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Antares is a venture-backed defense and aerospace company building mass-producible, inherently safe microreactors for terrestrial, underwater, and space applications. The company has raised over $600M in venture capital and holds hundreds of millions in contracts with the military services, NASA, and the Department of Energy.
The Head of Marketing & Communications will build and lead a world-class function that advances Antares' growth, strengthens its market position, and drives implementation of communications and marketing strategy across defense, civil government, commercial, and international customer segments. This leader will shape how Antares communicates with its broader stakeholder ecosystem, including investors, regulators, the public, state and Tribal governments, host communities, employees, and prospective talent.
Key responsibilities include:
- Translating business objectives into clear communications and marketing strategy with measurable outcomes aligned to business verticals
- Owning the events and conference program as a strategic business development channel, including annual calendar, venue selection, executive speaking, and pipeline conversion
- Building the marketing function around the buyer, including positioning and materials for government, commercial, and international customers; web and digital presence; brand system; and customer engagement programs
- Running stakeholder communications across the full ecosystem (military services, DOE, NRC, Congress, host communities, suppliers, investors, partners) in coordination with corporate strategy
- Building and running internal communications as a core operating discipline across all-hands, leadership updates, and multi-site alignment
- Giving the CEO and leadership team a clear, consistent voice and owning their preparation for testimony, media interviews, television appearances, keynotes, and high-profile engagements
- Owning crisis and issues management, including developing response playbooks and conducting organizational readiness exercises
- Leading and developing the communications and marketing team (Communications Manager, Creative Lead) and overseeing external partners
- Providing timely reporting to leadership on priorities, progress, deliverables, and outcomes
- Representing Antares at customer meetings, site visits, conferences, and external engagements
The role reports to the Chief Nuclear Officer, serves as a member of company leadership, and works closely across all company verticals while advising the CEO and executive team directly on messaging, positioning, and opportunities.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree required
- At least 10 years of experience in communications and marketing, including significant experience leading communications and marketing teams and functions
- Experience helping a high-growth startup scale through multiple stages of growth, including evolving the communications and marketing function as the company raises capital, enters new markets, and reaches major commercial and organizational milestones
- Demonstrated ability to build and execute integrated, multi-stakeholder communications strategies tied to measurable business objectives
- Experience building an internal communications program at a company growing quickly across multiple sites
- Experience in defense, energy, aerospace, or another regulated, hardware-driven industry serving government, commercial, and international customers
- Experience leading crisis and issues management at the executive level
- Experience building and managing a team and budget
- Exceptional writing and editing, with strong editorial judgment; ability to identify and develop compelling content; quickly become fluent in complex technical subject matter; and translate technical and regulatory topics into clear, compelling communications for non-expert audiences
- Ability to travel up to 25% for conferences, customer and partner meetings, site visits, and time with the team in Idaho Falls, ID; Aiken, SC; and Washington, DC
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, Refugee, or Asylee, or be eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State (ITAR requirements)
PREFERRED:
- Experience taking a company through a defining public moment (first-of-a-kind demonstration, major government award, late-stage financing round, IPO)
- Ability to foster existing relationships and build new ones with national defense, energy, business, and technology press, as well as Congressional, Executive Branch, and agency stakeholders
- Investor relations or public-company communications experience
