Vice President Marketing & Communications

The role

The Vice President of Marketing and Communications will partner with executive leadership to shape strategic messaging and control the company's external narrative. This person will manage media relations, lead industry events, and direct an internal design house. The role involves managing a small team and supporting investor relations.

What you will do

• Partner with executive leadership to shape and externalize core strategic messaging, vision, and positioning
• Build and control the Company's external narrative, including media relations, press strategy, and public-facing communications
• Develop and maintain relationships with Department of War (DoW) media personnel
• Propose a structured, measurable approach to marketing with clear objectives, frameworks, and reporting
• Direct and brief an internal design house to execute on brand and creative work
• Lead trade shows, industry events, and thought-leadership opportunities for senior Company leaders
• Support investor relations activities, including narrative-building and relationship management
• Manage a small team consisting of an events lead and two additional reports
• Stay abreast of and internally disseminate international, domestic, and industry-related news
• Track and report on important public news pertaining to competitors, partners, and clients

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, or related field
• 10+ years of relevant marketing, communications, and/or public relations experience
• Demonstrated success shaping and externalizing strategic messaging in partnership with executive leadership
• Demonstrated experience building and controlling an external narrative, including media relations and press strategy
• Ability to propose and operate against structured, measurable marketing frameworks and reporting
• Comfortable directing and briefing external or internal creative/design partners
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong sense of initiative and urgency
• Comfortable operating within moderate budget autonomy
• Passion for Start-Up environments
• Strong commitment to Epirus' vision and role in the Defense Industry
• Organized, detail-oriented, and able to work and deliver with a high degree of autonomy and responsibility

Nice to have

• Experience developing relationships with government/defense media personnel
• Desire to build senior relationships with military/defense stakeholders

About the company

Epirus is a high-growth technology company dedicated to overcoming the asymmetric challenges inherent to the future of national security. Their flagship product, Leonidas, is a software-defined system built using intelligent power management techniques.