VP of PR/External Communications Lead
Amsterdam · London · Netherlands · United Kingdom · 10+ years experience · Posted Sep 28, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 10+ years experience
- Location
- Amsterdam · London · Netherlands · United Kingdom
About the role
- The VP of PR/External Communications Lead will own and manage company-level external communications for JetBrains.
- This senior execution-and-build role focuses on protecting and growing the company's reputation, closing the US visibility gap, and establishing a global PR operating model.
- The leader will be responsible for delivering a centrally set strategic narrative to the global market.
Responsibilities
- Own and run company-level external communications.
- Protect and grow the company's reputation.
- Take a defined strategic narrative to market.
- Close the US visibility gap.
- Build thought leadership and a spokesperson bench.
- Stand up the PR operating model including playbooks, message houses, editorial calendars, and perception studies.
Requirements
- 10+ years in tech PR with senior leadership experience.
- Built and led distributed PR teams across regions with proven US results.
- Track record of narrative-led PR.
- Experience in thought leadership and spokesperson development.
- Experience in crisis communications.
- Experience in agency and budget management at scale.
- Fluent working with technical, developer-facing audiences and an AI-transition story.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience in an AI or developer-tools company during a positioning shift.
- Existing tier-1 US tech media relationships.
- Comfortable operating across a US/Europe time split.
Skills
- PR
- Crisis Communications
- Strategic Narrative
- Budget Management
