Director of Communications

Key Responsibilities

• Comms Strategy: Working with the executive team and cross functional partners in sales, market development, and product, build a comprehensive comms strategy aligned with company goals.
• PR & Media Relations: Build and leverage deep relationships with energy, tech, and business media. Serve as the primary point of contact for media inquiries and direct crisis communications if necessary.
• Internal Communications & Culture: Design and execute an internal communications strategy that keeps employees aligned, engaged, and motivated.
• Thought Leadership Program: Drive the editorial roadmap for executive voices. Plan and deliver thought leadership assets (e.g. position papers, white papers, blog content and speeches) that position our leadership team as trusted experts on the future of energy.
• Social Media Strategy: Oversee the company's corporate social media channels to increase brand equity, engagement, and industry share-of-voice.
• Corporate Events & Speaking Engagements: Lead the strategy, messaging, and execution for major corporate events, annual user conferences, and high-profile industry speaking slots (e.g., CERAWeek, Reuters Energy).
• Agency Management: Select and manage external PR and creative agencies, ensuring they deliver measurable ROI and remain strictly aligned with our brand voice.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with HR, Legal, and Product teams to ensure external messaging aligns with product roadmaps and regulatory requirements, while translating corporate milestones into meaningful internal narratives.

Skills and Qualifications

• 8–10+ years of experience in corporate communications, PR, or journalism, with at least 3+ years specifically within the B2B energy, cleantech, or heavy industrial tech sectors.
• Proven track record handling both external PR and internal/employee communications within a growing organization.
• Success placing high-tier business and trade media stories, managing large-scale corporate events, and building executive profiles from the ground up.
• A deep understanding of current energy market dynamics, sustainability trends, and the regulatory landscape. Ability to translate complex technical or regulatory concepts into compelling narratives for both reporters and employees.
• Experience managing a team and cross-functional budgets, with a knack for influencing and advising senior executives.
• Exceptional written, verbal, and editing skills. Obsessed with clarity, tone, empathy, and storytelling.