Community Engagement and Advocacy Manager

The role

You will own and grow the Tailscale Insiders advocacy program, digital communities on Discord and Reddit, and the Community Projects program. You will build relationships with community members and work with internal teams to create engagement opportunities.

What you will do

• Own the strategy, operations, and growth of the Tailscale Insiders advocacy program.
• Build and maintain relationships with Insiders.
• Develop engagement opportunities for Insiders to connect with each other and Tailscale teams.
• Identify opportunities for Insiders to contribute through speaking, content, and testing.
• Own the recruitment, onboarding, and recognition of Insiders.
• Own the strategy and engagement for Discord and Reddit communities.
• Manage day-to-day community moderation and tools.
• Partner with internal teams for product launches and announcements.
• Own the strategy and growth of the Community Projects program.
• Develop processes for discovering and showcasing community projects.

Required qualifications

• 3–5+ years of experience in community management, advocacy, community programs, developer communities, or related roles.
• Experience owning and growing community programs.
• Ability to build meaningful relationships with community members and internal teams.
• Experience managing and moderating online communities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organizational and program management skills.
• Strong understanding of community engagement and advocacy.
• Curiosity about technology and eagerness to learn about Tailscale products.

Nice to have

• Experience managing advocacy, ambassador, champion, or contributor recognition programs.
• Hands-on experience managing Discord, Reddit, or similar community platforms.
• Experience working with developers, open source, infrastructure, networking, security, or other technology-focused communities.
• Familiarity with community engagement and intelligence tools such as Common Room.
• Experience developing community programming such as AMAs, virtual events, member spotlights, and recurring engagement initiatives.
• Experience identifying and amplifying community stories, projects, or contributor achievements.
• Experience collaborating with Product, Developer Relations, Engineering, Marketing, or Support teams.
• Willingness and ability to travel occasionally to support community events, meetups, and other initiatives.

Benefits

• Base salary and equity incentive plan.
• Comprehensive group benefits including health, vision, and dental.
• Employer-funded retirement contributions with a dollar-for-dollar match up to 0.75% of eligible compensation.
• Remote first environment with a corporate co-working program.
• Annual company retreat and team off-sites.
• $1500 USD annually for professional development.
• Flexible, paid time off program.
• Company-owned laptop (Mac or PC).
• Monthly home internet reimbursement.
• $500 USD to customize workstation.
• Paid parental leave (20 weeks for birthing parents, 16 weeks for non-birthing parents).

Before you apply

• Hiring process uses AI-assisted tools to help screen and assess candidates.

About the company

Tailscale delivers software that makes it easy to securely interconnect people and their devices. Founded in 2019, the company is fully distributed and backed by Accel, CRV, Insight, Heavybit, and Uncork Capital.