Director, Strategic Communications & Public Affairs

Overview

Invariant seeks a Director/Senior Director to serve as a strategic communications leader for multiple Series A-C technology startups at a time. In this role, you ll be the senior-most communications executive for venture-backed companies building their first communications functions. Our clients range from well-known Fortune 500 companies to the most disruptive start-ups in the country, but in this role, you ll focus on venture-backed technology companies at critical growth inflection points.

You ll help founders and C-suite executives solve complex challenges, create opportunities for growth, and break through busy news cycles, long social media feeds, and hectic calendars to influence the audiences that matter most to their businesses. Invariant is a different kind of firm. We look at communications, public affairs, government relations, and business strategy holistically. You will do challenging, impactful work here.

If that sounds interesting to you, come join us.

• Serve as the embedded communications leader for multiple Series A-C technology companies, acting as their senior-most communications strategist
• Drive revenue growth through content marketing strategies, cultivation of B2B/enterprise tech media relationships, and strategic positioning in business and trade publications that reach enterprise buyers and decision-makers
• Fuel talent acquisition by building employer brand via social/digital channels, pitching tech culture newsletters and podcasts, and crafting narratives that attract top engineering and product talent in competitive markets
• Support fundraising success through media relations, executive communications for funding announcements, and tech media relationships that maximize raise visibility and investor confidence
• Build communications infrastructure from the ground up, establishing processes, messaging frameworks, measurement systems, and best practices for companies with nascent or non-existent communications functions
• Provide strategic counsel directly to founders and C-suite executives, serving as their trusted advisor on reputation management, market positioning, crisis preparedness, and stakeholder engagement
• Develop integrated campaigns that orchestrate across all three business objectives—revenue, talent, fundraising—ensuring communications investments deliver measurable business outcomes
• Mentor junior Invariant team members who support your client accounts while managing your own deliverables and client relationships
• Collaborate with Invariant colleagues to create pitch decks, presentation materials, executive briefings, and strategic planning documents that demonstrate communications ROI

You ll operate with strategic authority, advising at the highest levels while building your career within Invariant s growing platform. This model offers the best of both worlds—deep client impact and equity-building work without the operational burden of being a full-time startup executive. You should be energized by serving as the senior communications leader for multiple companies, translating between founder vision and audience reality, and building communications functions that outlast your engagement.

This role requires comfort with autonomy and ambiguity. You ll often be the most senior communications voice in the room, which means building strategies from scratch, educating leadership on communications best practices, and making judgment calls independently.

• 8-10+ years of strategic communications experience with demonstrated success operating at a senior level in technology, venture-backed, or high-growth environments. Agency experience with embedded client models strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to operate with strategic authority, whether as an in-house communications leader, fractional executive, or senior agency advisor to C-suite clients
• Deep expertise in at least one core discipline: content marketing & B2B media relations, talent brand & digital strategy, or fundraising communications & tech media—with ability to orchestrate integrated strategies across all three
• Startup fluency: you understand the resource…