Altana is the network for trusted trade. Our AI-powered product network empowers governments and businesses to build a more resilient and secure global economy while keeping trade flowing.
The Opportunity
Altana is looking for a strategic and versatile Senior Communications Manager to drive our external messaging, manage media relations, and execute high-impact communication and social media strategies. This role is central to shaping how Altana is perceived by the media, customers, and the broader industry, requiring a blend of creative content creation, media strategy, and corporate communications expertise.
What You'll Be Responsible For
- Corporate Communications & PR: Manage developing and distributing press releases, developing pitches with Altana’s media agency, and coordinating and staffing press briefings and events with senior Altana leaders. You will also be responsible for developing thought leadership content with senior executives.
- Social Media Strategy & Management: Develop, execute, and oversee Altana's comprehensive LinkedIn strategy to drive engagement, thought leadership, and brand awareness. This includes writing and scheduling compelling social media copy, managing the content calendar, and partnering with brand design on engaging social media assets. Monitor LinkedIn and engage with the audience.
- External Communications & Content: Serve as a writer for high-level external communications. This includes writing compelling copy for corporate newsletters, key corporate announcements, and crisis communications.
- Media Relations & Consistency: Oversee the earned media strategy for key product announcements and campaigns, working closely with integrated marketing managers to ensure consistency and impact across all channels.
Qualifications & Skills
- Minimum of 5 years' experience in corporate communications, public relations, or a related field, with demonstrated experience managing social media for a corporate brand. Experience in a B2B SaaS, AI, high-growth tech, or public policy environment is highly preferred.
- Proven track record of securing high-tier media placements and managing relationships with influential press.
- Expertise in developing and executing professional social media strategies (especially LinkedIn).
- Exceptional writing and editing skills across a variety of formats (press releases, social media copy, long-form articles).
- Strategic mind with the ability to translate complex technology and business challenges into compelling, simple communication stories.
- Bachelor's degree in Communications, Marketing, Journalism, or a related field.
This role can be based in Brooklyn, NY, USA or Washington, D.C., USA, with hybrid work flexibility and candidates must be within commuting distance from our Williamsburg, Brooklyn office or our downtown D.C. office.
US Salary Range and Benefits
$145,000 - $175,000
The salary range, to the extent specified for this role, is a good faith statement of the minimum and maximum levels of the annual based salary for the position. The base salary offered to a successful candidate will depend on a wide range of compensation factors, including, but not limited to, work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Altana's total compensation package. Altana also offers either a discretionary bonus or a variable compensation plan depending on the role. Additionally, Altana offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:
- Flexible Time Off (FTO): Altana operates with an FTO policy that gives you agency over your own time off so you can maximize your work-life balance.
- Parental Leave: Industry leading Paid Parental Leave (PPL), providing 14 weeks of leave for non-birthing, adoptive, and foster parents and up to 26 weeks of leave for birthing parents, all paid at 100% of your base salary.
- Health Benefits: Full suite of medical, vision, and dental benefits with generous employer contributions. Our high deductible health plan is 100% employer paid for employees and supplemented with an employer contribution to your Health Savings Account (HSA).
- Wellness: Every Altana employee has access to a free premium subscription to Calm, the #1 app for meditation, sleep, and mindfulness.
- 401(k) Savings, Commuter Benefits, Supplemental Benefits (Life, Disability), Pet Insurance, Employee Assistance Program, and Dependent Care FSA.
The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process.
Our Values
Our values are the core beliefs that shape who we are, what we stand for, and how we behave.They form the foundation of Altana’s culture and integrity and guide how we hire, design, build, and connect with each other and our customers.
- Trust: Our customers and partners entrust us with missions of the highest importance. We honor that by keeping our word, meeting commitments, and ensuring every action we take reinforces confidence in us. We rely on each other to deliver, to speak openly, and to hold ourselves accountable.
- Resilience: In a world of uncertainty and complexity, our work must withstand challenges, evolve with conditions, and ensure reliability over time. Resilience is both how we operate and what we deliver. It’s how we respond when things don’t go to plan –– we adapt, we support each other, and we keep moving forward.
- Stewardship: We are stewards of every mission we touch. Because our work impacts lives and futures, we hold ourselves accountable to delivering mission impact and never compromising. Our responsibility extends beyond individual projects to the broader system of global trade. We believe that stewardship starts from within so that we can bring focus, creativity, and excellence to our work. Each of us is personally responsible for fostering a workplace where people can thrive. And we are stewards of the greater good of the company. By holding ourselves and each other accountable, we build a culture of innovation and collective success that reflects the scale of our mission.
- Courage: Courage is what unlocks the seemingly impossible for our customers. It’s the core value that drives us make bold moves and take on big, complicated network problems—the ones others avoid. We know success isn't guaranteed, but we have the audacious vision to believe a solution is possible and to build it. Courage fuels our growth mindset. It means embracing challenges that make us stronger, and it’s demonstrated by how we approach hard conversations and complex projects.
At Altana, we believe that a diverse workforce enables greater creativity, performance, and adaptability. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and welcome you to join us as you are. Our employment opportunities and decisions are based on business needs and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, family care or medical leave status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by the laws or regulations in the areas in which we operate. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, in any situation.
Offers related to employment at Altana will come from an Altana.ai email address. We will never ask for payment as part of the interview or onboarding process.
