Title: Sr. Director, Communications

Department: Impact

Position Summary

We are accelerating the world's transformation to sustainable materials by replacing fossil fuel sources with plants. geno believes that all products should be responsibly sourced, traceable and transparent — the sustainable source. Our vision to drive climate action at scale starts by making the same molecules, ingredients, and materials we rely on every day, deriving them from more sustainable sources. We're proud to help leading brands and manufacturers meet their sustainability, decarbonization and circularity goals for everything from carpets to car parts, clothing to cleaning products.

About the role:

Geno is seeking a Global Communications Lead to drive and execute a global communications strategy, strengthen the company's reputation, increase brand awareness, and elevate our sustainability and thought leadership. This role reports to the Head of Impact.

As we grow, we’re want to do a better job of telling the story of making products from plants, instead of fossil fuels. The ideal candidate is a proactive communicator and exceptional writer with deep experience in communications – in the impact/sustainability space. You have a true passion for storytelling and can build and execute communications strategies across business, trade and consumer media. You are quick on your feet, obsessed with details, passionate about brands with purpose and love building meaningful relationships with the media. You understand the importance of knowing your audience, what resonates with them and how to distill complex ideas into fresh, creative and compelling stories. You bring an existing and extensive network of media contacts from key consumer, business and trade outlets.

Job Responsibilities:

Manage external PR agencies day-to-day. Keep them accountable to KPIs and help ideate and implement short- and long-term media plan. Develop strategic plans to elevate new Geno product launches (Avela, Brontide, BDO, nylon, and our new palm oil alternative venture) marketing campaigns and evergreen narratives.

Collaborate cross functionally to strengthen Geno’s messaging and communications strategy. Identify creative ways to expand and tell the Geno story to various audiences and amplify key milestones and culturally relevant moments across a variety of media channels.

Develop compelling written content by contributing to press releases, company statements, Q&A/talking points, briefings, award nominations and media pitches.

Work with Executives on media opportunities, interview prep and thought leadership. Create and conduct media briefings for key company spokespeople, facilitate and staff interviews, and share read-outs for visibility. Provide on-location support as needed.

Serve as primary support for the Executive Team on crisis communications, maintaining a Crisis Communications protocol program. Partner closely with Investor Relations and Legal Affairs to shape material corporate communications.

Who You Are:

• You have previous experience in sustainability strategy/or communications and are well versed in developing comprehensive strategies in support of enterprise wide objectives.
• Your knowledge in establishing enterprise policies and guidelines in sustainability strategy has led to your success in building and increasing business partnerships across markets
• Your expertise in organizational transformation and capability building has allowed you to meet and exceed business objectives and strategies.
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills with people from different socio-economic and cultural backgrounds
• You develop your team with intentionality for impact
• You are self-directed, don’t need or want a lot of over-the-shoulder management; ability to create and maintain timelines and consistently meet deadlines
• You have an extreme attention to detail
• You know how to get a lot done efficiently without endless resources
• You're a generous collaborator and strong project manager. You've fine-tuned your communication style to influence a variety of personalities.
• You've led large scale and cross-functional projects.
• You want to represent a (our) company in external partnerships (conferences, networking)
• You're devoted to continuous learning, development, and you find new ways of challenging yourself.

• The work environment and physical demands described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• 10-15 years of relevant experience, with a preference for a combination of agency and in-house experience at high-growth companies.
• Experience leading and/or building high performing communications teams and managing external agencies but also eager to roll up your own sleeves to “lead from the front.”
• Strong executive presence, with an ability to coach and counsel C-suite executives.
• Strong business acumen and knowledge of the retail environment, media landscape and an ability to distill trends into communication implications.
• Creative, with the ability to conceptualize newsworthy moments, develop story ideas and follow through with pitches that land great media.
• Able to measure success and report on what's working and what's not so we can iterate and improve on a regular basis.

Life at Geno

Geno is committed to providing exciting career opportunities in an environment that values trust, respect, openness, teamwork, creativity, enthusiasm, and diligence. We strive to create a culture that enables and encourages everyone to bring their whole selves to work. We are committed to be a company where everyone feels they have equal opportunity to reach their potential. Everyone is accepted and appreciated for who they are and what they bring to Geno.

We promote the continued development of an inclusive environment that values diversity through Geno4All, our employee led Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) committee. We are looking for innovative, highly motivated, and collaborative people who enjoy the challenges and rewards of a company devoted to commercializing cutting-edge sustainable technology.

Geno provides competitive compensation and benefits including medical, dental, vision, life and disability, flexible spending account, and 401k (including employer match), paid time off, paid parental leave, commuter transit benefits and more. Additionally, employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus and equity awards.

The pay range for this role is $220,000 - 261,000 annual USD. The final salary offered to a successful candidate takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets, experience, education, training, and other business and organizational needs. Geno is a multi-state employer and this salary range may not reflect positions that work in other states.

Check us out on our LinkedIn Life page. Genomatica is an equal opportunity employer.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.