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MotiveDirector, Financial & Corporate Communications
The Director of Financial and Corporate Communications shapes how Motive explains its financial performance and long-term value to employees, reporters, investors, shareholders and partners. The role…
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The Director of Financial and Corporate Communications shapes how Motive explains its financial performance and long-term value to employees, reporters, investors, shareholders and partners. The role leads planning and execution across corporate, financial and internal communications, and works to protect the company's reputation. The director supports the public relations strategy, including visibility for the CEO and CFO, media and investor outreach, and crisis communications. Writing covers announcements, executive quotations, shareholder…
Job Description
The Director of Financial and Corporate Communications shapes how Motive explains its financial performance and long-term value to employees, reporters, investors, shareholders and partners. The role leads planning and execution across corporate, financial and internal communications, and works to protect the company's reputation.
The director supports the public relations strategy, including visibility for the CEO and CFO, media and investor outreach, and crisis communications. Writing covers announcements, executive quotations, shareholder messaging and FAQ documents. The role also manages day-to-day work with outside PR agencies and keeps messaging aligned across finance, investor, legal, marketing and international teams and senior leadership.
When major financial news or milestones arrive, the director leads the communications plan in step with Finance, IR and Legal. The role monitors issues that could affect reputation, keeps messaging frameworks and holding statements ready for sensitive situations, and builds playbooks for incident response. Internal work covers employee updates, All-Hands content and change communications for C-level leaders.
Motive positions its platform as a way for organizations running field operations to manage drivers, vehicles and fleet spending, and says it serves close to 100,000 customers. The posting is full-time, describes a hybrid arrangement in San Francisco or remote work in the U.S., requires up to 15 percent travel, and lists a compensation range of $207,000 to $285,000 USD.
Responsibilities
- Help run the company's public relations plan: raising executive profiles, handling crises, and managing media and investor relations
- Write announcements, press statements, executive quotes, shareholder communications and other outward-facing content
- Plan earned media, owned channel activity, awards and speaking opportunities
- Keep message alignment among finance, IR, legal, marketing, global groups and the leadership team
- Manage the daily working relationship with outside PR agencies
- Own the communications plan for large financial news and company achievements
- Monitor issues that could affect reputation and give real-time counsel and response plans
- Maintain messaging frameworks, holding statements and incident playbooks
- Develop internal communications plans, executive messages and All-Hands content
Requirements
- Undergraduate degree in communications, PR, journalism or a closely related discipline
- Fifteen or more years in corporate and PR work centered on financial messaging and reputation or issue management
- Experience with B2B and public companies
- Background helping fast-growing tech firms navigate funding rounds, scaling and pre-IPO periods
- Ability to convert intricate financial plans into plain messages for internal and outside readers
- Media relations experience with business and financial journalists
- Background in corporate communications teams as well as at agencies
- Hands-on crisis response and issue-handling track record
- Excellent written and verbal communication, and comfort under deadline pressure
- Established rapport with senior leaders in finance, investor relations and legal departments
Qualifications
- An advanced degree
- Knowledge of communications around mergers, acquisitions and other deal activity
- Comfort using AI-enabled tools for messaging, media analysis and reputational risk work, with sound judgment
Core Skills
Benefits
- Health, pharmacy, optical and dental coverage
- Paid time off and sick time off
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage
- Life insurance
- 401(k) contribution
- Restricted stock units may form part of total compensation for certain roles
- Benefits are subject to eligibility requirements
Frequently Asked Questions
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Where is this role based?
The posting describes a hybrid role in the San Francisco, California office, or remote work within the U.S., with the ability to travel. Up to 15 percent travel is required.
What is the stated salary range?
The posting gives a compensation range of $207,000 to $285,000 USD for the United States.
What experience is required?
Fifteen or more years in corporate and PR work centered on financial messaging, with B2B and public company experience.
What does the role cover?
Corporate, financial and internal communications, crisis and reputation management, and coordination with PR agencies.
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