Director OF Brand Marketing

Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastly’s edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly, securely, and reliably by processing, serving, and securing our customers’ applications as close to their end‑users as possible — at the edge of the Internet. The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet, to be programmable, and to support agile software development. Fastly’s customers include many of the world’s most prominent companies, including GitHub, Yelp, Paramount, and JetBlue.
We’re building a more trustworthy Internet. Come join us.
Senior Director, Brand & Market Influence As our Senior Director of Brand & Market Influence, you will shape how the world perceives Fastly. Managing a talented team across PR, brand strategy, and creative design, you will be the steward of our global reputation and market presence. This role is about defining the conversation around edge cloud technology, security, and web performance, ensuring that Fastly is recognized by developers, enterprise executives, and industry analysts as the definitive platform of choice.
What You’ll Do Guide and Mentor the Team: Directly lead our PR and communications, brand strategy, and creative studio teams while collaborating with the team to manage strategic agency partnerships.
Direct Global PR & Communications: Oversee our global PR framework, media relations, and communications strategies to maximize proactive storytelling and protect corporate reputation.
Architect Thought Leadership Platforms: Transform Fastly’s technical innovations and unique data insights into powerful thought leadership initiatives that influence industry analysts, tech leaders, and mainstream business media.
Steward the Creative Studio: Guide the creative team to deliver exceptional design execution across web experiences, global events, corporate assets while responsibly integrating generative AI tools to safely scale creative production frameworks.
Brief and Inspire Creative Concepts: Ideate innovative brand experiences and author clear, inspiring creative briefs that challenge our internal teams and external agency partners to deliver breakthrough work.
Partner Cross-Functionally: Collaborate seamlessly with Product Marketing, Field Marketing, Campaigns, Digital, and Executive leadership to ensure corporate brand initiatives that anchor, amplify, and align with pipeline generation activities.
What We’re Looking For Experience & Scale: 12–15+ years of progressive marketing leadership within technology industries.
Creative & Communications Expertise: A proven track record of directly leading multi-disciplinary teams across PR, communications, and corporate creative/design studios.
Technical Storytelling: Exceptional ability to distill deep, complex concepts (including AI) into highly compelling, human narratives that capture market attention.
Agency & Media Stewardship: Deep experience managing top-tier global PR networks and creative agencies, with sharp instincts for media relations and corporate reputation management.
Cross-Functional Influence: A master collaborator with a bias for teamwork, capable of building consensus and driving win‑win solutions with senior leaders.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business Administration, or a related field.
Work Hours This position will require you to be available during core business hours.
Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements This position is open to hybrid and remote work locations. The preferred locations for this position are:
San Francisco, CA
Denver, CO
New York, NY
Remote within the US
This position may require travel as needed by your role or requested by your manager.
Salary The estimated salary range for this position is $209,560 to $288,000. Starting salary may vary based on permissible, non‑discriminatory factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and location. This role may be eligible to participate in Fastly’s equity and discretionary bonus programs.
Benefits We care about you. Fastly works hard to create a positive environment for our employees, and we think your life outside of work is important too. We support our teams with great benefits that start on the first day of your employment. Our comprehensive benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance; family planning and mental health support; an Employee Assistance Program; life, disability, and accident insurance; a flexible vacation policy; and up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave. We also offer 401(k) with company match and an Employee Stock Purchase Program. For 2026, we offer 12 paid local holidays and 12 paid company wellness days.
Equal Employment Opportunity Fastly is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity and to providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Our employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, family or parental status, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.
Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and federal or state disability laws, Fastly will provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact your recruiter or the Fastly Employee Relations team.
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