Senior PR & Communications Manager

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$175K/yr – $236K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

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Job Summary

Own the full-cycle global PR program for Mixpanel, cultivating media relationships, driving top-tier coverage, and shaping messaging and thought leadership across product announcements, crisis readiness, and internal communication.

  • Lead media strategy and executive storytelling across analytics, AI, and data initiatives
  • Partner with product, marketing, and leadership to drive high-impact communications

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • - Cultivate and maintain relationships with journalists, editors, and producers covering enterprise tech, analytics, AI, data, and SaaS
  • - Drive earned media coverage in top-tier business and trade outlets
  • - Develop compelling story angles, press materials, pitches, and messaging frameworks
  • - Serve as a primary media contact and help prepare spokespeople for interviews and public presentations
  • - Establish and track metrics to monitor the health of Mixpanel’s coverage
  • - Partner closely with Product Marketing to develop and execute PR strategies for major product announcements
  • - Manage PR and comms activities for company news and announcements
  • - Ensure messaging is consistent, differentiated, and resonant with technical and business audiences
  • - Manage agency relationships in the US, EMEA, and APAC, setting clear priorities, KPIs, and workflows
  • - Serve as the internal contact and day-to-day liaison, ensuring agency output aligns with Mixpanel's voice and goals

Requirements

  • 7+ years of communications experience, with a strong preference for candidates who have worked both in-house at a B2B tech company and at a PR agency
  • Experience in one or more of the following spaces: analytics, data, AI, engineering, product development. You understand the audience and know how to translate technical concepts into stories that resonate.
  • Exceptional writer and editor across formats: press releases, media pitches, executive messaging, bylines, internal announcements, and social content
  • Strong verbal communicator with confidence presenting to and advising senior stakeholders
  • Strong storytelling skills and news judgment
  • A track record of securing meaningful coverage in top-tier and tech outlets
  • Experience managing external agencies and partners and working cross-functionally with various internal partners
  • Comfortable working independently in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment — this is a building role
  • Experience working with PR agencies or teams outside of the United States
  • Journalism training or prior experience as a reporter/editor is a genuine plus

Preferred

  • Familiarity with analyst relations (Gartner, Forrester, IDC) in a B2B SaaS context
  • Experience supporting a company through a major growth phase, rebrand, or category creation moment
  • Experience working as a PR team of one
  • Existing relationships with reporters covering enterprise software, product management, data infrastructure, analytics, and/or AI

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Medical, Vision, and Dental Care
  • Mental Wellness Benefit
  • Generous Vacation Policy & Additional Company Holidays
  • Enhanced Parental Leave
  • Volunteer Time Off
  • Additional US Benefits: Pre-Tax Benefits including 401(K), Wellness Benefit, Holiday Break
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Mixpanel

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Mixpanel is a digital analytics platform that allows anyone to get answers from their customer and business data in seconds. It offers powerful real-time charts and visualizations of how people interact with your digital products and company. With insights into behaviors like conversion and retention, teams can collaborate more effectively and make informed decisions. Regardless of technical expertise, builders can double down on what’s working, cut what isn’t, and spend more time on their best ideas with Mixpanel.Mixpanel serves over 8,000 customers from different industries around the world, including global leaders like Uber, Yelp, Zalora, BuzzFeed, eToro, and Lemonade. Headquartered in San Francisco, Mixpanel has offices in New York, Seattle, Austin, London, Barcelona, and Singapore.For more information, visit: http://www.mixpanel.com

Founded in 2009
San Francisco, California, USA
512 employees (52 in marketing)
63% recommend to a friend
64% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.6M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$61.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
26.4%
Direct
67.4%
Referral
5.1%
Social
0.6%
Paid
0.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~524

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
30 (6% of company)
Median Career Experience
13 years
Median Tenure
2.1 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$277M
Last Raise
$200M
Series C, 4 years ago

Funding History

  • Nov 2021
    Series C • $200M
  • Dec 2014
    Series B • $65M
  • May 2012
    Series A • $10.3M

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