Waabi
Director of Communications
$165K–$255K
San Francisco, CA +2 · Hybrid · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
Remote US & Canada
Toronto, ON - Experience
- 10+ years in communications, PR, or media relations.
About the job
Build and lead Waabi’s earned media and executive communications function, shaping the company’s external narrative and credibility across media, blogs, and leadership communications.
What you'll do
- Manage reporter and editor relationships, pitches, placements, and the communications agency.
- Develop executive communications, thought leadership, and blog content with Marketing and IR; maintain accuracy and external-use guardrails.
- Lead internal communications strategy and build toward establishing a communications team.
What they ask for
- 10+ years in communications, PR, or media relations, with a record of landing coverage in technology, business, or industrial/logistics trade press.
- Ability to translate technical or scientific work into compelling, accurate stories for trade and mainstream business media.
- Experience managing an external communications or PR agency and supporting executive communications.
- Excellent writing and message discipline, including maintaining guardrails on claims, terminology, and proof points.
Nice to have
- Experience communicating for a deep-tech, AI, or robotics company transitioning to commercial scale; relevant reporter relationships.
- Experience in autonomous vehicles, robotics, physical AI, narrative repositioning, or building a communications function.
Pay
$165,000 - $255,000 USD (base salary)
AI focus
Communicate Waabi’s work building AI for autonomous transportation, including its physical AI and autonomous trucking and robotaxi technologies.
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