Senior Vice President / Managing Director – Technology PR

San Francisco, CA (On-site)

$175K/yr – $250K/yrSenior Level15+ years expFull time

Posted 5 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the technology PR agenda for an advisory firm, shaping executive narratives and driving cross-sell opportunities across AI, data center infrastructure, cloud and enterprise software.

  • Provide senior-level counsel to C-suite clients and craft high-impact media placements through a deep network across business, financial, and tech outlets.
  • Lead the Technology Group team and partner with IR to strengthen cross-sell penetration into technology clients.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Pitch, win, and grow new business opportunities — both in response to internally driven opportunities and through proactive, independently sourced prospects — as a primary driver of the Technology Group’s expansion
  • Contribute to the long-term growth strategy for the Technology Group, including building sector expertise, expanding the client roster, and deepening ICR’s presence in high-growth technology markets
  • Provide senior-level counsel to C-suite executives across a broad range of technology sectors, with particular depth in artificial intelligence, machine learning, data center infrastructure, enterprise software, cloud computing, and B2B tech
  • Provide hands-on account strategy, working closely with account teams to execute effectively and efficiently against client goals
  • Senior-level media relations expertise: understanding how to shape and place stories through a strong, established relationship network, with a sharp eye for developing executive profile opportunities and leveraging sector trends to drive client results
  • Partner with ICR’s IR teams to develop integrated strategy aimed at improving cross-sell penetration across the firm’s technology client base
  • Manage, lead, and mentor the Technology Group’s PR team, fostering professional development and a collaborative, high-performance culture

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Deep experience counseling public company C-suite executives across a range of high-profile technology-related issues
  • Strong, proven network of media relationships across top-tier business, financial, and technology publications
  • Proven track record of securing top-tier media placements for technology clients
  • Minimum of 15 years of corporate communications, technology PR, and/or financial PR agency experience
  • Demonstrated track record of sourcing, developing, and winning new business, with the ability to independently drive organic growth
  • Experience mentoring and coaching a team in a fast-paced, evolving environment
  • Savvy, smart, efficient, fast-working, results-oriented leader with good intuition for problem-solving and issues management
  • Ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment

Preferred

  • Hands-on knowledge of and/or strong relationships within currently high-growth tech sectors — particularly AI/machine learning, data center and digital infrastructure, and enterprise SaaS
  • Superior written communication skills
  • Excellent verbal communications and interpersonal skills
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ICR

Established in 1998, ICR partners with public and private companies to execute strategic communications and advisory programs, and manage complex transactions and corporate events to enhance long-term enterprise value and corporate reputation. The firm’s highly-differentiated service model, which pairs capital markets veterans with senior communications professionals, brings deep sector knowledge and relationships to hundreds of clients across more than 20 industry groups. With more than 400 team members, ICR is one of the largest and most experienced independent communications and advisory firms, maintaining offices in New York, Connecticut, Boston, Baltimore, San Jose, London, and Beijing. Learn more at https://icrinc.com/. Founded in 1998 by former sell side analysts Tom Ryan, Chad Jacobs, and attorney John Flanagan, ICR offers unrivaled experience, insight, and access into the investor and corporate stakeholder communities. The firm is staffed primarily with former senior-level Wall Street professionals and agency veterans who not only provide advice and counsel, but also execute the work. Each brings an extensive network of trusted relationships—connections of cascading influence that ensures our clients’ story is well-known and well understood.

Founded in 1998
New York, New York, USA
775 employees (87 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
21.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
32.4%
Direct
56.3%
Referral
6.1%
Social
2%
Paid
3.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~775

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
75 (10% of company)
Median Career Experience
21 years
Median Tenure
4 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

Funding

Last Raise
Private Equity, 8 years ago

Funding History

  • Mar 2018
    Private Equity

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