Senior Director, CEO Communications

The role

You will build and lead an omnichannel communications engine for Zscaler's Founder, Chairman and CEO, Jay Chaudhry. You will set his master narrative, secure tier-1 media placements, and write thought leadership and speeches. You will also run a rapid-response rhythm for market scanning and high-stakes issues.

What you will do

• Build, operationalize and lead an omnichannel CEO communications engine across earned media, speaking stages, digital channels and executive presentations
• Define and evolve the CEO's master narrative and message architecture, translating Zero Trust, AI and cloud innovations into business value
• Secure tier-1 business, financial and tech media placements and expand executive presence across podcasts, broadcast and digital video
• Architect and ghostwrite thought leadership content, including op-eds, blogs, keynotes, customer letters and internal all-hands addresses
• Establish a rapid-response operating rhythm for market scanning, competitive counter-positioning and high-stakes issue communications

Required qualifications

• 12–15+ years of progressive experience in executive communications, CEO communications, PR and narrative development within enterprise tech, cybersecurity or cloud SaaS
• Proven track record directly counseling and supporting a founder/CEO of a public, multi-billion-dollar enterprise technology company
• Exceptional writing, speechwriting and ghostwriting skills with a portfolio of published op-eds, executive blogs, keynote scripts and social content
• Demonstrated track record pitching tier-1 business and financial press, securing flagship event speaking slots and prepping executives for live TV
• Proven success building executive platforms on LinkedIn and X using short-form video, commentary and multimedia strategy
• Demonstrated curiosity and active exploration of AI tools, with a history of integrating new technologies into daily workflows
• Expected travel 30%

Nice to have

• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI technologies and workflows to drive measurable operational efficiency
• Background in journalism, financial or tech reporting, or political/public affairs communications
• Experience steering executive visibility through transformative corporate growth, hyper-growth scaling or major industry disruptions
• Familiarity with crisis management frameworks, rapid newsroom response workflows and a player-coach leadership mindset

Benefits

• Various health plans
• Time off plans for vacation and sick time
• Parental leave options
• Retirement options
• Education reimbursement
• In-office perks

Before you apply

• Zscaler is committed to providing accommodations in its recruiting processes for candidates who are differently abled, have long term or mental health conditions, sincerely held religious beliefs, or

About the company

Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) provides the Zero Trust Exchange platform, which securely connects users, devices and applications and protects customers from cyberattacks and data loss. It describes its SASE-based platform as the world's largest in-line cloud security platform.