Head of Community (Founding Team)

Role Overview

You will be the voice, host, and architect of the Vibecoderz community. From Discord to global hackathons, you’ll create spaces where developers not only learn — they vibe.

This isn’t about managing a forum. It’s about building a living culture where 100K+ developers feel at home, engage daily, and evolve into Vibecoderz evangelists. You’ll run events, spotlight creators, listen deeply to feedback, and transform casual users into long-term influencers of our brand.

You’ll work side by side with the CMO (growth engine) and PM/CTO (product feedback loops) to ensure the community is the pulse of the product.

Key Responsibilities

1. Discord Leadership

   • Own Vibecoderz’ Discord HQ as the primary engagement hub.

   • Set up channels, moderation guidelines, and rituals that keep conversations vibrant.

   • Scale Discord to 10K+ members with active participation.

2. Community Engagement & Rituals

   • Design and run recurring activities: AMAs, Byte Course challenges, leaderboard competitions, study groups.

   • Identify and nurture power users into community leaders/moderators.

3. Content & Storytelling

   • Collaborate with content and design teams to publish community-driven stories, spotlights, tutorials.

   • Run “Wall of Vibe” and showcase the best user-created artifacts and mini-apps.

4. Events & Experiences

   • Organize virtual and hybrid events: hackathons, webinars, coding nights, workshops.

   • Partner with influencers, VPs of Engineering, and researchers for broadcasts.

5. Feedback Loops

   • Listen to the community through Discord, social, and surveys.

   • Synthesize feedback into Notion reports for PM/CTO.

   • Drive closed-loop communication: users see their input shaping the product.

6. User Advocacy & Influencers

   • Identify and onboard Vibecoderz champions (student leaders, indie devs, content creators).

   • Build an Influencer Program that rewards advocacy (exclusive access, swag, recognition).

7. Culture & Belonging

   • Foster an inclusive, positive, and global-first culture where developers feel ownership.

   • Build rituals that go beyond product — lifestyle, memes, and fun.

8. Metrics & Analytics

   • Define and track community health KPIs: DAU/WAU/MAU on Discord, retention, event participation, referral rates.

   • Continuously improve based on data + qualitative insights.

9. Collaboration

   • Work with CMO on campaigns, with PM on roadmap validation, and with CTO on influencer-driven content.

   • Ensure community is a flywheel across marketing, product, and brand.

10. Team Building

    • Hire and mentor community managers, moderators, and ambassadors as Vibecoderz scales.

Success Metrics

90 Days (Probation):

• Discord: 1K+ engaged members, with daily conversations and first rituals live.

• First 3 community events executed (AMA, challenge, webinar).

• Feedback loop established → bi-weekly reports to PM/CTO.

12 Months:

• Discord: 10K+ active members, >50% monthly retention.

• 20+ power users converted into moderators/evangelists.

• 12+ high-quality events (hackathons, challenges) run with 500+ attendees each.

• Influencer program live → UGC/word-of-mouth drives >20% of paid signups.

Must-Haves

• 7–10+ years in developer or consumer community leadership.

• Proven ability to grow and engage Discord/Slack/Reddit communities at scale.

• Deep empathy for developers and their culture.

• Experience running both virtual and in-person events.

• Strong storytelling skills across written, visual, and live formats.

• Ability to synthesize user feedback and influence product direction.

Nice-to-Haves

• Prior experience scaling a B2C SaaS product like Notion, Figma, or Replit.

• Background in DevRel or open-source program management.

• Familiarity with AI tools for community content (e.g., Jasper, Midjourney, Runway).

• Global community-building exposure (India, US, Europe).

Tech Stack Visibility (Community & Engagement)

• Community Hub: Discord, Twitter/X, LinkedIn

• Event Tools: StreamYard, Hopin, Luma, Zoom, YouTube Live

• Content: Notion (playbooks), Canva, Figma, Webflow

• Feedback Tools: Typeform, Google Forms, Discord bots

• Automation: Zapier, n8n (for event reminders, role badges)

• Analytics: Mixpanel, Amplitude, Commsor, Orbit

Assessment

Objective: Validate ability to build and scale a sticky developer community.

Challenge (Candidate PoC):

1. Discord Playbook

   • Draft a Discord setup plan: channel structure, roles, moderation rules, and 3 rituals for daily/weekly engagement.

2. Community Campaign

   • Design a 30-day engagement challenge for new Vibecoderz users (e.g., Byte Course challenge).

   • Include mechanics for rewards, recognition, and referrals.

3. Feedback Loop

   • Propose a system for collecting, synthesizing, and reporting user feedback to PM/CTO.

4. Event Proposal

   • Outline a launch event for Vibecoderz (format, guest speakers, engagement tactics, success metrics).

Deliverables:

• Community Playbook (doc or slide deck).

• Event + Campaign Plans.

• Optional Loom walkthrough of proposed strategies.

Evaluation Criteria:

• Community Growth & Structure (30%)

• Engagement & Retention Creativity (25%)

• Feedback Loop Design (20%)

• Event Strategy (15%)

• Presentation & Storytelling (10%)