Senior Director, Developer Relations

At Twilio, we’re shaping the future of communications, all from the comfort of our homes. We deliver innovative solutions to hundreds of thousands of businesses and empower millions of developers worldwide to craft personalized customer experiences.

Our dedication to remote-first work, and strong culture of connection and global inclusion means that no matter your location, you’re part of a vibrant team with diverse experiences making a global impact each day. As we continue to revolutionize how the world interacts, we’re acquiring new skills and experiences that make work feel truly rewarding. Your career at Twilio is in your hands.

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Hiring and how we work

We use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help make our hiring process efficient. That said, every hiring decision is made by real Twilions!

Also, while we are a remote-first company, you may be asked to report in person on an ad-hoc basis for team gatherings, functional off-sites or customer meetings.

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See yourself at Twilio

Join the team as Twilio’s next Senior Director of Developer Relations.

About the job

We’re hiring a Sr Director of Developer Relations to lead the global team building the strategies and programs that inspire and equip developers to win with Twilio. You’ll lead a unique, world-class org of hybrid engineer-marketers as you evolve the GTM motion that Twilio pioneered. This is a high-visibility, high-agency role reporting into Marketing, while working lockstep with Product and Go-To-Market.

The DevRel team at Twilio exists to make heroes of developers in their own organizations. You'll ensure we do this by showing up where developers live, both online and offline, while being humble, authentic and acting as a servant leader in the community. You are strategic yet deeply plugged into the Dev ecosystem, turning community engagement, technical contributions, and developer awareness into a steady drumb

In this role, you’ll

Serve as a figurehead, influencer, and key speaker on the global DevRel circuit, setting a high standard for how Twilio engages with builders online and offline.

Define the long-term global narrative for developer marketing. Build consensus and influence at the executive level to ensure cross-functional alignment with Product, Marketing, and GTM teams.

Recruit, mentor, and cultivate a unique global organization of Developer Evangelists, Advocates, and community specialists. Foster a culture of technical excellence that blends engineering rigor with world-class marketing storytelling.

Guide and scale Twilio's global Startups Program, help the team shape the strategic frameworks, partnerships, and early-stage developer initiatives that establish Twilio as the foundational tech stack for the next generation of high-growth companies.

Oversee a comprehensive technical content program (covering video, newsletters, and YouTube) to showcase the “art of the possible” with Twilio. Partner closely with the PR team to fuel our creator and influencer engine, leveraging both internal advocates and external partners to amplify developer-first storytelling.

Evolve our community and forums strategy into a modern, high-engagement motion. Build robust User-Generated Content (UGC) and ambassador programs that turn developers into long-term advocates across modern developer surfaces.

Spearhead Twilio’s Builder event strategy, ensuring our team is on the ground at major developer gatherings & meetups by showing, not just telling. Build strategic relationships with adjacent ecosystem partners to unlock high-impact co-marketing and launch activations.