Karat is an HR technology and SaaS company focused on improving technical hiring for organizations. Its platform combines technology with expert-led interviews to provide continuous interview capacity, consistent evaluation, and a more engaging experience for candidates. Karat helps companies expand engineering hiring without placing the full interview burden on internal teams, while supporting more equitable assessment, internal mobility, and global hiring programs. The platform is designed to fit into existing recruiting workflows and give employers a dependable way to evaluate technical talent.
Senior Director of Communications — Remote, United States
Lead Karat’s external, internal, executive, and crisis communications as the company’s senior communications leader. Advise the CEO, shape media and thought-leadership initiatives, and guide strategic campaigns.
Description
- Lead Karat’s communications function across external, internal, executive, and crisis communications.
- Shape the integrated communications strategy and counsel the CEO and leadership team on narrative, messaging, timing, and stakeholder impact.
- Direct media relations and cultivate connections with journalists and producers covering business, technology, workplaces, and trade sectors.
- Create integrated campaigns in partnership with Product Marketing and Demand Generation.
- Develop and manage the CEO’s public platform across social media, the company blog, earned media, and speaking engagements.
- Own internal and executive communications for significant company milestones.
- Coordinate crisis and issues communications with Legal, People, Sales, and Marketing.
- Oversee PR agencies and communications partners against measurable goals, tracking KPIs for earned media, executive visibility, and employee understanding.
Requirements
- Bring 15 or more years of progressive communications experience spanning media relations, corporate, executive, and internal or change communications.
- Have substantial in-house experience with a high-growth technology or B2B company operating through rapid growth.
- Demonstrate a record of building journalist relationships and securing high-quality earned coverage.
- Show success creating narratives and campaigns that connect business strategy, product, and industry conversations.
- Have experience building executive platforms and preparing leaders for media, speaking engagements, and high-stakes situations.
- Bring exceptional writing ability and editorial judgment, from executive social content to all-hands remarks.
- Have guided communications during periods of growth or high-stakes change with discretion and sound judgment.
- Have managed PR agencies or communications partners against measurable outcomes.
- Understanding how AI is changing hiring, talent assessment, and workforce planning is a plus.
- Reside in California, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, Oregon, Texas, or Washington.
- Immigration sponsorship is unavailable.
Benefits
- Work remotely full time.
- Receive geographic compensation based on work location.
- Access reasonable accommodations for disabilities or special needs.
- Work in an inclusive environment with equal-opportunity protections.