VP, Communication

Replit is hiring a Director or VP of Communications to lead its external and internal communications strategy. The company describes itself as an agentic software creation platform that lets anyone turn natural language into applications, internal tools, dashboards, workflows, and websites. This is a senior, hands-on role for someone who can build and scale the communications function as Replit grows from a developer platform into a company in AI, software creation, and enterprise transformation.

What you will do

• Lead and scale the communications function, including strategy, team structure, agency management, operating rhythms, and execution standards.
• Build an AI-native communications function, with agents running repeatable work so a lean team focuses on judgment, relationships, and creative leaps.
• Develop and evolve the corporate narrative as the company expands across AI, developer tools, enterprise, consumer, education, and global markets.
• Own strategic positioning: the upstream frameworks and intellectual capital behind launches, stages, and stories.
• Lead programs across company announcements, product launches, enterprise momentum, customer stories, partnerships, policy-related issues, executive visibility, awards, events, and thought leadership.
• Build narratives around AI-powered software creation, developer productivity, enterprise adoption, security, governance, education, and the future of work.
• Develop flagship thought leadership, signature reports, and third-party validator relationships that build enterprise and institutional trust.
• Partner with the CEO, executive team, and functional leaders on positioning, reputation, media strategy, internal communications, and high-stakes company moments.
• Maintain relationships with technology, business, AI, enterprise, developer, policy, and international media.
• Work with product, engineering, marketing, sales, partnerships, legal, policy, people, and finance on coordinated communications programs.
• Lead or support internal communications, including company meetings, leadership messaging, employee announcements, change communications, and moments that keep the company 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, and earn premier stages for Replit's leaders.
• Support global communications 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.

What they are looking for

• BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 12+ years 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 or strategic positioning function at a fast-growing technology company or leading institution.
• 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.
• Hands-on fluency with AI and agentic tools, with a vision for AI-native communications operations.
• A track record of flagship thought leadership: signature reports, executive platforms, and ideas that shape an industry's conversation.
• Experience earning third-party validation from leading institutions and policy communities for a scrutinized or emerging technology.
• Experience guiding communications through major inflection points: public-company transitions, landmark policy moments, category creation.
• 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.
• Strong judgment in fast-moving, high-pressure environments, and a creative, resourceful, "do more with less" mindset.

Pay and benefits

The salary range is $300K – $390K, with equity offered. Full-time employee benefits include a 401(k) program with a 4% match (US only), health, dental, vision, and life insurance, short and long term disability, paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave, flexible time off plus holidays, commuter benefits (in-office and US only), a monthly wellness stipend, an autonomous work environment, in-office set-up reimbursement (in-office only), quarterly team gatherings, and in-office amenities (in-office only).

About Replit

Replit says it has millions of users worldwide and is working to remove traditional barriers to application creation. The company states that to achieve its mission of making programming more accessible around the world, its team should be representative of the world, and it encourages people from all kinds of backgrounds to apply, including candidates from underrepresented and non-traditional backgrounds.