Social Media Manager

USA (On-site)

$80K/yr – $130K/yrMid Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 5 months ago

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Job Summary

Kratos needs a social media lead who can build and run a strategic corporate social presence, grow audience engagement on priority platforms, and promote executive thought leadership while ensuring governance and security compliance. The role requires strong writing, analytics, and cross-functional collaboration to align with corporate and government affairs goals. Benefits emphasize health coverage, retirement plans, and education support.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute a comprehensive corporate social media strategy aligned with Kratos’ business/divisional objectives, brand positioning, and government affairs priorities.
  • Grow and engage Kratos’ audience across priority platforms (including LinkedIn, X, and other relevant channels) while maintaining a professional, credible, and mission-focused voice.
  • Monitor trends, policy discussions, and defense/national security conversations to proactively position Kratos within relevant dialogues.
  • Elevate Kratos’ thought leadership by promoting executive insights, company perspectives, and subject-matter expertise across social platforms.
  • Amplify senior executives’ speeches, media coverage, policy positions, and conference participation.
  • Support executive social media presence where appropriate, ensuring consistency with corporate messaging and compliance requirements.
  • Plan, create, and manage high-quality social media content, including copy, visuals, short-form video, and campaign assets.
  • Drive coordinated content campaigns across the enterprise, collaborating with internal stakeholders to highlight innovations, contracts, milestones, culture, and mission impact.
  • Ensure alignment with broader corporate communications, government affairs, and division business development/marketing initiatives.
  • Ensure all social media activities adhere to corporate governance standards, regulatory requirements, and security considerations relevant to a defense and government contractor.
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Kratos Defense and Security Solutions

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At Kratos, we deliver affordable, disruptive technologies that enable real-world readiness for national security. Our solutions span unmanned systems, hypersonics, satellite communications, space, cyber, propulsion, and microwave solutions—supporting U.S. and allied defense missions across every domain.We design, manufacture, and field innovative systems at the speed of relevance for the warfighter and to address the threat—from high-performance tactical drones and autonomous trucks to resilient satellite networks and hypersonic capabilities. With a workforce rooted in mission expertise and rapid development, Kratos helps customers outpace emerging threats with agility and confidence.Explore our solutions. Partner with our teams.Readiness Delivered.

Founded in 1994
San Diego, California, USA
2.8K employees (105 in marketing)
77% recommend to a friend
77% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
87K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
56%
Direct
36.4%
Referral
5.6%
Social
1.3%
Paid
0.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2.8K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
42 (2% of company)

Funding

Total Funding
$2.1B
Last Raise
$1.2B
Post IPO Equity, 18 days ago

Funding History

  • Feb 2026
    Post IPO Equity • $1.2B
  • Jun 2025
    Post IPO Equity • $556M
  • Apr 2025
    Grant • $30M

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