Executive Communications Lead

Why Mozilla?

Mozilla Corporation is the non-profit-backed technology company that has shaped the internet for the better over the last 25 years. We make pioneering brands like Firefox, the privacy-minded web browser. Now, with more than 225 million people around the world using our products each month, we’re shaping the next 25 years of technology and helping to reclaim an internet built for people, not companies. Our work focuses on diverse areas including AI, social media, security and more. And we’re doing this while never losing our focus on our core mission – to make the internet better for people. 

The Mozilla Corporation is wholly owned by the non-profit 501(c) Mozilla Foundation. This means we aren’t beholden to any shareholders — only to our mission. Along with thousands of volunteer contributors and collaborators all over the world, Mozillians design, build and distribute open-source software that enables people to enjoy the internet on their terms.

About this team and role:

The browser, and browser engine remain how we underpin choice and control when people access the web. Now, AI is posing generation-defining questions: what say do people have in their choices online and who controls the web? Over 25 years ago Mozilla and allies took on this challenge, but the time has come to revisit some fundamentals. This is exactly the kind of moment Firefox was built for.

We're looking for a Head of Executive Communications to lead how Mozilla's senior leaders show up in the world. This is a role for someone who has experience working directly with a CEO, thinks strategically, writes exceptionally well, has strong project management skills and understands how to translate complex ideas into narratives that move people and shape debates.

Mozilla has a perspective that is rare in tech. We are driven by our double bottom line, not by shareholders. We are a deeply technical organization, mission-driven, and have decades of experience at the heart of the open web. Getting that perspective heard, and heard in the right rooms, is what this role is about.

You will own executive visibility and thought leadership for Mozilla's CEO and leadership team, working closely with the wider Communications team, Product teams and Public Policy to ensure our leaders are positioned as authoritative, credible voices on the issues that define the future of the internet. You will report into the Director of Corporate Communications and serve as a trusted strategic partner to the executives you support.

What you'll do:

• Own the executive communications function: develop and drive a proactive, strategic approach to how Mozilla's CEO and senior leadership team are seen and heard externally.
• Prepare executives for high-stakes engagements: major interviews, keynotes, regulatory testimony, crisis moments, and industry forums.
• Build and manage an executive visibility calendar that is proactive, strategic, and aligned to Mozilla's goals, not just reactive to inbound requests.
• Write, develop, and refine speeches, keynote remarks, op-eds, briefing documents, talking points, and interview preparation materials across a range of formats and audiences.
• Build productive working relationships and act as a consistent partner to the executives you support: understanding their voice, their expertise, and how to marry both to Mozilla's corporate objectives.
• Partner closely with the broader Communications team, Public Policy, Marketing and other cross functional teams to ensure executive communications is consistent with and reinforcing Mozilla's broader narrative, policy positions, and product moments.
• Develop a thought leadership strategy that positions Mozilla's leadership as distinctive, credible voices on the questions that matter, but are often in a crowded space: AI and the future of the web, privacy and digital rights, open source, competition, and the intersection of technology and public interest.
• Coordinate with external agencies and freelance writers where needed, maintaining a high editorial bar throughout.

What you’ll bring:   

• 8–12+ years of experience in communications, with a significant focus on executive communications, speechwriting, or thought leadership, ideally in or around technology, policy, or mission-driven organisations.
• Direct experience of working at CEO level, and the ability to work across teams and build trust with senior stakeholders quickly.
• Exceptional writing skills. You write clearly, quickly, and in other people's voices. Your op-eds are readable. Your briefing documents are used. Your talking points don't sound like talking points.
• A track record of preparing senior executives for high-stakes external engagements, and of making them better communicators over time.
• Strong editorial judgement for both the issues and the draft: you identify where Mozilla's leadership should participate in public debate, where they should shape it, and where they should stay out of it; you know what a good argument looks like, you know when a draft isn't there yet, and you can explain why.
• Experience working at the intersection of technology, policy, and public interest, or a clear understanding of why Mozilla's position in that space matters.
• Comfort with complexity and nuance. Mozilla operates at the intersection of technology, policy, and public interest, and our communications environment reflects that.
• Mission alignment. You understand why Mozilla exists, you find the work meaningful, and that comes through in how you operate.
• Commitment to our values: 

• • Play to win
  • Build for people first
  • Engage evidence over ego
  • Decide and deliver
  • Ship, learn, repeat

What will help you stand out:

• Global or multilingual experience: coordinating people across regions or working with international press.
• Policy or public affairs exposure: a basic government affairs understanding of some of our key issues (privacy, security, AI, competition).

What you’ll get:

• Generous performance-based bonus plans to all eligible employees - we share in our success as one team
• Rich medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Generous retirement contributions with 100% immediate vesting (regardless of whether you contribute)
• Quarterly all-company wellness days where everyone takes a pause together
• Country specific holidays plus a day off for your birthday
• One-time home office stipend
• Annual professional development budget
• Quarterly well-being stipend
• Considerable paid parental leave
• Employee referral bonus program
• Other benefits (life/AD&D, disability, EAP, etc. - varies by country)

About Mozilla 

Mozilla exists to build the Internet as a public resource accessible to all because we believe that open and free is better than closed and controlled. When you work at Mozilla, you give yourself a chance to make a difference in the lives of Web users everywhere. And you give us a chance to make a difference in your life every single day. Join us to work on the Web as the platform and help create more opportunity and innovation for everyone online.

Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging

Mozilla understands that valuing diverse creative practices and forms of knowledge are crucial to and enrich the company’s core mission.  We encourage applications from everyone, including members of all equity-seeking communities, such as (but certainly not limited to) women, racialized and Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, persons of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and expressions.

We will ensure that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, as appropriate. Please contact us at [email protected] to request accommodation.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race (including hairstyle and texture), religion (including religious grooming and dress practices), gender, gender identity, gender expression, color, national origin, pregnancy, ancestry, domestic partner status, disability, sexual orientation, age, genetic predisposition, medical condition, marital status, citizenship status, military or veteran status, or any other basis covered by applicable laws.  Mozilla will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics or any other unlawful behavior, conduct, or purpose.

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Req ID: R3290