Senior Communications Manager
At a glance
Senior Communications role at Ouster. San Francisco · full-time · $150,000–$200,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Keep press releases, social posts, events, and launches moving on a coordinated communications schedule
- Draft launch, customer-win, and corporate milestone announcements, then guide them through stakeholder review
- Keep company and product messages aligned across investor materials, the website, marketing, and social channels
- Coordinate PR agency outreach, review media requests, and prepare executives for interviews and speaking engagements
What you bring
- You have five to eight years in product or corporate communications, including work inside a technology-focused company
- You can turn technical details and financial information into clear messages for broad audiences
- You have worked at a publicly traded company and understand its pace and regulatory demands
- A communications degree or a closely related degree is required
Who this fits
This senior role suits a hands-on communicator who can organize multiple projects and build relationships across teams. You’ll work directly with the C-suite and alongside Sales, Engineering, Finance, Legal, and Marketing. The position is based in San Francisco.
From the employer
At Ouster, we design and manufacture LIDAR sensors for precision mapping, robotics, automotive, security systems, smart cities and various industrial solutions. We've transformed LIDAR from an analog device with thousands of components to an elegant digital device powered by one chip-scale laser array and one CMOS sensor. The result is a full range of high-resolution LIDAR sensors that deliver superior imaging at a dramatically lower price. If you're motivated by solving big problems, we're hiring key roles across the company and need your help!
Ouster is seeking a versatile, high-energy Communications professional to join our Marketing team. You will be a key driver of Ouster's storytelling engine, managing the day-to-day execution of our communications strategy across product, customer, and corporate communications in a lean, high-impact department.
This is a highly collaborative role where you will work directly with our C-suite and cross-functionally with Sales, Engineering, Finance, Legal, and within Marketing. You will be responsible for ensuring our narrative remains consistent across all channels and that our communications pipeline is organized and impactful.
Key Responsibilities
- Communications Management: Maintain the integrated communications calendar, ensuring a strategic cadence for press releases, social media, events, and marketing launches to maximize impact across product, customer, and corporate comms initiatives.
- Product, Customer & Corporate Announcements: Lead the development of press releases for product launches, customer wins, and corporate milestones. You will shepherd these through the approval process across legal, product, and respective stakeholders.
- Narrative & Message Consistency: Maintain our core corporate and product messaging and ensure its consistent application across all external-facing materials, including investor materials, the company website, marketing content, and social media.
- PR Agency Management: Lead coordination with our external PR agency. You will help direct their outreach efforts, vet media inquiries, and ensure agency activities align with our business and technology goals.
- Thought Leadership: Assist in the preparation of briefing materials and talking points for executive speaking engagements and media interviews.
Requirements
- Highly Organized & Detail-Oriented: You thrive on managing multiple projects and driving to execution with relentless attention to detail.
- Technical Storyteller: You can synthesize technical insights and financial data into clear, compelling narratives for a broad audience. Technical storytelling is a must.
- Public Company Fluency: You are comfortable with the pace and regulatory requirements of a publicly traded company.
- Collaborative: You are a "doer" who builds strong relationships across the organization to get the information you need to tell a great story.
Qualifications
- 5-8 years of experience in Product Communications or Corporate Communications (in-house experience in a tech-driven environment with some amount of agency experience is highly preferred).
- Technical Aptitude: Proven track record of technical storytelling and converting complex technology into clear messaging.
- Public Market Experience: Experience working within a publicly traded company is essential.
- Industry Experience: Familiarity with the technology or relevant industry sectors.
- Writing Excellence: Exceptional drafting and editing skills with a sharp eye for detail.
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Communications or a related field.
The base pay will be dependent on your skills, work experience, location, and qualifications. This role may also be eligible for equity & benefits. ($150,000-$200,000)
Ouster is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that pursues and hires a diverse workforce. Ouster does not make employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender-identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, military status, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws. Ouster also strives for a healthy and safe workplace, and prohibits harassment of any kind. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Ouster considers qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
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