[Hiring] Senior Communications Manager @Malwarebytes

Role Description

Malwarebytes is looking for a Senior Communications Manager to help drive the next chapter of our storytelling. This is a hands-on, mid-level role that splits its focus across two priorities:

• Supporting our robust, well-established PR program.
• Building and growing an earned creator program that extends our voice to new and engaged audiences.

You'll join a mature communications function with strong media relationships and a steady drumbeat of coverage. On the PR side, you'll help keep that engine running — pitching stories, managing press activity, and supporting our threat research and executive communications. On the creator side, you'll help stand up and scale a program from earlier stages: identifying the right voices in security, tech, and adjacent spaces, building authentic relationships, and turning them into a durable channel for earned reach.

This is a great fit for a communications professional who is equally comfortable working as a reporter and working as a creator — someone who can execute reliably within an established program while bringing entrepreneurial energy to something new.

Compensation Ranges

• CA Bay Area Range: $150 - $170K
• Region 2: $135 - 165K
• Region 3: $130 - 160K

What You Will Do

• Public relations (roughly half your time):
  • Support day-to-day execution of an established PR program — drafting and distributing press materials, coordinating announcements, and managing an editorial calendar of news moments.
  • Pitch and place stories with security, technology, and business media, and build and maintain relationships with reporters, editors, and analysts.
  • Help translate technical threat research and product news into clear, compelling narratives for external audiences.
  • Support executive and spokesperson communications, including briefing prep, talking points, and industry engagement opportunities.
  • Track coverage, monitor the media landscape, and report on results against program goals.
• Earned creator program (roughly the other half):
  • Help build and grow an earned creator program from the ground up — defining the approach, identifying priority platforms, and setting the foundation for how we work with creators.
  • Identify, vet, and build authentic relationships with creators and voices across security, tech, consumer, and adjacent spaces.
  • Develop briefs, story angles, and campaign moments that give creators genuinely useful, on-brand material to work with.
  • Coordinate creator activity around launches, research releases, and cultural moments, in partnership with social, content, and brand teams.
  • Measure earned creator impact and iterate — refining the program as it scales from early wins into a repeatable channel.
• Across both areas:
  • Partner closely with content, social, brand, product marketing, and threat research to keep messaging consistent and stories connected.
  • Bring sound judgment to fast-moving moments, including reactive news and issues that touch a security brand.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of experience in communications, PR, or earned media — in-house, at an agency, or a mix.
• A track record of earning media coverage and building genuine relationships with journalists and/or creators.
• Strong writing and editing skills, with the ability to make technical topics clear and interesting for a general audience.
• Familiarity with the creator and influencer landscape, and a point of view on how earned creator relationships differ from paid influencer deals.
• Comfort operating in two modes at once: executing reliably within a mature program and building something new from early stages.
• Organized and self-directed, able to manage multiple workstreams and deadlines with limited oversight.
• Interest in cybersecurity, technology, privacy, or online culture — direct security experience is a plus, not a requirement.
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred but not required.

Bonus Points If You Have

• Experience in cybersecurity, technology, or another fast-moving, technically complex industry.
• Experience standing up or scaling an earned creator or influencer program.
• Familiarity with media monitoring, PR, and social measurement tools.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage.
• Employee Referral Bonus Program.
• Wellness programs.
• 401k and employer matching for US Employees.
• Comprehensive Time Off policy.
• An opportunity to do something great for yourself and the world!