🕒 10 days ago
Lead corporate communications across earnings, company announcements, media relations, executive visibility, and sensitive issues, while shaping the corporate narrative and improving team workflows with AI.
Senior Communications Manager, Policy, Safety & Reputation
📅 Sep 23
Policy CommunicationsSafety CommunicationsReputation ManagementIssues Management
📜 Description
- Set and execute communications strategy across policy, safety, and reputation.
- Partner with policy, safety, legal, and product teams on communications campaigns.
- Lead external communications programs and events aligned with policy objectives.
- Monitor AV regulatory developments and translate them into forward-looking communications strategies.
- Build media relationships, manage reactive requests, and communicate the safety story to external stakeholders.
- Anticipate communications risks, develop mitigation strategies, and advise teams on sensitive, fast-moving matters.
🛠️ Requirements
- 8+ years in communications or policy communications, with deep experience handling safety, regulatory, or reputation-sensitive issues.
- A proven track record managing high-stakes, technical communications, ideally in a heavily regulated industry (AV, aviation, automotive, energy, healthcare).
- Experience running proactive policy communications campaigns that successfully shaped narratives or regulatory outcomes.
- Experience in issues management and developing reactive communications under pressure and tight timelines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to distill complex technical topics accurately for broad audiences.
- Strong executive management skills and a proven ability to work collaboratively cross-functionally.
- High attention to detail and program organization skills.
- Sharp instincts for what builds and what breaks public trust.
- Experience in autonomous vehicles, mobility, or emerging technology.
- Familiarity with the federal and state AV regulatory environment.
Full job description
Zoox is building autonomous mobility from the ground up — a purpose-built robotaxi designed for riders, not retrofitted from an existing car. As we scale from testing to public commercial service, few things matter more than earning and keeping the trust of the public, regulators, and the communities we operate in. This role sits at the center of that work.
We're looking for a Senior Communications Manager of Policy, Safety & Reputation to lead communications across these important business functions. You will set the strategy and execute it, driving proactive campaigns and building relationships that contribute directly to the mission at Zoox. You will also build trust through proactive and reactive communications work across reputation, safety, and policy.
We're looking for a Senior Communications Manager of Policy, Safety & Reputation to lead communications across these important business functions. You will set the strategy and execute it, driving proactive campaigns and building relationships that contribute directly to the mission at Zoox. You will also build trust through proactive and reactive communications work across reputation, safety, and policy.
In this role you will:
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