Director of Marketing & Communications

Responsibilities

• Own the company-wide marketing and communications strategy, annual roadmap, editorial priorities, operating budget and performance metrics in alignment with the CSO and executive leadership.
• Develop and steward Parallax’s corporate brand, messaging architecture and differentiated positioning across SatStack™, SatFactory™ and LIST™; ensure a consistent narrative across customer, partner, media and investor touchpoints.
• Lead integrated campaigns, product and mission announcements, website content, digital marketing, social channels (including LinkedIn and X), events and executive thought leadership.
• Serve as the day-to-day leader for corporate communications and media relations; cultivate relationships with business and space-sector journalists, editors, publishers and podcast hosts; prepare executives for interviews and speaking opportunities.
• Partner with the CSO and external PR–IR advisors on investor-facing narratives, presentations, press materials, major announcements and stakeholder communications, with appropriate legal and executive approvals.
• Establish clear review and release processes for sensitive technical, customer, partner and launch-provider content, coordinating approvals and maintaining version control and records.
• Direct creative agencies, PR–IR partners, designers, video producers and other vendors; define scopes, manage budgets, assess quality and hold partners accountable for outcomes.
• Build scalable marketing operations, including campaign calendars, asset libraries, analytics dashboards, workflow tools and brand standards; hire, mentor and manage internal team members as the function expands.
• Work cross-functionally with business development, engineering, products, programs and executive leadership to translate complex space technology into compelling, accurate business communications.
• Track market trends, competitor positioning, share of voice, audience quality, engagement, web traffic and campaign effectiveness; provide executive-level reporting and recommendations.

Requirements

• Typically 8–12+ years in marketing, corporate communications, public relations or related leadership roles, including ownership of multi-channel programs and management of teams or agencies.
• Demonstrated success shaping brand strategy and executive-level communications in aerospace, defense, space, advanced technology or another complex B2B industry; space-sector knowledge strongly preferred.
• Excellent strategic writing and editorial judgment, with the ability to communicate sophisticated technical and business topics clearly to different audiences.
• Established media relationships and experience leading press outreach, executive interviews, announcements, crisis or issues communications and external agency coordination.
• Experience supporting investor relations or investor-facing communications in partnership with executive, finance and legal stakeholders.
• Strong command of digital channels, LinkedIn and X, web/CMS workflows, analytics, campaign planning and performance measurement.
• Ability to operate independently, prioritize competing executive-level initiatives, handle confidential information and build processes without losing execution speed.
• Experience developing budgets, selecting vendors, leading cross-functional stakeholders and building or mentoring teams.

Preferred

• space-sector knowledge strongly preferred.