Director of Communications & External Affairs
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Phoenix, US
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 12+ years
- Category
- Not specified
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 12+ years in corporate communications, corporate affairs or public affairs, including multi-country responsibility in regulated or complex markets.
- Experience in a Series C+ or pre-IPO company, ideally supporting a US listing or public-company communications.
- Track record in US media, policy and stakeholder landscapes; exposure to AV, mobility, transport or deep-tech regulation strongly preferred.
- Experience designing internal communications strategy for a fast-scaling, multi-entity organisation.
- Experience advising CEOs and boards, and leading crisis response.
- Experience leading a small specialist team and working through matrixed, cross-functional partners.
Full description
About MooveMoove is a global mobility company building the operating layer for ride-hailing, both human-driven and autonomous. We finance, own and operate vehicle fleets for the world's leading mobility platforms.
We started in 2020 with Drive-to-Own, revenue-based vehicle financing that opened up ride-hail work to drivers traditionally shut out of car ownership. Today we are Uber's largest global fleet partner, and the leading third-party operator of autonomous fleets through our partnership with Waymo.
The Moove Group, which includes Kovi in Brazil and Tokyo Taxi in Japan, is backed by global investors including Mubadala, Woven Capital and Uber. We are now applying the financing, fleet and operations expertise built in human-driven ride-hailing to autonomous fleets, while creating economic opportunity for the drivers and communities we serve.
About the Role
The Director of Communications & External Affairs sets Moove's communications strategy, internal and external, as the company prepares for US IPO readiness. The role owns the corporate narrative, media and executive communications, public and government affairs, crisis readiness and internal communications strategy. It works closely with the CEO on board and investor moments, with a strong focus on the AV (automated vehicle) business. It provides guidance on how Moove's entities communicate, while BU and market leaders keep ownership of local execution.
What You’ll be Doing
Role Expectations
This role sets direction for Moove's communications and external affairs and translates it into plans, policies and playbooks that BU’s and market teams execute. It owns communications strategy, messaging architecture, crisis protocols and internal communications strategy. It influences, rather than owns, local market communications, investor disclosures and marketing campaigns. Its reach is cross-functional and cross-entity through guidance and governance, not line authority over MDs or BU leaders.
Nature of impact: Sets communications direction and standards, and executes through governance, playbooks, a small specialist team and partnership with BU leaders. Owns messaging, the spokesperson programme, crisis protocols and the internal communications framework. Influences market-level communications, the investor narrative (with Capital/Finance) and brand campaigns (with Marketing).
Scope affected: Group-level guidance across entities, with primary focus on the Autonomous Vehicle (AV) business and the US market. Execution in local markets stays with BU and market teams.
Critical outcomes (6–12 months)
- A US-ready corporate narrative and media profile: messaging architecture, spokesperson programme and Tier-1 media relationships that support IPO readiness.