Senior Communications Manager, Nuro

$125.4-188.1k

This position is also eligible for an annual performance bonus & equity

Senior level
San Francisco Bay Area

2+ days a week in office (Mountain View, CA)

Nuro

Autonomous delivery vehicle manufacturer

Be an early applicant

Nuro

Autonomous delivery vehicle manufacturer

501-1000 employees

B2BLogisticsRoboticsElectric VehiclesComputer VisionAutomationDelivery

Be an early applicant

$125.4-188.1k

This position is also eligible for an annual performance bonus & equity

Senior level
San Francisco Bay Area

2+ days a week in office (Mountain View, CA)

501-1000 employees

B2BLogisticsRoboticsElectric VehiclesComputer VisionAutomationDelivery

Company mission

To better everyday life through robotics.

Role

Who you are

  • This role requires a strategic thinker with excellent writing skills, media savvy, and proven expertise who can play a key role in helping Nuro operate efficiently through subsequent stages of growth
  • Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, or a related field. You have 5-7 years of experience in communications or public relations, preferably within the tech or automotive industries. You have a proven track record of managing PR campaigns, internal and external communications, and crisis communications
  • Leadership: You have the ability to lead communication efforts and manage relationships with external partners and senior stakeholders
  • Strategic Thinking: You are a strategic thinker who can anticipate challenges and proactively develop communication plans to address them
  • Communication: You possess exceptional verbal and written communication skills, and you can convey complex information clearly and effectively to various audiences
  • Collaborative: You thrive in a collaborative environment and are skilled at working cross-functionally with teams across all levels of the organization.Adaptable: You thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines
  • Ownership: You’re a proactive, entrepreneurial self-starter with a demonstrated history of producing the highest quality results

Desirable

  • Experience in the autonomous vehicle or broader mobility sector
  • Experience in a high-growth startup

What the job involves

  • Nuro is seeking an experienced Communications Manager to lead our internal and external communication strategies and ensure consistent and effective messaging across all channels
  • You will manage our public relations efforts, including collaboration with external agencies, and directly impact how we engage with all internal and external stakeholders
  • In this role, you will report to Nuro’s Creative Director and will be responsible for a wide range of communications activities that are crucial to Nuro’s success:
  • Media Relations: Oversee our public relations activities, including the management of external PR agencies. Build and maintain strong relationships with media outlets, journalists, influencers, and thought leaders in the technology and mobility sectors. Develop and execute engagement strategies to amplify Nuro’s brand presence. Ensure that our brand is represented accurately and positively in the media
  • Content Creation: Write and edit various content, including press releases, blog posts, and social media posts—translating technical language into effective narratives. Manage the company blog, crafting compelling stories that highlight our mission, vision, and innovations
  • Internal Communications: Lead internal communication efforts, including organizing company all-hands meetings, drafting internal announcements and executive communications, and fostering transparent and values-driven communication within the organization
  • Stakeholder Coordination: Work closely with internal teams to coordinate and prepare for external-facing engagements, ensuring consistency in messaging, professionalism, and approach
  • Crisis Communications: Develop and execute crisis communication strategies to protect the company’s reputation in challenging situations

Our take

Nuro offers custom-built autonomous vehicles for the delivery of physical goods, rather than people. Its vehicles have a distinctive, futuristic, design that has not only made the vehicles noticeable from a marketing point of view, but, has also made its vehicles stand out to other road users, improving safety.

Nuro is an exciting addition to the autonomous vehicle landscape. Without a passenger inside the vehicle, it has been able to sidestep some of the safety issues that have plagued other autonomous vehicle brands. Additionally, the company has landed several high-profile partners, including Uber, Walmart, Chipotle, and Kroger.

With home deliveries at an all-time high, many companies are looking for ways to get goods to customers’ homes as fast as possible. Low-cost, efficient services such as Nuro's offering are becoming increasingly attractive. The company is turning its focus to commercializing and scaling the production of its third-generation vehicle at a new facility in Southern Nevada as it hopes to expand its services across the US.

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Top investors

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

-29% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Nov 2021

$600m

SERIES D

Nov 2020

$500m

SERIES C

Total funding: $2.1bn

Company benefits

  • Free Caltrain pass and commuter benefits
  • Company stock options
  • Work from home opportunities
  • Health insurance

Company values

  • Earn it - We seek and expect excellence and are not afraid of hard work
  • 1% better everyday - We continuously focus on improving both as individuals and as a company
  • Find a way - We embrace uncertainty and thrive on solving the hardest problems
  • Act now - We trust our team's judgment—everyone is a problem solver
  • One team - Nuro only succeeds if we are all working toward a common goal

Company HQ

Mountain View, CA

Leadership

After an MA in Computer Science at the University of Virginia, Jiajun worked as Principal Software Engineer at Google for over 8 years. He left this role in August 2016 to co-found Nuro with Dave.

Dave Ferguson

(President)

Experienced Robotics Engineer with stints at Google (Computer Vision and Machine Learning Lead) and Intel (Senior Research Scientist). PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University.

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