Director of Communications and Marketing

North Vector Dynamics
Calgary, Ottawa
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Communications, PR & CommunitySkills: ["Writing","Editing","Message judgment","Brand management","Project management","Strategic advisory","Media relations","Stakeholder management"]

Lead corporate communications, marketing, and brand strategy for a defence technology company building full-spectrum missile capabilities. Own the corporate narrative, external messaging, and product/market positioning across domestic and international audiences. Advise the CEO and senior leadership on executive communications and milestones, manage media and digital channels, and oversee communications governance, release reviews, and risk responses. Build internal standards and an agency/vendor network as the function scales.

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North Vector Dynamics
North Vector Dynamics
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Director of Communications and Marketing

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Job Summary

Lead corporate communications, marketing, and brand strategy for a defence technology company building full-spectrum missile capabilities. Own the corporate narrative, external messaging, and product/market positioning across domestic and international audiences. Advise the CEO and senior leadership on executive communications and milestones, manage media and digital channels, and oversee communications governance, release reviews, and risk responses. Build internal standards and an agency/vendor network as the function scales.
Location: Calgary, Ottawa
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Communications, PR & Community
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop and lead communications strategy, translating corporate priorities into communications plans and priorities.
  • •Own corporate narrative, messaging, and positioning across corporate, product, and partnership communications, including executive communications support for the CEO and senior leadership.
  • •Lead digital communications and an integrated content program across the corporate website, social media, and other platforms, including written, visual, and video content.
  • •Own communications planning for major milestones such as product launches, demonstrations, partnerships, and significant customer or government engagements.
  • •Establish communications governance: manage release-review processes with technical/security/legal/business owners and coordinate responses to operational, security, or reputational issues.

Key Requirements

  • •Substantial progressively senior experience in corporate communications, marketing, or integrated communications, including direct counsel to senior executives.
  • •Exceptional writing, editing, and message judgment, including developing corporate messaging and translating complex technical, commercial, and policy topics for different audiences.
  • •Strong understanding of brand management and product positioning, with experience producing high-quality corporate and market-facing materials.
  • •Experience managing external agencies, creative professionals, or specialist vendors.
  • •Strong judgment and project-management capability, with the ability to operate autonomously in a scaling organization.
Experience:DefenceAerospaceAdvanced technologyGovernmentNational security
Skills:WritingEditingMessage judgmentBrand managementProject managementStrategic advisoryMedia relationsStakeholder management

Company Brief

North Vector Dynamics
Develops sovereign Canadian defence and autonomy technologies — counter-UAS, short-range air defence, and hypersonic propulsion — combining AI sensing, guidance and precision effectors for scalable battlefield systems.
Industry: Defense Technology
Company Size: Micro (1 to 10 employees)
Growth: Early Stage Startup
Funding: Seed
Headquarters: Calgary, Canada
Founded: 2013
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