Job Description
Job Description
At Algolia, we are passionate about helping developers & product teams connect their users with what matters most in milliseconds!
We are seeking a VP of Communications to lead and enhance our internal and external communication strategies. This leadership role involves overseeing all communication initiatives to ensure consistent and positive messaging that aligns with Podium’s mission and values.
Key Responsibilities:
• Executive Communication Strategy: Define and drive Podium’s global communication vision, aligning strategies with organizational objectives and positioning the company as an industry leader.
• Brand Stewardship & Public Voice: Serve as a primary spokesperson and guardian of Podium’s reputation, ensuring consistent, compelling, and authentic messaging across all platforms.
• Media & Stakeholder Relations: Build and maintain high-level relationships with media, industry influencers, investors, and other key stakeholders to strengthen Podium’s influence and visibility.
• Crisis & Issues Leadership: Oversee crisis communication planning and execution, advising the executive team and Board on reputational risk, and ensuring swift, effective responses.
• Executive Team Partnership: Collaborate closely with the CEO, CPO, and leadership team to support strategic initiatives, thought leadership, and organizational change communications.
• Organizational Alignment: Ensure communication strategies are integrated across marketing, product, HR, and operations to advance enterprise-wide goals and foster cultural cohesion.
• Team Development & Leadership: Lead, inspire, and scale a high-performing communications organization, cultivating talent and driving innovation in messaging, storytelling, and channel use.
Qualifications:
• Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Marketing, or related field; advanced degree strongly preferred.
• Extensive Experience: 15+ years in communications, public affairs, or related disciplines, including 7+ years in senior leadership with demonstrated impact at the enterprise level.
• Strategic Leadership: Proven ability to shape corporate narrative, influence stakeholders, and deliver communication strategies that drive measurable business outcomes.
• Media & Industry Expertise: Deep relationships with top-tier media, analysts, and thought leaders, with a record of securing high-value visibility.
• Crisis & Reputation Management: Demonstrated success navigating complex, sensitive issues and guiding executive decision-making under pressure.
• Executive Communication Skills: Exceptional writing, storytelling, and presentation skills, with the ability to simplify complexity and inspire diverse audiences.
Compensation: $245,900 - $262,704 Annually - The posted compensation range reflects the base salary for this position, Salary for this role is commensurate with prior experience. In addition to base salary, some eligible roles may also have a commission plan or a bonus incentive.
Who we are:
We pride ourself on being a pioneer and market leader offering an AI Search solution that empowers 17,000+ businesses to compose customer experiences at internet scale that predict what their users want with blazing fast search and web browse experience. We power more than 30 billion search requests a week – four times more than Microsoft Bing, Yahoo, Baidu, Yandex and DuckDuckGo combined.
Algolia does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Studies have found that people of color and women do not apply to jobs if they do not meet all the requirements. At Salsify we are committed to empowering a diverse workforce. We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
Benefits:
The annual total cash compensation range (base salary and commission) for this role reflects US market pay data within this location. The exact compensation offered for this role may vary depending on specific location and job-related knowledge, technical skills, and experience; and is only one part of our Total Rewards philosophy to compensate and recognize employees for their work.
FLEXIBLE WORKPLACE STRATEGY
Algolia’s flexible workplace model is designed to empower all Algolians to fulfill our mission to power search and discovery with ease. We place an emphasis on an individual’s impact, contribution, and output, over their physical location. Algolia is a high-trust environment and many of our team members have the autonomy to choose where they want to work and when.
While we have a global presence with physical offices in Paris, NYC, London, Sydney and Bucharest, we also offer many of our team members the option to work remotely either as fully remote or hybrid-remote employees. Please note that positions listed as "Remote" are only available for remote work within the specified country. Positions listed within a specific city are only available in that location - depending on the nature of the role it may be available with either a hybrid-remote or in-office schedule.