Seeking a Senior Public Relations Lead to manage external communications, secure media coverage, and establish DigitalOcean's AI narrative. Responsibilities include executive visibility, cross-functional storytelling, and risk management in PR operations to enhance company perception and influence.
Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here. We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world.
DigitalOcean is seeking a Senior Public Relations Lead to own and execute our external narrative as we establish DigitalOcean as the Inference Cloud for running AI in production.
This is a hands-on, senior individual contributor role for a strategic PR operator with strong, trusted relationships across top-tier business and technology media and a track record of placing complex, technical stories in market. You will translate DigitalOcean’s Inference Cloud narrative into sustained external proof—driving coverage through lighthouse customers, technical validation, executive visibility, and disciplined, high-credibility media execution.
What You’ll Do:Media Leadership & External Influence- Bring strong, existing relationships with top-tier business and technology media to tell DigitalOcean’s story in credible, differentiated ways—especially across AI, cloud infrastructure, and developer ecosystems.
- Secure high-impact coverage in Tier-1 business, technology, and trade publications, ensuring consistent reinforcement of the Inference Cloud narrative.
- Experiment with emerging media formats (e.g., Substack, podcasts, video, social-first storytelling) to extend executive voice and narrative reach beyond traditional press.
- Position DigitalOcean’s executive team as credible industry voices through media opportunities, speaking engagements, and thought leadership.
- Build and scale executive platforms around AI infrastructure, inference economics, and production systems, with a focus on trust and authority rather than hype.
- Partner closely with Product, Growth, Sales, IR, and Content to elevate lighthouse customer stories and technical proof points in press and owned channels.
- Turn product progress, customer outcomes, and benchmarks into repeatable external proof that compounds market credibility.
- Act as a strategic owner of agency relationships, setting clear direction, sharpening output quality, and maximizing leverage rather than outsourcing strategy.
- Develop and maintain crisis communications playbooks, ensuring clarity, speed, and credibility in high-stakes moments.
- Consistent inclusion in top-tier business and tech media
- Increased share of voice in AI and cloud infrastructure narratives
- Demonstrable improvements in analyst coverage, positioning, and report inclusion
- Growth in influential social engagement (CEOs and senior leaders)
- Increased inbound journalist and analyst interest driven by our thought leadership
- 8–12+ years of experience in corporate communications, PR, or media relations within B2B SaaS, cloud infrastructure, AI, developer platforms, or enterprise technology.
- Demonstrated, trusted relationships with Tier-1 media (e.g., Forbes, FT, Bloomberg, WSJ, TechCrunch, The Information) and the ability to shape coverage through credibility—not just pitching.
- Proven track record of developing and executing PR programs that materially shift market perception and support business outcomes.
- Deep expertise in executive thought leadership, narrative development, and technical storytelling in crowded, fast-moving markets.
- Exceptional writing and messaging skills, with the ability to simplify without dumbing down.
- Experience partnering directly with senior executives and navigating high-stakes communications moments.
- Comfort operating as a hands-on individual contributor—owning strategy and execution.
- A data-informed mindset, with experience tying PR and narrative work to measurable outcomes (coverage quality, share of voice, inbound interest, pipeline influence).
- $162,400.00 - $203,000.00
*This is a remote role
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Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean
- We innovate with purpose. You’ll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. As a member of the team, you will be a Shark who thinks big, bold, and scrappy, like an owner with a bias for action and a powerful sense of responsibility for customers, products, employees, and decisions.
- We prioritize career development. At DO, you’ll do the best work of your career. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that will always challenge you to think big. Our organizational development team will provide you with resources to ensure you keep growing. We provide employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education. All employees have access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses to support their continued growth and development.
- We care about your well-being. Regardless of your location, we will provide you with a competitive array of benefits to support you from our Employee Assistance Program to Local Employee Meetups to flexible time off policy, to name a few. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary based on local regulations and preferences.
- We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is based on market data, relevant years of experience, and skills. You may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
- DigitalOcean is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.
Application Limit: You may apply to a maximum of 3 positions within any 180-day period. This policy promotes better role-candidate matching and encourages thoughtful applications where your qualifications align most strongly.
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