Vice President, Communications
About The Position
Xometry is hiring a Vice President, Communications to lead how the company is understood by the press, investors, customers, partners, and employees as it scales as a publicly traded, AI-native manufacturing marketplace. This is a player/coach role that partners directly with the CEO and executive team, personally drafts and edits high-stakes content, and builds and leads a lean team and agency partners. The role owns Xometry’s corporate narrative and message discipline across press, investor materials, product launches, executive remarks, and internal channels. It leads CEO and executive communications, proactive earned-media strategy, public-company communications in partnership with Investor Relations, Finance, and Legal, enterprise issues and crisis readiness, and internal communications with HR. The Vice President will build the communications team and operating model, select and manage agencies, develop AI-augmented workflows, measure communications impact in business terms, and coordinate with Marketing, Product, Legal, HR, and IR. Success includes putting a consistent message house into daily use, establishing a rolling communications plan and predictable executive-preparation cadence, improving the quality and competitiveness of earned coverage, and hiring a core team with clear responsibilities and outcome-based agency KPIs.
Requirements
- 15+ years in corporate communications or public relations, including leading CEO executive communications in a high-growth technology, marketplace, or public-company environment.
- Strong hands-on writing and editing ability, including drafting keynotes, bylines, or major announcements under deadline and setting an editorial standard for a team.
- Ability to translate complex technical subjects, including AI/ML, software, and marketplace dynamics, into clear, credible stories for non-technical audiences.
- Established relationships with business, financial, technology, and trade press, with a record of winning coverage in a crowded category.
- Public-company experience working with Investor Relations, Finance, and Legal on disclosures and market-sensitive communications.
- Experience leading crisis and issues response in high-pressure situations, with sound judgment and executive presence.
- Technology company and B2B background.
- Experience building and leading lean teams and managing external agencies.
Nice To Haves
- Exposure to manufacturing, industrial, or supply chain markets, or regulated industries.
- Fluency with AI-enabled communications workflows and modern media measurement tools.
- Experience working across distributed, global teams.
Responsibilities
- Own and maintain the corporate message house across press, investor materials, product launches, executive remarks, and internal channels.
- Translate technical product and AI developments into accurate, defensible stories supported by proof points.
- Serve as the CEO’s primary communications counselor and voice architect; personally draft or refine keynotes, bylines, and major announcements.
- Extend executive communications support to the CTO and other senior leaders.
- Own proactive media strategy across top-tier business, financial, technology, and trade press; build reporter relationships and evaluate what merits pitching.
- Hold the PR agency accountable for outcomes, including coverage quality, share of voice, and message pull-through.
- Partner with Investor Relations, Finance, and Legal to align communications across earnings, disclosures, and market-sensitive announcements.
- Own enterprise reputational risk, maintain crisis playbooks and escalation paths, test scenarios, and lead hands-on response.
- Direct All-Hands and leadership communications with HR so employees hear strategy clearly and early.
- Build the communications team, define its structure, hire and develop talent, and set the editorial bar.
- Select and manage agency partners; develop AI-augmented workflows and report communications impact in business terms.
- Coordinate with Marketing, Product, Legal, HR, and IR to deliver a coherent story to every audience.
Benefits
- 401(k) match
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Generous paid time off, including vacation, sick leave, floating holidays, and fixed holidays
- Maternity and bonding leave
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Other wellbeing resources
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Education Level
No Education Listed
