Head of Communications

Mountain View, CA (On-site)

$160K/yr – $241K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 1 month ago

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Job Summary

Own external comms across AI and mobility with a focus on strategy, media, executive storytelling, and crisis readiness, while coordinating cross-functionally and guiding top-tier announcements.

  • Strategy & Activation: Define external comms roadmap, media relations, and major milestone storytelling across tech and mobility.
  • Executive Readiness: Coach leaders for interviews, speaking engagements, and high-stakes moments with credible narratives.
  • Governance & Partnerships: Align with Engineering, Product, Safety, Policy, Finance, and PR partners while managing external agencies and AI-assisted drafting workflows.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute Nuro’s external communications strategy.
  • Lead media relations across technology, automotive, business, and top-tier national and international media.
  • Turn complex technical and commercial progress into clear, credible, high-impact stories.
  • Lead communications for major announcements, product and technology milestones, partnerships, demos, events, and thought leadership.
  • Prepare and coach executives and spokespeople for interviews, panels, speaking opportunities, and other external engagements.
  • Lead issues management, crisis communications, and rapid response to industry shifts, reputational risks, and sensitive situations.
  • Partner closely with Engineering, Product, Safety, Operations, Policy, Finance, Business Development, and Content to ensure communications are accurate, aligned, and strategically useful.
  • Create structure across complex communications workstreams, including messaging, timelines, approvals, stakeholder inputs, risks, and deliverables.
  • Manage external PR partners and hold them accountable for strong strategy, execution, follow-through, and results.
  • Use AI tools thoughtfully to improve research, drafting, synthesis, planning, and workflow efficiency while maintaining accuracy, confidentiality, and strong editorial judgment.
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Nuro

3.8 Glassdoor

Nuro is a self-driving technology company on a mission to improve everyday life with autonomy. Founded in 2016, Nuro is the universal autonomy platform for the mobility ecosystem, combining cutting-edge AI with automotive-grade hardware. Nuro licenses its core technology, the Nuro DriverTM, to support a wide range of applications, from robotaxis and commercial fleets to personally owned vehicles. With technology proven over years of self-driving deployments, Nuro gives automakers and mobility platforms a clear path to AVs at commercial scale—empowering a safer, richer, and more connected future.

Founded in 2016
Mountain View, California, USA
62% recommend to a friend
63% CEO approval

Funding

Total Funding
$2.2B
Last Raise
$97M
Series E, 7 months ago

Funding History

  • Aug 2025
    Series E • $97M
  • Apr 2025
    Series E • $106M
  • Apr 2024
    Secondary Market

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