Director of Communications

Business Unit

Cubic Corporation

Company Details

When you join Cubic, you become part of a company that creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation to make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities to help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global issues through innovation and service to our customers and partners.

We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). Explore more on Cubic.com.

Job Details

Job Summary:

The Director of Communications will work closely with the Chief Public Affairs Officer (CPAO) and the VP/GMs for Cubic’s portfolio of defense and commercial businesses in the development and execution of all public relations strategy and activity, including media communications, issue management, information dissemination and strategic communications. This position typically works under limited supervision and will regularly exercise discretionary and substantial decision-making authority.

Essential Job Duties And Responsibilities

• Serves as the subject matter expert in public relations for all Cubic’s defense businesses.
• Responsible for building and leading a team of public relations managers.
• Responsible for the development of public relations strategies, including building strong relationships with agencies key to Cubic’s defense businesses.
• Initiates, develops, and implements communications plans and programs, both internally and externally. Develops and manages the timeline and coordination for each communications program. Ensures continuity of consistent image and message.
• Sets strategy surrounding external social media and web-based communication strategies.
• Possess strong written and oral communications skills with exemplary copywriting abilities supporting a variety of communications including web, advertising, collateral, and press releases.
• Development, preparation and release of newsworthy information.
• Briefs executive management prior to interviews and provides public relations counsel to management during interviews.
• Manages and establishes relationships with outside public relations and other pertinent agencies as needed, continuously supervises and appraises their performance providing active feedback to the CPAO.
• Work closely with the product marketing leads in the defense and commercial business units to plan, coordinate and execute marketing and communications campaigns, go-to-market strategies, trade show execution and web content management.
• Collaborate with the government relations and business development teams to shape Cubic Defense’s narrative and interactions with government officials and entities.
• In addition to the duties and responsibilities listed, the job holder may be required to perform other duties assigned by their manager.
  
  

Minimum Job Requirements

• Four-year college degree, or equivalent, in journalism, public relations, or communications plus a minimum of 15 years related experience in communications and public relations.
• Graduate degree preferred.
• Ability to analyze and understand complex issues affecting the company.
• Experience required developing communications/public relations plans and recommend actions.
• Ability to manage people and communicate effectively with all levels of management.
• Must be available for travel monthly domestically (possible foreign travel if needed).
  
  

Other Expectations For The Role

• Excellent writing and public speaking skills, with the ability to convey complex information clearly and persuasively including public forums and with the media.
• Great networking skills
• Information gathering and interpreting.
• Strong understanding of government processes, public policy, and media relations.
  
  

The description provided above is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties, responsibilities, and requirements. Duties, responsibilities, and requirements may change over time and according to business need.

Cubic Pay Range

$185,000 – $280,000* benefits.

• Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from our lowest geographic market up to our highest geographic market.
  
  

The Cubic pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Worker Type

Employee