Product Communications Manager, OSS
VercelFrontend Cloud company
San Francisco, United States$152K - $209KSenior
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About the role
TL;DR
Own external product storytelling for Vercel's products and open source portfolio.
- •This role owns external product storytelling across Vercel: the Agent Stack, Core Platform, and tools like v0, Vercel Agent, and Vercel Plugin.
- •You'll translate ships into narratives that land with developers, press, and the market.
- •You'll also oversee communications for Vercel's open source portfolio, including Next.js, Nitro, Nuxt Labs, shadcn/ui, Svelte, Better Auth, Turbopack, and our investments in the Python ecosystem.
- •Key Responsibilities Product Launch Strategy: Own external comms for product announcements and updates across the Agent Stack (AI SDK, AI Gateway, Workflow, Sandbox, Connect, Chat SDK, eve) and Core Platform (Security, CDN, Fluid Compute, Observability, CI/CD), as well as v0, Vercel Agent, Vercel Plugin, and Domains.
- •OSS Portfolio Oversight: Oversee communications for Vercel's open source frameworks, with a concentration on Next.js, tailoring your approach to the maturity and audience of each project and keeping a voice that feels native to developer communities rather than corporate marketing.
- •Narrative & Positioning: Build thought leadership narratives around how Vercel's products fit together & where they sit in the broader infrastructure and framework landscape.
- •Requirements 6-8 years of experience in communications, PR, or product marketing, with direct exposure to developer tools, infrastructure, or technical products.
- •Strong writer and storyteller who can translate technical work & product or open source into narratives that resonate with developers and the market, without oversimplifying or overselling.
- •Comfortable working directly with engineers, PMs, and technical leadership, and skilled at pulling a story out of people who don't think of themselves as storytellers.
Required skills
Presentation SkillsMentoringCoachingProduct MarketingContent MarketingDigital MarketingSEOSEMPerformance Marketing
Domain expertise
developer-toolsai
Benefits & perks
Competitive compensation package, including equity, Inclusive Healthcare Package, Learn and Grow - we provide mentorship and send you to events that help you build your network and skills, Flexible Time Off, We will provide you the gear you need to do your role, and a WFH budget for you to outfit your space as needed
Tech stack
Next.jsJavaScriptSveltePythonAWSGoogle CloudAzureTerraformCI/CDDockerKubernetesGitHub ActionsJenkinsArgoCDHelmGitLab CICircleCIAnsibleChefPuppetPrometheusGrafanaDatadogNew RelicPagerDutyNginxHAProxyOAuthJWTSAML