Director, Developer Relations

Director, Developer Relations 1Password is growing faster than ever. We’ve surpassed $400M in ARR and we’re continuing to accelerate, earning a spot on the Forbes Cloud 100 for four years in a row and teaming up with iconic partners like Oracle Red Bull Racing and the Utah Mammoth. About 1Password At 1Password, we’re building the foundation for a safe, productive digital future. Our mission is to unleash employee productivity without compromising security by ensuring every identity is authentic, every application sign-in is secure, and every device is trusted. We innovated the market-leading enterprise password manager and pioneered Extended Access Management, a new cybersecurity category built for the way people and AI agents work today. As one of the most loved brands in cybersecurity, we take a human-centric approach in everything from product strategy to user experience. Over 180,000 businesses, from Fortune 100 leaders to the world’s most innovative AI companies, trust 1Password to help their teams securely adopt the SaaS and AI tools they need to do their best work. If you're excited about the opportunity to contribute to the digital safety of millions, to work alongside a team of curious, driven individuals, and to solve hard problems in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, then we want to hear from you. Come join us and help shape a safer, simpler digital future. We’re looking for a leader to build and define the Developer Relations function at 1Password. This role sits at the critical intersection of developers and security. You will be responsible for creating and implementing the strategy that connects our secure technologies like vaulting and device trust to developer tools and the broader developer community. You will build and lead a high performing team, mature processes, and ensure we are not just a tool developers use, but a partner they trust to build secure applications. As a key leader, you will partner with Product, Engineering, and Security leadership to ensure the developer voice is integral to our roadmap. Reports to: VP, Security Strategist This is a remote opportunity within Canada and the US. What we're looking for: - Experience: 8+ years leading Developer Relations, Developer Advocacy, or Community programs, including experience with open source communities and technical platform adoption. - Management Experience: 5+ years experience managing individual contributors, as well as experience managing other managers. - Strategic Builder: Proven expertise in building DevRel strategies from the ground up, moving beyond "awareness" to driving tangible product adoption and developer success. - Technical Fluency: You were a full-time developer in a previous life or have deep technical fluency in modern development workflows (CI/CD, SSH, authentication standards). - Community Safety: Passion for fostering psychological safety and stability in complex, public-facing community environments. - Security Focus (Strong Plus): Experience dealing with security-conscious developer communities or products (Identity, Auth, DevSecOps) is a strong plus. - Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with ability to communicate effectively with executives, legal counsel, and the public. - Community Leadership: Experience facilitating sensitive and complex community situations with humility, empathy, judgment, tact, and humor. What you can expect: - Build and lead the Developer Relations team, hiring and mentoring Developer Advocates and technical engagement specialists. - Drive the company-wide Developer Relations strategy, focusing on the adoption of 1Password’s developer tools (CLI, SDKs, SSH, developer environments). - Create and maintain a feedback loop between the developer community and our internal Product and Engineering teams to improve our offerings. - Oversee the creation of world-class technical content, including documentation, blogs, demos, and sample code that demo ... (truncated, view full listing at source)