications discipline that sharpened your instincts for what makes a story land.
  • Experience building integrated thought leadership programs across executive, content, and social channels.

Benefits

  • We offer a comprehensive benefits package including fully covered medical premiums (employee-only), flexible PTO, 401(k) plan, dental and vision coverage, and remote work options. Additional benefits include a $10,000 lifetime fertility stipend and access to coworking spaces around the globe. You\'ll also enjoy dedicated Recharge Holidays - one long weekend each quarter to relax and reset.
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Gainsight

At Gainsight, our mission is to be living proof you can win in business while being human first. Gainsight, the world’s leading Customer Success platform, helps businesses drive efficient growth by unifying the post-sales customer journey. Our innovative suite of solutions—including customer success, customer education, product experience, community management, and conversational AI insights—are trusted by companies of all sizes and industries, including nearly 200 publicly traded organizations.With Gainsight, businesses can leverage AI-driven insights from real-time customer interactions to enhance engagement, improve retention, and drive expansion. Our platform makes it easier for customer success, product, and community teams to scale efficiently and gain a holistic view of their customers, driving product adoption and building thriving customer communities.Gainsight joined the Vista Equity Partners portfolio in 2020. In 2021, we won their Excellence in Engineering award in recognition for our product and engineering advancements.A remote-friendly company, we have offices in the US, UK, Netherlands, Israel, and India. Gainsight received the top spot in Glassdoor's Best Places to Work for 2023. It has also been named as one of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world by Forbes, one of the fastest-growing private companies in America by Inc. Magazine, and one of 20 Great Workplaces in Tech by Fortune Magazine.

Founded in 2009
San Francisco, California, USA
1.1K employees (63 in marketing)