VP, Public Relations

San Francisco, CA (Remote)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level15+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the global PR function for a health tech company, shaping executive narrative and proactive media strategy to protect and elevate reputation across clinicians, health systems, investors, and policy audiences.

  • Public relations leadership: set the strategy, define metrics, and report impact to optimize narrative and outcomes.
  • Executive visibility: design thought leadership and media programs that position leadership as credible voices on health tech and policy.
  • Cross-functional rigor: align Brand, Marketing, Product, and Legal, plus crisis and issues planning, to ensure consistent external messaging.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and lead a comprehensive public relations strategy that supports the company’s mission, business objectives, and growth priorities in digital health.
  • Serve as a senior advisor to executive leadership on reputation, media strategy, and external narrative, including issues with potential brand or policy implications.
  • Translate business strategy, product innovation, and data insights into compelling stories that resonate with clinicians, health systems, partners, investors, and media.
  • Establish clear PR metrics, KPIs, and reporting to demonstrate impact and inform ongoing optimization.
  • Own and elevate the company’s media presence across business, technology, healthcare, and policy outlets, cultivating strong relationships with top-tier and trade journalists.
  • Proactively identify and shape high-impact media opportunities, trend narratives, and storylines that position the company as a leader in health technology.
  • Design and manage executive thought leadership platforms, including speaking engagements, op-eds, bylines, panels, and key industry conferences.
  • Oversee development of PR materials (press releases, media briefs, Q&A, fact sheets, talking points, backgrounders) that are accurate, timely, and aligned with regulatory and compliance standards.
  • Lead reputation management initiatives, including corporate positioning, social impact stories, and long-term narrative arcs around innovation, trust, and clinical value.
  • Partner closely with Brand, Marketing, Product and Legal to ensure message alignment and integrated external communication.

Requirements

  • 15+ years of progressive experience in public relations or strategic communications, including substantial leadership responsibility.
  • Significant experience in healthcare, health technology, life sciences, or closely related regulated industries; familiarity with clinical, regulatory, and policy dynamics.
  • Proven track record of elevating a company’s reputation, driving meaningful media coverage, and shaping public narratives in complex, fast-paced environments.
  • Demonstrated success influencing senior stakeholders, managing agencies, and driving complex, cross-functional PR initiatives without direct team management responsibility.
  • Deep expertise in media relations, corporate communications, executive visibility, and issues/crisis management.
  • Strong strategic thinking skills with the ability to connect emerging market trends, health policy developments, and technology innovation to differentiated storytelling opportunities.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to craft clear, persuasive narratives for diverse audiences, including clinicians, health systems, payers, policymakers, investors, and the public.
  • Comfortable operating at both strategic and hands-on levels, from long-term planning to rapid response execution.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Public Policy, or a related field; advanced degree preferred but not required.

Preferred

  • Experience leading PR for a high-growth health tech, digital health, or health data company.
  • Background working closely with clinical leaders, medical affairs, or scientific teams to translate complex topics into accessible communications.
  • Experience in both in-house and agency environments.
  • Prior work in global or multi-region communications, including coordination across markets with different regulatory and media landscapes.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision offerings for you and your family
  • 401k with matching program
  • Family planning support, Childcare FSA, and parental leave
  • Life, AD&D, and Disability
  • Generous time off, holidays and paid company trips
  • Wellness benefits…plus many more!
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Doximity

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Founded in 2010, Doximity is the leading digital platform for medical professionals. The company’s network members include over 80% of U.S. physicians across all specialties and practice areas. Doximity provides its verified clinical membership with digital tools built for medicine, enabling them to collaborate with colleagues, stay up to date with the latest medical news and research, manage their careers and conduct virtual patient visits. Doximity’s mission is to help doctors be more productive so they can provide better healthcare for their patients. Learn more: https://linktr.ee/doximity

Founded in 1993
San Francisco, California, USA
914 employees (118 in marketing)
89% recommend to a friend
93% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
6.4M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$37.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
41.8%
Direct
53.7%
Referral
3.4%
Social
0.4%
Paid
0.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~914

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
93 (10% of company)

Funding

Total Funding
$81.8M
Last Raise
$54M
Secondary Market, 7 years ago

Funding History

  • Sep 2019
    Secondary Market
  • Apr 2014
    Series C • $54M
  • Sep 2012
    Series B • $17M

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