Manager, Communications

Berthoud, CO (Hybrid)

$120K/yr – $149K/yrMid Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own external and internal communications delivery for a fast growing aerospace business, turning dense technical topics into clear messages while coordinating with PR, People ops, and executives to align culture, employee experience and executive visibility.

  • External and executive comms: media opportunities, reactive statements, and leadership visibility.
  • Internal comms: leadership updates, company milestones, and employee programs to strengthen culture.
  • Crisis and rapid response: holding statements, FAQs, and rapid messaging during sensitive events.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead communications and culture initiatives to strengthen trust, engagement, alignment, and connection to the mission during rapid growth.
  • Draft and edit high-quality materials across press, media pitches, briefing docs, blogs, internal announcements, keynote talking points, panels, op-eds, and related assets.
  • Translate technical aerospace, propulsion, manufacturing, and defense topics into clear, compelling messages for employees, media, customers, partners, and other audiences.
  • Support external communications strategy with the Head of Marketing and Communications and PR agency partners, including media opportunities, announcements, reactive comms, and executive visibility.
  • Lead and support internal communications for company-wide announcements, leadership updates, organizational changes, employee programs, facilities updates, milestones, and other employee experiences.
  • Partner with People Operations, Facilities, Safety, Security, Legal, business leaders, and executives to ensure timely, clear, coordinated, and credible information.
  • Support social media, owned content, events, tradeshows, facility openings, and broader marketing activities as a lean, fast-moving team member.
  • Travel to support tradeshows, events, media engagements, executive speaking opportunities, customer engagements, and other priorities, including hands-on booth support.
  • Support crisis and issues communications planning and execution with holding statements, employee messages, FAQs, reactive statements, and leadership messaging during sensitive situations.
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Ursa Major

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Ursa Major delivers mission-ready aerospace and defense systems across hypersonics, solid rocket motors, and space-based defense, leveraging additive manufacturing and modular architectures to produce scalable all up rounds, engines and SRMs faster than legacy providers. From throttleable, storable hypersonics to tactically responsive satellite propulsion and extended-range solid rocket motors, Ursa Major is powering the joint force with flexible, American-made systems for any mission, in any domain.

Founded in 2015
Berthoud, Colorado, USA
475 employees (9 in marketing)
68% recommend to a friend
74% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
20.7K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$535
Traffic Source Mix
Search
57.2%
Direct
22.3%
Referral
4.4%
Social
6.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~475

Marketing Team

Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Funding

Total Funding
$450.2M
Last Raise
$100M
Series E, 8 months ago

Funding History

  • Nov 2025
    Series E • $100M
  • Nov 2025
    Debt Financing • $50M
  • Jul 2025
    Series Unknown • $356.6K

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