Manager, Communications for Germany in München bei Salesforce

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We’re Salesforce, the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI+ Data +CRM. Leading with our core values, we help companies across every industry blaze new trials and connect with customers in a whole new way. And, we empower you to be a Trailblazer, too – driving your performance and career growth, charting new paths, and improving the state of the world. If you believe in business as the greatest platform for change and in companies doing well and doing good – you’ve come to the right place.

Slack is on a mission to make people's working lives simpler, more cheerful and more productive. It is the efficiency platform for customer companies that improves performance by empowering everyone with no-code automation, making search and knowledge sharing flawless, and keeping teams connected and engaged as they move work forward together. As part of Salesforce, Slack is deeply coordinated into the Salesforce Customer 360, supercharging efficiency across sales, service and marketing teams.

The Manager of Communications for Germany is essential to our success. You will play a key role in growing our communications function. You will help build and implement communications campaigns in support of our business objectives. You will help journalists and other key audiences understand why Slack is ground-breaking. You will help identify how, when and with which audiences to engage. You are confident, creative, self-starting, and a master storyteller!

What you will be doing

• Leading all aspects of the creation of a local German half year communications plan in alignment with Sales and Marketing

• Developing the strategy and leading the execution of local German communications programs and thought leadership efforts

• Conducting local German media relations (executive, business, product, etc.)

• Handling a local agency and leading that team to implement.

• Driving evangelism of Slack’s narrative

• Partnering closely with global and international counterparts to ensure that efforts which work locally are incorporated in other local markets and regional, international and global communications initiatives

• Partnering closely with Sales, Marketing, Product and Engineering, Legal and others on cross functional initiatives

• Concept, write and edit communication materials (including briefing materials)

• Staff interviews and speaking opportunities

What you should have

• Degree or equivalent relevant experience required. Experience will be evaluated based on the core competencies for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.)

• Strong media relations skills and a passion for communications (5-8 years experience)

• PR Agency/in-house enterprise software communications preferred

• Critical thinker; strong executive presence; ability to hold a “seat at the table” alongside other areas of the business

• Hunger for an exciting opportunity; ready to roll up your sleeves and dig in!

• Collaborative

• A self-starter, able to run with projects with (at times) minimal direction

• Passionate about Slack and about learning about how work is evolving

• Exceptional writing skills

• A strength in working cross-functionally

• Highly organized, detail-oriented and able to meet deadlines consistently

• Creative, thoughtful and passionate about storytelling

• Skilled at managing up, prioritizing and setting expectations as needed

• Open and effective communicator; someone who is not afraid to throw out an idea or challenge an existing one to help advance Slack’s mission

• Curious; eager to learn and open to trying new things

• Flexible, adaptable and open: able to juggle multiple projects at once and unphased by change whenever it happens (because in this environment things can and do often shift very quickly)

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