Senior Corporate Communications Manager, Motive
Corporate & Financial Communications
$164-257k
Fleet management platform for trucks
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Fleet management platform for trucks
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$164-257k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect the world’s trucks.
Role
Who you are
- 10–12+ years of experience in corporate communications and public relations with a specific focus on corporate, financial communications and issues and reputation management
- Experience leading or heavily contributing to strategic communications at a high-growth company or within an agency. In-house experience preferred but not required based on agency focus and experience
- Strong internal communications experience, particularly around large corporate and financial moments, change management, crisis communications, and fast growth
- Understanding of financial communications and reporting cycles. IPO experience is a nice-to-have but not a must-have
- Experience with leading or contributing to crisis planning and communications
- Exceptional writing and editing skills with an ability to adapt tone across executive and employee audiences
- Track record of building trusted relationships with cross-functional teams, c-level leaders, agencies, and tier 1 media
- Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, or a related field. Advanced degree is a plus
- Experience working in a fast-paced, regulated, or high-visibility industry. B2B experience required
- Strong relationships with Executives, Finance, Investor Relations, and Legal will be crucial to ensure alignment, compliance, and impact across all communications
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Head of Financial Communications to support the development and execution of high-impact communications across corporate, financial, and internal channels
- Reporting to the Director of Corporate Communications, this role is crucial in shaping and protecting our corporate brand and financial narrative, ensuring consistent and compelling messaging across all key stakeholders, including media, employees, investors, shareholders, and partners
- Support and execute the company’s corporate PR strategy, including executive visibility for CEO and CFO, issues and reputation communications, and media and investor engagement
- Draft and own press releases, media statements, executive quotes, investor and shareholder messaging, and other external materials
- Serve as a strategic liaison and manage day-to-day coordination with PR agencies
- Support proactive and reactive media strategies to protect and elevate Motive’s reputation
- Partner closely with Finance, Investor Relations, and Legal teams to support major financial announcements and corporate milestones
- Draft and refine internal and external financial materials, shareholder messaging, FAQs, and internal briefing docs
- Ensure financial messaging is accurate, consistent, and aligned with broader corporate communications
- Monitor and assess issues that may impact corporate reputation, providing real-time counsel and communication plans
- Develop and maintain messaging frameworks and holding statements for high-risk or sensitive scenarios
- Lead cross-functional alignment for rapid response communications when needed, ensuring consistency and control across channels
- Establish playbooks and protocols for risk mitigation and incident response preparedness
- Develop and manage internal communications plans that keep employees informed, inspired, and aligned on corporate and financial news and updates
- Draft executive communications, manage content for All-Hands meetings, and lead internal message development around key corporate and financial initiatives
- Advise internal and external stakeholders on communication strategy and positioning
- Coordinate messaging and plans across teams, including Finance, Investor Relations, Legal, executive team, and more
- Work with cross-functional teams to lead and oversee issues and reputation management plans and support
Our take
Trucking is a huge but fragmented industry that was largely ignored by Silicon Valley until companies such as Motive (formerly KeepTruckin) came along. The integrated fleet management platform acts as air traffic control for trucks, bringing drivers online and into the 21st century.
The company offers both hardware and software solutions to freight companies, allowing them to manage their fleet and keep their drivers safe. One of these solutions is an AI-powered dashcam that detects unsafe driving behavior in real time and instantly alerts the driver.
The platform, which is used by over 120,000 companies, from small businesses to Fortune 500 enterprises, received series F funding in 2022, which is being used to accelerate its investment in AI, expand its product offerings into spend management, and grow its enterprise capabilities.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-13% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
May 2022
$150m
SERIES F
Jun 2021
$190m
SERIES E
Total funding: $567.3m
Company HQ
Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Obaid Khan
(COO)Studied Political Science and Government at University of California before founding KeepTruckin in 2013.
Shoaib Makani
(CEO)Studied Government & Economics at LSE. Analytics Intern at Yahoo. Worked for a year at Google as APMM. Went on to work in Business Development at AdMob.
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