Senior Director, Global Brand and Communication

Flexera; Itasca (IL); Remote; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading SaaS company is seeking a Senior Director of Corporate Communications & Brand to enhance the company's narrative and oversee brand strategy. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in corporate communications and exceptional writing skills. This role offers the chance to manage a significant budget and lead innovative communications strategies in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in B2B corporate communications.
• Experience managing agencies and cross-functional teams.
• Familiarity with IT, cloud, or enterprise software sectors.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a comprehensive communications strategy.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to senior leadership.
• Own the global brand strategy and visual identity.

Skills

B2B corporate communications

Brand strategy

Exceptional writing

Analytical skills

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment

Job description

remote type: Remote

locations: Home-United States

time type: Full time

posted on: Posted Today

job requisition id: 16380

Overview

Flexera saves customers billions of dollars in wasted technology spend. A pioneer in Hybrid ITAM and FinOps, Flexera provides award-winning, data-oriented SaaS solutions for technology value optimization (TVO), enabling IT, finance, procurement and cloud teams to gain deep insights into cost optimization, compliance and risks for each business service. Flexera One solutions are built on a set of definitive customer, supplier and industry data, powered by our Technology Intelligence Platform, that enables organizations to visualize their Enterprise Technology Blueprint in hybrid environments—from on-premises to SaaS to containers to cloud.

We’re transforming the software industry. We’re Flexera. With more than 50,000 customers across the world, we’re achieving that goal. Ready to help us re-imagine the industry during a time of substantial growth and ambitious plans? We’re consistently recognized by Gartner, Forrester and IDC as a category leader in the marketplace. Learn more at flexera.com.

Role

We are seeking a strategic and visionary Senior Director, Corporate Communications & Brand to shape and amplify the company's narrative across earned, owned, and shared channels, while stewarding the brand to ensure consistency, relevance, and resonance with key audiences. This individual will lead media relations, corporate communications, content strategy, and thought leadership.

Expectations of you and your team

Corporate Communications

• Develop and execute a comprehensive communications strategy aligned with Flexera's business goals.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to senior leadership on communications matters.
• Manage PR agency relationships and oversee global media outreach.
• Work closely with internal communications, partner marketing, customer marketing, product marketing, analyst relations and sales enablement teams to coordinate effective end-to-end communications for all company initiatives.
• Own the crisis communications strategy and run point on crisis comms.

Brand Strategy & Execution

• Own the global brand strategy, architecture, and visual identity.
• Ensure the brand shows up consistently everywhere it appears — through products, marketing programs, sales interactions and internal communications.
• Lead brand measurement initiatives to assess awareness, perception, and equity.
• Work with product and product marketing teams on branding for new and acquired solutions.
• Work with legal teams to establish and maintain brand IP & attributes.
• Oversee all creative services staff and agencies.

Thought Leadership & Content Strategy

• Own the thought leadership and content strategy across the full customer lifecycle, supporting brand, demand and customer advocacy programs.
• Partner with the CEO, executive team and subject matter experts across the business to craft compelling thought leadership messaging that shapes market perception of Flexera.
• Collaborate with Growth and Digital marketing teams to ensure brand-aligned storytelling is woven throughout all marketing channels.

Strategic Leadership

• As a member of the marketing leadership team, collaborate with other marketing leaders to build and maintain a fun, engaging, outcome-oriented culture with your team and across marketing.
• Manage your assigned budget and work with marketing colleagues to optimize investments for maximum impact.
• Bring innovative ways of working to your team, including methods for leveraging AI.
• Own and proactively manage the organizational design and performance of the Communications and Brand team, aligned to business needs and industry best practices.

What makes you a great fit?

• 10+ years of experience in B2B corporate communications and demonstrated experience with brand strategy, preferably in the SaaS technology space.
• Exceptional writing, storytelling, and executive presence.
• Experience managing agencies and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to thrive and have fun in a fast-paced, collaborative, matrixed environment.
• Strong analytical skills and experience with brand and communications measurement.
• Experience in a private equity-backed or high-growth SaaS environment.
• Familiarity with IT, cloud, or enterprise software sectors.
• Understanding of LLMs and how to optimize for these across media, brand and content.

Accommodations: We encourage candidates requiring accommodations to please let us know by emailing [e-mail].

Flexera is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered for open roles regardless of age, ancestry, color, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local/national laws, policies and/or regulations. We are committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce and supporting DEI initiatives across the organization.