Aurora Innovation
Head of Marketing and Communications
San Francisco, CA +1 · Hybrid · Director · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
Mountain View, CA - Experience
- 15+ years of progressive leadership experience.
About the job
Leads Aurora’s brand and messaging strategy across marketing, external and internal communications, and creative teams, coordinating narratives for stakeholders and employees.
What you'll do
- Lead and develop multidisciplinary marketing, communications, PR, and creative teams, from strategy through execution.
- Develop and deliver marketing and communications strategies, measure their business impact, and report results.
- Coordinate stakeholder messaging, protect brand reputation, guide internal communications, and advise executive leadership on high-stakes communications.
What they ask for
- 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in marketing, communications, or public relations.
- Experience building and scaling teams, marketing in enterprise B2B environments, and delivering account-based strategies.
- Personally led organizational communications through a real crisis in a safety-critical or highly scrutinized industry; experience in executive communications and crisis management.
- Analytical fluency and experience measuring program ROI, collaborating with Government Relations and Investor Relations, and communicating technical concepts clearly.
Nice to have
- Experience supporting public-market communications, such as earnings calls, investor days, and financial communications.
- Familiarity with autonomous vehicles, commercial trucking/logistics, or automotive, or strong relationships with top-tier business, technology, and automotive media.
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