VP of PR/External Communications Lead

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Key Responsibilities

the company narrative is set centrally; this leader runs the machine that delivers it globally. Required skills and

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At JetBrains, code is our passion. Ever since we started back in 2000, we have been striving to make the strongest, most effective developer tools on earth. By automating routine checks and corrections, our tools speed up production, freeing developers to grow, discover, and create.
We’re honored that more than 11 million users consistently choose our tools. We’re particularly proud to call 88 Fortune Global Top 100 companies our valued customers.

Responsibilities

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Own and run company-level external communications. Protect and grow the company's reputation, take a defined strategic narrative to market, close the known US visibility gap, build thought leadership and a spokesperson bench, and stand up the PR operating model (playbooks, message houses, editorial calendar, perception studies). This is a senior execution-and-build role: the company narrative is set centrally; this leader runs the machine that delivers it globally.

Requirements

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10+ years in tech PR with senior leadership experience – ideally B2B, developer, enterprise, or infrastructure
Built and led distributed PR teams across regions, with proven US results
Narrative-led PR – track record taking a defined strategic story to market, not press-release output
Thought leadership and spokesperson development
Crisis communications
Agency and budget management at scale
Fluent working with technical, developer-facing audiences and an AI-transition story

Preferred skills and qualifications

Experience in an AI or developer-tools company during a positioning shift
Existing tier-1 US tech media relationships
Comfortable operating across a US/Europe time split

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