VP, Communication

Replit, Inc.

Job Overview

Location

Foster City, CA

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• Help lead and scale Replit’s communications function, including communications strategy, team structure, agency management, operating rhythms, and execution standards.
• Develop and evolve Replit’s corporate narrative as the company expands across AI, developer tools, enterprise, consumer, education, and global markets.
• Lead communications programs across company announcements, product launches, enterprise momentum, customer stories, partnerships, policy-related issues, executive visibility, awards, events, and thought leadership.
• Shape how the market understands Replit as an agentic software creation platform that enables anyone to build applications using natural language.
• Build clear, credible narratives around AI-powered software creation, developer productivity, enterprise adoption, security, governance, education, and the future of work.
• Partner with the CEO, executive team, and functional leaders on positioning, reputation, media strategy, internal communications, and high-stakes company moments.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with technology, business, AI, enterprise, developer, policy, and international media.
• Partner closely with product, engineering, marketing, sales, partnerships, legal, policy, people, and finance to create coordinated communications programs that support company priorities.
• Lead or support internal communications, including company meetings, leadership messaging, employee announcements, change communications, and moments that help the company stay aligned as it scales.
• Manage proactive and reactive communications, including rapid response, issues management, crisis communications, and sensitive topics.
• Prepare executives and spokespeople for media interviews, podcasts, conferences, customer events, internal moments, and industry presentations.
• Support Replit’s global communications strategy, with particular focus on expanding awareness in Europe and Asia.
• Track the AI, software, developer, enterprise, startup, and policy landscape to identify where Replit should lead, respond, or reframe the conversation.
• Build a communications culture that values speed, clarity, creativity, judgment, and proof.

🎯 Requirements

• BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 12+ years of experience in communications, PR, media, corporate affairs, or related fields for Director level; 15+ years for VP level.
• Experience building, scaling, or significantly expanding a communications function at a fast-growing technology company.
• Proven experience working directly with founders, CEOs, executives, and senior cross-functional leaders.
• Strong relationships with technology, business, enterprise, AI, developer, and/or policy media.
• Experience managing external agencies and cross-functional communications programs on a global level
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor messages for users, developers, enterprise buyers, employees, policymakers, partners, and the press.
• Strong understanding of the AI landscape and how AI is changing software development, enterprise productivity, and the future of work.
• Experience across several communications disciplines, including external communications, internal communications, media relations, executive communications, crisis communications, and strategic messaging.
• Ability to translate complex technical ideas into clear, compelling stories without losing substance.
• Cross-functional leadership experience, with the ability to influence and collaborate across product, engineering, sales, marketing, legal, policy, finance, and people teams.
• Ability to see the big picture while operating in execution mode.
• Passionate about their craft and the impact they can have
• Strong judgment in fast-moving, high-pressure environments.
• A creative, resourceful, “do more with less” mindset.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive Salary & Equity
• 401(k) Program with a 4% match (US Only)
• Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
• Short Term and Long Term Disability
• Paid Parental, Medical, Caregiver Leave
• Flexible Time Off (FTO) + Holidays
• Commuter Benefits (In-Office Only)
• Monthly Wellness Stipend
• Autonomous Work Environment
• In Office Set-Up Reimbursement (In-Office Only)
• Quarterly Team Gatherings
• In Office Amenities (In-Office Only)

Skills & Technologies

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About Replit, Inc.

Replit is an online, collaborative, integrated development environment (IDE) that allows users to write, run, and share code in numerous programming languages directly from their web browser. It provides a cloud-based platform, eliminating the need for local setup and dependencies. Replit supports real-time collaboration, enabling multiple users to code together simultaneously on the same project, making it ideal for educational purposes, team projects, and rapid prototyping. The platform offers a vast array of features including version control integration, package management, and deployment tools, democratizing software development for beginners and experienced programmers alike.

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