APAC Corporate Communications Manager

About GitHub: GitHub is the world’s leading platform for agentic software development — powered by Copilot to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 180 million developers, including more than 90% of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to collaborate, and more than 77,000 organisations have adopted GitHub Copilot.

Locations: In this role you can work from Remote, Australia

Overview:

The Corporate Communications team is looking for a Communications Manager, APAC, to localize GitHub news and drive impactful media coverage across the APAC region. You'll work cross-functionally to identify storytelling opportunities that highlight GitHub's products and drive customer adoption — adapting global narratives for regional relevance and building relationships with local media, influencers, and analysts.

Responsibilities:

Storytelling & Messaging

Localize GitHub's global narratives for APAC markets, using data, product launches, and more to cultivate compelling stories that generate positive perceptions toward GitHub

Determine the right format and channel for each story based on target audience(s) across diverse APAC markets

Create narratives based on messaging frameworks in partnership with broader Corporate Communications team

Communication Strategy & Execution

Develop and execute overall APAC communications strategy, ensuring clear and consistent messaging across all relevant channels

Develop content and collateral (including briefing documents, media alerts and pitches, and talking points) for regional communications initiatives and events

Media train regional spokespeople and staff press briefings

Support broader issues management and incident response efforts

Measure impact of communications initiatives and leverage data-driven insights to iterate and improve

Embed diversity, inclusion, and belonging (DI&B) throughout strategy and execution, proactively seeking a variety of opinions to inform approach

Stakeholder & Vendor Management

Manage agency relationships, including contract negotiations and procurement, across priority markets

Build understanding of APAC stakeholder groups, customers, partners, and media, and leverage that understanding in execution

Collaborate cross-functionally with Product Marketing, Developer Relations, and other teams to support storytelling that drive customer adoption

Collaborate with Microsoft colleagues and support broader communications strategies around Microsoft’s full suite of developer tools

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

5+ years experience in public relations, corporate communications, or related field

OR Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, or related field AND 3+ years relevant experience

OR Master's Degree in the above AND 1+ year relevant experience

OR equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications:

7+ years of experience in PR, corporate communications, or a related field; alternatively, a Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years or a Master’s degree with 3+ years of relevant experience

Background in the software development or technology industry, with experience in both in-house and agency communications roles

Proven success securing media coverage across APAC markets such as Japan, Australia, India, and Korea

Strong understanding of APAC media landscapes, and cultural nuances

Familiarity with the developer ecosystem, open source, AI, or DevOps, including experience using AI to improve workflow efficiency

GitHub Leadership Principles:

GitHub values

Customer-obsessed

Ship to learn

Growth mindset

Own the outcome

Better together

Diverse and inclusive

Manager fundamentals

Model

Coach

Care

Leadership principles

Create clarity

Generate energy

Deliver success

Who We Are: GitHub is the world’s leading AI-powered developer platform with 150 million developers and counting. We’re also home to the biggest open-source community on earth (and 99% of the world’s software has open-source code in its DNA). Many of the apps and programs you use every day are built on GitHub.

Our teams are dreamers, doers, and pioneers, leading the way in AI, driving humanitarian efforts around the globe, and even sending open source to Mars (and beyond!). At GitHub, our goal is to create the space you need to do your best work. We’re remote-first and offer competitive pay, generous learning and growth opportunities, and excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are—because we know that people flourish when they can work on their own terms.

Join us, and let’s change the world, together.