Public Relations Manager, Life Sciences

San Francisco, CA (On-site)

$90K/yr – $130K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 7 days ago

Job Summary

Lead end-to-end PR campaigns for life sciences, enterprise, and health clients, shaping compelling narratives, managing a small team, and translating results into business insights across media.

  • Own delivery of integrated PR campaigns, plans, and media work
  • Build relationships with traditional and non-traditional media to secure coverage

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Be a trusted partner to our life sciences, enterprise, and health clients, leading the end-to-end execution of PR campaigns and programs, teams, and stakeholders.
  • Draft deliverables including campaign plans, media pitches, speaking and award submissions.
  • Synthesize complex technical concepts into compelling, market-moving narratives and storylines that resonate with business, trade media, and new media alike.
  • Cultivate deep relationships with key traditional and non-traditional media to pitch stories, drive brand awareness, and secure coverage for clients.
  • Seek out creative ways to connect the dots between news cycles and client opportunities.
  • Foster team growth by providing regular, constructive feedback, guiding professional development, and helping junior staff navigate client dynamics.
  • Track, measure, and report on the performance of PR campaigns and programs using analytics tools, translating PR metrics into meaningful business insights for stakeholders.
  • Contribute to new business in partnership with senior leaders.
  • Manage up to 2 direct reports.

Requirements

  • A minimum of 6-8 years of communications or PR agency experience, preferably with health (including digital health & AI, biotech & life sciences, and/or health IT & infrastructure); AI, and cloud infrastructure companies or related industries.
  • Demonstrated experience developing, directing, and executing PR campaigns and programs that blend PR, content marketing, social media, and creator.
  • Experience helping disruptive technology and health companies develop compelling storylines, speaking and award submissions, press releases, and thought leadership platforms.
  • Are passionate about how these technologies are redefining how we live and work.
  • Established relationships with top-tier trade media and bloggers, vertical market media and national and local business media
  • Experience running integrated PR programs, including paid content
  • Experience working with household names and emerging/disruptor brands in B2B technology, including data and cloud infrastructure, applied AI, health (digital health & AI, biotech & life sciences health IT & infrastructure) and other key elements of the modern business technology stack.
  • Experience supporting new business.

Benefits

  • Mission North cares about you and your overall well-being, and that’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package, for full-time employees, that includes healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan including an employer match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, wellbeing benefits, paid time off, paid parental leave, and several paid holidays, among others.
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Mission North

Mission North is a strategic communications agency for influential companies to build, protect, and renew their impact. Our stories about breakthrough innovations and movements—and the iconic teams behind them—have influenced hundreds of billions of dollars in market value. A benefit corporation, Mission North is committed to making a positive difference through our work, culture, and community investments.

Founded in 2004
New York, New York, USA
86 employees (25 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$90K/yr – $130K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
22 (26% of company)
Median Tenure
5.1 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
7

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
5.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
29.4%
Direct
49.1%
Referral
7.2%
Social
12.7%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~87

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Public Relations Manager, Life Sciences

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