Help Center Lead at Notion

This role is designed for a seasoned content strategist and systems thinker with at least 7 years of experience in user education or product documentation. You

Work type: onsite

Location: San Francisco, California | New York, New York

Salary: $160,000 – $180,000/yr

Type: Full-time

Summary

This role is designed for a seasoned content strategist and systems thinker with at least 7 years of experience in user education or product documentation. You aren't just a writer; you are an architect who understands how to structure information for both human readers and AI-powered search. The ideal candidate has a "product-minded" approach, meaning you know how to integrate help content directly into the app experience to solve user problems before they reach out for support. The compensation is highly competitive, ranging from **$160,000 to $185,000**, plus equity. While the listing mentions "Remote," note the **strict hybrid requirement**: you must work from the San Francisco office three days a week (Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday). This is a high-impact leadership position where you will define the editorial voice and technical infrastructure for a product used by millions, including major tech giants. **You might be a good fit if you:** * Have managed public-facing help centers or documentation sites at a high-growth SaaS company. * Are an expert at translating complex technical features into simple, "on-brand" instructions. * Understand technical SEO, information architecture, and how to optimize content for LLMs and AI agents. * Are a "builder" who enjoys setting up rigorous processes, from editorial standards to CMS tooling RFPs.

Job Description

# About Us:

Notion helps you build beautiful tools for your life’s work. In today's world of endless apps and tabs, Notion provides one place for teams to get everything done, seamlessly connecting docs, notes, projects, calendar, and email—with AI built in to find answers and automate work. Millions of users, from individuals to large organizations like Toyota, Figma, and OpenAI, love Notion for its flexibility and choose it because it helps them save time and money.

In-person collaboration is essential to Notion's culture. We require all team members to work from our offices on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, our designated Anchor Days. Certain teams or positions may require additional in-office workdays.

# About The Role:

The Help Center Lead will oversee Notion’s Help Center knowledge ecosystem—shaping how millions learn, solve problems, and discover what’s possible with Notion. You’ll write high-quality articles that set the editorial bar for clarity and accuracy, make data-informed information architecture decisions, and lead the Help Center maintenance process. You'll partner closely with design, engineering, marketing, and product teams to iterate on Help Center’s content and information hierarchy, defining when and how to surface help content based on user journey signals. This is a high‑impact role where craft and systems thinking meet to build the content engine powering a multi‑channel, self‑serve knowledge experience that delights Notion users.

# What You'll Achieve:

• Write and maintain Help Center articles, with direct ownership of high-priority launches and net-new content. Identify content gaps and delegate appropriately to the team.

• Raise the bar on content quality and discoverability by evolving information architecture, taxonomy, localization, and SEO/GEO processes. Partner with design and engineering to improve navigation and search, increasing successful self‑serve.

• Champion in‑app help. Define when to surface contextual guidance and deep links from product surfaces to the Help Center based on user journey signals.

• Provide editorial direction and feedback to the Help Center team, delegate where appropriate, and lead by example by setting a high bar for quality in the content you write.

• Establish and improve rigorous knowledge lifecycle processes. Apply prioritization frameworks to content requests and ensure content freshness across Reference and Guides.

• Define, instrument, and drive KPIs including self‑serve resolution rate, search success, content freshness, and deflection. Use data to identify and address improvement opportunities across content and systems.

• Oversee maintenance of Help Center tools. Own tooling requirements and author RFPs and implementation plans as needed.

• 7+ years in user education, knowledge management, or product documentation, including direct responsibility for a public Help Center or docs site.

• Expert writing skills. Ability to distill complex technical concepts into concise, user‑centered guidance that reflects the brand voice and meets content standards.

• Experience designing information architecture and content structures that optimize for LLM consumption and improve discoverability.

• Proficient with analytics and experimentation for Help, and able to turn insights into prioritized content roadmaps.

• Experience with Help Center platforms and adjacent tools such as a CMS, search and ranking systems, translation management, AI-powered support tools.

• Strong program management and stakeholder communication. Craft leadership‑ready narratives, earn buy‑in across CX, Product, and Marketing, and keep complex workstreams on track.

• Product-minded approach to content distribution. Experience designing content systems that integrate into product experiences, not just standalone help sites.

• Understanding of how to architect content for multi-channel delivery—enabling the same knowledge base to power chatbots, in-app guidance, AI agents, and traditional help center views.

• You don’t need to be an AI expert, but you’re curious and willing to adopt AI tools to work smarter and deliver better results

• Deep existing knowledge of Notion as a product

• Experience writing content for internal and external audiences

• Experience at a high-growth SaaS company.

• Experience leading or managing content writing teams

Notion is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Notion considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Notion is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please let your recruiter know.

Notion is committed to providing highly competitive cash compensation, equity, and benefits. The compensation offered for this role will be based on multiple factors such as location, the role’s scope and complexity, and the candidate’s experience and expertise, and may vary from the range provided below. For roles based in San Francisco or New York City, the estimated base salary range for this role is $160,000- $180,000.

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