Head of Marketing and Communications

Aurora•San Francisco, CA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Aurora is seeking a Head of Marketing and Communications to lead its brand and messaging strategy. This leadership role reports to the President and will manage marketing, external communications, internal communications, and creative teams. The position requires thoughtful and precise messaging in a dynamic industry, collaborating with Government Relations, Investor Relations, Business Development, and People teams to ensure a coordinated and impactful narrative for all stakeholders, including policymakers, investors, partners, the public, and employees.

Requirements

15+ years of progression in leadership scope and experience in marketing, communications, or public relations, ideally within the technology, transportation, logistics, or autonomous systems sectors.
Proven organization builder and people leader with experience designing, scaling, and evolving marketing and communications teams through rapid commercial scaling and organizational change.
Demonstrated success marketing in enterprise B2B environments, including account-based strategies.
Experience in executive communications and crisis management, including personally leading an organization's communications through a real crisis in a safety-critical or highly scrutinized industry.
Analytical fluency, with a track record of measuring marketing and communications programs and articulating their ROI to executive and board-level stakeholders.
Demonstrated experience collaborating closely with Government Relations and Investor Relations to build cohesive corporate narratives in a highly regulated industry.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, capable of distilling complex, highly technical concepts into accessible, impactful messaging for broad audiences.
Deep experience managing executive communications, crisis management, and large-scale media campaigns.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience navigating public markets, including supporting earnings calls, investor days, and financial communications.
Familiarity with the autonomous vehicle landscape, the commercial trucking/logistics industry, or the broader automotive ecosystem.
Existing, strong relationships with top-tier business, technology, and automotive media.

Responsibilities

Lead and scale multidisciplinary teams covering marketing, external communications/PR, internal communications, and creative design, uniting them under one brand vision.
Develop and execute comprehensive marketing and communications strategies aligned with Aurora’s mission.
Define and report metrics demonstrating marketing and communications' impact to the business.
Partner closely with Government Relations, Investor Relations, Business Development, and the People organization to craft unified messaging.
Drive brand equity across all key audiences and own brand reputation in a safety-critical industry.
Guide internal communications strategy to foster a transparent, aligned, and engaged company culture.
Ensure cohesive storytelling across all marketing and communication pillars, partnering with creative leadership.