Interim Director, Communications (6-Month Contract)

San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)

$147K/yr – $246K/yrDirector/Executive12+ years expContract

Posted 2 months ago

Top 1% of applicants do these two things.

The other 99% submit and hope. You're about to do something different.

Job Summary

Own a global communications portfolio by shaping executive storytelling across PR, internal comms, change management, and media events to drive PagerDuty’s narrative with consistency and impact.

  • Oversee Research & Thought Leadership: end-to-end production of data-driven studies and ghostwrite executive narratives on Agentic AI and the Operations Cloud.
  • Lead Global PR & Media Strategy: unify storytelling across regional bureaus and coordinate monthly alignment and updates.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead Global PR & Media Strategy: Maintain momentum for global PR efforts, ensuring unified storytelling across regional agencies while managing monthly alignment calls and biweekly updates.
  • Oversee Research & Thought Leadership: Lead the end-to-end production of quarterly data-driven research studies and partner with executives to ghostwrite high-impact narratives on Agentic AI and the Operations Cloud.
  • Drive Internal Communications: Lead the strategy and execution of monthly global Town Halls and draft critical announcements for the CEO and leadership team to ensure transparency and alignment.
  • Manage Change & Executive Voice: Drive communications for organizational shifts and product evolutions with empathy, while providing high-level oversight for brand voice consistency across social media.
  • Execute Media Events & Awards: Manage the execution of high-impact media briefings and oversee the global corporate and product awards calendar to secure top-tier recognition for PagerDuty’s innovation.
  • Measure Impact: Deliver comprehensive monthly and quarterly reports tracking Share of Voice (SoV), sentiment, and media impact against competitors to quantify global storytelling success.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of experience in Corporate Communications, PR, or a mix of External and Internal Communications.
  • 5+ years of experience managing PR agencies and leading high-performing internal teams.
  • Proven experience in executive coaching and ghostwriting for C-suite leaders.
  • Experience managing large-scale internal events (e.g., Town Halls) and complex change management initiatives.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, Marketing, or equivalent degree or experience.

Preferred

  • Familiarity with the PagerDuty platform or the broader DevOps/AIOps/SaaS ecosystem.
  • Exceptional "pivot" skills: Ability to transition from technical PR pitching to sensitive internal employee memos.
  • High-growth veteran: Experience navigating mid-to-large scale enterprise tech companies.
  • Poise under pressure: Demonstrated ability to manage crises and overlapping deadlines with a calm, strategic approach.
  • Relationship builder: Ability to quickly earn trust with executive leadership and lead a diverse, global team.
PagerDuty logo

PagerDuty

3.9 Glassdoor

In an always-on world, teams trust PagerDuty to help them deliver an optimal digital experience to their customers, every time. PagerDuty is the central nervous system for a company’s digital operations. We identify issues and opportunities in real-time and bring together the right people to respond to problems faster and prevent them in the future. From digital disruptors to Fortune 500 companies, over 18,000 businesses rely on PagerDuty to help them continually improve their digital operations—so their teams can spend less time reacting to incidents and more time building for the future.Dutonians believe that we are a part of a bigger movement of businesses being built to benefit everyone—the customer and the employee, as well as our community. We are go-getters fueled by the fire to reinvent how people and companies work together. We take the lead and get creative to be first in the hearts of our customers. Whether it’s keeping the world on or changing it entirely, Dutonians are fueled by the fire to reinvent how people and companies work together to deliver in real-time, across the globe.Join us to lead uncharted efforts and reinvent how companies run.

Founded in 2009
San Francisco, California, USA
1.3K employees (92 in marketing)
64% recommend to a friend
76% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.5M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$144.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
19%
Direct
73.8%
Referral
5.6%
Social
0.5%
Paid
1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.3K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
69 (5% of company)

Funding

Total Funding
$523.6M
Last Raise
$350M
Post IPO Debt, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • Oct 2023
    Post IPO Debt • $350M
  • Sep 2018
    Series D • $90M
  • Apr 2017
    Series C • $43.8M

Recent News