Description
Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale , unleashing the potential of businesses and people.
We're looking for a Global PR Director to lead our external communications and drive high-impact outcomes across priority markets. This is a senior role responsible for ensuring product innovation is translated into clear, credible narratives that build trust with developers and economic buyers, and are amplified optimally across channels and markets.
What You Will Be Doing
- Define and implement a global PR strategy aligned to company priorities and positioning
- Ensure product innovation is consistently translated into strong, repeatable narratives that build credibility with technical and economic audiences
- Drive high-impact visibility across media, social, podcasts, and speaking opportunities in key markets
- Lead global campaign planning and major launches, ensuring coordinated, consistent rollout across regions and channels
- Collaborate closely with Social, Product, Marketing, and Developer Marketing teams to ensure alignment and coordinated execution
- Lead and optimize team and agency performance across markets, ensuring consistent quality and impact
- Identify and prioritize the opportunities that will most optimally build visibility and market credibility across channels
- Partner with executive and product teams to develop a strong, credible spokesperson bench
- Measure and improve performance, focusing on outcomes not activity
What You Bring
- Proven experience leading global PR in a high-growth tech company
- Strong track record of driving high-impact visibility across media and broader channels
- Experience driving the performance of regional teams and agencies across multiple regions
- Commercial mentality with an understanding how communications supports growth, pipeline, and market perception
- Confident working with senior team members and advising executives
- Comfortable operating in a dynamic, high-growth environment
The typical starting salary range for this role is: $160,300-$253,600 USD In select locations, an alternate range may apply: $192,300-$304,200 USD
Additional Information - We Take Care of Our People As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you're looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life.
Benefits include:
- Competitive pay
- Health coverage for you and your family
- Flexible locations and schedules
- Generous number of vacation days
- Matching up to $2000 for financial donations and service
- Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects
- Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave