Head of Comms

Foundation Robotics

$120K — $180K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-10 years of experience in communications, specifically in tech or robotics sectors.
  • Proven track record of growing brand narratives in fast-paced environments.
  • Expertise in fostering emotional connections through storytelling.
  • Strong background collaborating with technical teams to create engaging content.
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
  • Experience launching a communications strategy from the ground up.
  • Outstanding presentation and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

  • Command and shape Foundation's narrative to highlight brand momentum and technological innovations.
  • Create and maintain a unified storyline across various media formats and platforms.
  • Connect with audiences emotionally while sharing the authentic journey of the brand.
  • Oversee all brand storytelling elements, ensuring a cohesive presentation across multiple channels.
  • Design an overarching narrative that aligns with Foundation's mission and vision.
  • Identify and promote new proof points that reinforce the desired brand narrative.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to blend technology storytelling with emotional engagement.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to shape the brand narrative as the first Head of Communications.
  • Work in a rapidly scaling company at the forefront of humanoid robotics.
  • Collaborative environment working with AI, hardware, and software teams.
  • Potential for significant impact on company growth and public perception.
  • Creative freedom to develop new storytelling strategies and mediums.
Full Job Description
Why are We Hiring for this Role:

We're looking for our first Head of Communications, a critical role for a rapid scaling company. This role is for someone with storytelling in their bones. You won't just have the opportunity to tell Foundation's story, you'll be the reason everyone's telling it too.

What You'll Do:

  • Command the narrative: share Foundation's momentum, technical depth, and success in shipping general-purpose humanoid robots.
  • Tell the Foundation story in one cohesive consistent cadence
  • Capture and build emotional connection with our audience, including the failures behind the wins, able to successfully apply vulnerability as strength
  • Overseeing cohesive brand storytelling across aesthetics, interfaces, gestures, environments, media, and customer support ecosystems
  • Design the story that builds on the Foundation brand
  • Define the narrative we want to make mainstream and relentlessly find new proof points to reinforce it.
  • Partner with AI, robotics, hardware, and software teams to co-create intuitive narratives that blend cutting-edge tech with emotional resonance.
  • Balance content virality with the deeper technical narrative (VLA, navigation, mocap, MkII)
  • Able to refine narrative aimed at the SF technical crowd, investors, and talent while also branching out to mainstream.

What Kind of person are we looking for

  • Senior 0-1 comms builder who has stood up the company narrative and brand from scratch.
  • Comes from a deep tech background and experienced 3 X growth while telling a true and compelling technology story.
  • Someone who has driven the narrative.
  • Outstanding communication, storytelling, and presentation abilities to inspire teams and stakeholders with compelling narratives.
  • An expert storyteller who is obsessed with the narrative and applies it continuously across multiple mediums
  • Someone who Drives and designs their own objectives, strategy, and deliverables, then executes
  • A burning passion for storytelling that doesn't just function but feels alive, intuitive, and emotionally engaging.

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