Senior Community Manager

Job Summary

Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management. This is a rare opportunity for a senior community leader to own and transform how Cohesity builds and activates its practitioner community in the enterprise data security and management space.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end community strategy — growth, engagement, and advocacy — aligned to business needs across core geographies and key verticals.
• Build and scale a structured technology champions program of advocates.
• Convert engaged customers and practitioners into active advocates driving peer influence, product feedback, and retention.
• Drive cross-functional alignment with Product, Marketing, and Customer Success to embed community insights into business decisions and connect the program to product launches and thought leadership moments.
• Deploy AI to power the community, design and build AI-powered bots and automation to enhance community experience, use AI tools to scale content production, personalize member experiences, and surface community insights that inform product and marketing decisions.
• Stay current on emerging AI community tools and continuously explore new ways to automate engagement, reduce friction, and improve program efficiency.
• Measure and grow measurable outcomes: community membership growth, engagement, customer retention (GRR), and advocacy program participation. Use data to continuously improve program design, content strategy, and champion engagement — reporting with clarity to senior stakeholders.

Requirements

• Established influencer presence in enterprise data security and/or data management — with a strong portfolio of published thought leadership and a recognized following.
• Proven track record as a voice and industry influencer — active at events, webinars, podcasts, and/or professional forums in the enterprise data security space.
• Experience building and scaling advocacy or Champions programs with direct accountability to retention and engagement outcomes.
• Strong cross-functional influence — able to align Product, Marketing, and Customer Success around a shared community strategy.
• Deep subject matter knowledge in enterprise data security, data governance, or compliance.
• Active relationships with practitioners, bloggers, podcast hosts, and community leaders in the enterprise data security ecosystem.
• Hands-on experience building or deploying AI bots and automation within community platforms.

Preferred Qualifications

• Track record of standing up a new community program from scratch — membership model, engagement mechanics, and growth playbook.
• Speaker, panelist, or contributor at major industry conferences in data security, data protection, or cloud infrastructure.
• Experience using AI tools to scale content production, community engagement, or analytics workflows.

Skills and Experience

• 5+ years of experience in community management or developer relations.