Director, Financial & Corporate Communications

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>Who we are:</strong></p> <p>Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.</p> <p>Motive serves nearly 100,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.</p> <p>Visit <a href="http://gomotive.com">gomotive.com</a> to learn more.</p></div><h2><strong>Director, Financial &amp; Corporate Communications </strong><br><strong>Location:</strong> Hybrid, San Francisco <br><strong>Department:</strong> Corporate Marketing</h2> <h3><strong>About the Role</strong></h3> <p>We’re looking for a Director, Financial Communications to own Motive’s financial narrative and shape how we communicate our business performance and long-term value creation. This person will lead the development and execution of high-impact communications across corporate, financial, and internal channels. 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.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <h3><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></h3> <h4><strong>Corporate &amp; Executive Communications</strong></h4> <ul> <li>Support and execute the company’s corporate PR strategy, including executive visibility for CEO and CFO, crisis and reputation communications, and media and investor engagement.</li> <li>Draft and own press releases, media statements, executive quotes, investor and shareholder messaging, and other external materials.</li> <li>Develop and execute strategies to raise visibility through earned media, owned channels, awards, speaking opportunities, and more.&nbsp;</li> <li>Advise internal and external stakeholders on communication strategy and positioning.</li> <li>Coordinate messaging and plans across teams, including Finance, Investor Relations, Legal, Marketing, International teams, executive team, and more.</li> <li>Serve as a strategic liaison and manage day-to-day coordination with PR agencies.</li> <li>Travel up to 15% requir