Communications Senior Manager – Product Org (Project Management)
At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.
Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.
This role is responsible for developing, implementing, and measuring the impact of F5's Product Organization communications including communications for the Product leadership team.
The person in this role will help amplify F5's Product Strategy and how we make things “ridiculously easy” for our customers through the work of our product managers and engineers. They will directly support the Product leadership team to lead, create, and measure strategic and leadership communications to employees both in the function and across our global employee population. The role also includes support for external speaking and media efforts for the Chief Innovation Officer.
The successful candidate will be highly collaborative in their approach and have the ability to transform complex information into engaging content that aligns and mobilizes stakeholders. Strategic communications planning, excellent written and verbal communication skills, and a strong execution focus, are required. The candidate will have great attention to detail, a global mindset, boundless curiosity to learn, and a keen understanding of the technology space.
Primary Responsibilities:
Supports awareness and understanding of F5's Product Org strategy
- Partners closely with the Product leadership team to promote understanding of our products and how they help our customers
- Develops engaging, creative content about / for the Product Organization for internal and external communications' global digital platforms
- Develop strategic messaging for use in key internal and external events for the Chief Innovation Officer and Product leadership team
- Support internal Product Organization employee engagement events including town halls, Q&As, and others, as needed
- Consults and collaborates with leaders and internal partners align communications to business priorities
Promote clarity and transparency through change management communications
- Partner with stakeholders across F5 to develop and execute comprehensive communications plans around changes, product launches, and other key milestones
- Create clear communications that drive change adoption in a fast-paced, agile environment
Other Responsibilities:
- Leverage company standards (e.g., comms best-practices, brand alignment) to build plans, processes, and timelines to support an annual program of communications
- Performs other related duties as assigned
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Proven ability to create, execute, and measure communication plans from start to finish.
- Excellent writing and editing skills, including development of original content and the ability to create compelling narratives, stories, and executive-level communications
- Passionate storyteller across a range of digital channels
- Collaborative, team-centered mentality
- Globally aware with experience collaborating across countries and cultures
- Technology background or experience is important for success in this role
Qualifications
- BA degree in communications or relevant communications experience
- 8 or more years' experience internal, executive, or agency communications Agile and curious thinker with a drive for continuous improvement
The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.
The annual base pay for this position is: $122,991.00 - $184,487.00F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, geographic locations, and market conditions, as well as to reflect F5's differing products, industries, and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.
You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5's benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.
Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).
Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting accommodations@f5.com.
