Senior Manager, Content Marketing

Harness is a high-growth company that is disrupting the software delivery market. Our mission is to enable the 30 million software developers in the world to deliver code to their users reliably, efficiently, securely and quickly, increasing customers’ pace of innovation while improving the developer experience. We offer solutions for every step of the software delivery lifecycle to build, test, secure, deploy and manage reliability, feature flags and cloud costs. The Harness Software Delivery Platform includes modules for CI, CD, Cloud Cost Management, Feature Flags, Service Reliability Management, Security Testing Orchestration, Chaos Engineering, Software Engineering Insights and continues to expand at an incredibly fast pace.   Harness is led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal, who founded AppDynamics and sold it to Cisco for $3.7B. We’re backed with $425M in venture financing from top-tier VC and strategic firms, including J.P. Morgan, Capital One Ventures, Citi Ventures, ServiceNow, Splunk Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Adage Capital Partners, Balyasny Asset Management, Gaingels, Harmonic Growth Partners, Menlo Ventures, IVP, Unusual Ventures, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Alkeon Capital, Battery Ventures, Sorenson Capital, Thomvest Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank.

Position Summary

Harness is building a high-impact Content Marketing team focused on creating compelling, persona-based content that drives engagement, thought leadership, and demand across the full funnel. As Senior Manager, Content Marketing, you’ll take a leading role in shaping the strategy and execution of content initiatives that elevate Harness’ brand and support key go-to-market motions.

You’ll bring together creativity, technical fluency, and operational discipline to develop high-performing content and lead a small team of writers, contractors, and contributors. This is a hands-on role that blends strategic thinking with execution—ideal for a builder who thrives in fast-paced, high-growth environments

About the role

• Lead the development and execution of Harness’ content marketing strategy across priority personas and stages of the buyer journey
• Create and oversee content across various formats—blogs, videos, ebooks, social media, landing pages, email, etc.—aligned to campaign, product, and brand goals
• Partner closely with product marketing, demand gen, and brand to ensure messaging consistency and maximize content performance
• Manage and mentor a growing team of content creators, including full-time writers and freelance contributors
• Build and maintain a strategic content calendar across launches, campaigns, and themes
• Leverage SEO, performance data, and audience insights to continuously improve content quality and impact
• Ensure editorial excellence—clarity, tone, accuracy, and voice—across all public-facing content
• Develop and support content for executive thought leadership, technical deep dives, customer stories, and product education
• Partner with digital marketing to optimize distribution and performance through owned and paid channel

About you

• 7–10 years of experience in B2B content marketing, with 2+ years in a leadership or team lead role
• Deep understanding of developer, DevOps, or technical software audiences
• Proven ability to drive content strategy and execution that supports pipeline and brand awareness
• Excellent writing and editing skills, with experience producing long- and short-form content
• Strong project management skills and comfort working cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment
• Experience working with SEO, performance analytics, and content measurement tools
• A collaborative, self-starter mindset—comfortable leading and executing simultaneously
• Bonus: Experience with open source, developer relations, or security/DevOps topics is a plus

Work Location

• Ideally someone who is located in the Bay Area and willing to work Hybrid from our SF office but we will consider remote within the US.

What you will have at Harness

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Flexible work schedule
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexible Time Off and Parental Leave
• Monthly, quarterly, and annual social and team building events
• Monthly internet reimbursement

The anticipated base salary range for this position is between $165,000 and $190,000 annually. Salary is determined by a combination of factors including location, level, relevant experience, and skills. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for