Media Relations Manager PR Agency (health tech, biotech) at KNB Communications | USA | $80K/yr – $95K/yr

Media Relations Manager PR Agency (health tech, biotech)

USA (Remote)

$80K/yr – $95K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 6 months ago

Job Summary

Drive client management and PR delivery for health-tech accounts, owning strategy, timelines, and cross-functional coordination.

Own client relationships, project trackers, timelines, and delivery across PR, marketing, and vendor coordination.
Must-have: 5–7+ years PR/communications with proven earned placements and media contacts.
Standout: Health-tech/life sciences experience and agency familiarity.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Client management + communication
Own the success of the accounts you manage, ensuring deliverables, creating strategic direction, and meeting client’s goals and expectations
Cultivate strong relationships with clients, industry leaders, freelancers, KNB vendors, and other stakeholders
Demonstrate enthusiasm in client communications
Offer new ideas and initiatives to the team
Run biweekly and ad hoc client meetings
Own project trackers and update them weekly
Onboard new clients
Create timelines and project trackers for new accounts
Client service delivery

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or higher in a marketing or communications field
5-7+ years of PR/communications experience (recovering journalists welcome)
Past work in health tech, and pharma, biotech, or life sciences
Proven proficiency securing earned placements (online, broadcast, and print)
Robust network of traditional and online media contacts
Ability to maintain and foster relationships with clients and media
Strategic planner and effective implementer
Be deadline-driven, prioritize, and adapt under pressure
Knowledge of best practices in communications, media, and PR
Superior writing skills

Preferred

Familiar with an agency environment
Working knowledge of software such as Muck Rack, Cision, PR Newswire, SEM Rush, and HubSpot
Understanding of regulatory and compliance challenges for drug commercialization

Benefits

Innovative and award-winning expertise
Diverse, energetic, positive culture
Excellent 401k, health, dental, and vision plans
Generous PTO, including vacation, parental leave, and summer Fridays
100% remote work
Collaborative, inclusive, engaging process

KNB Communications

The healthcare industry deserves its own specialized communications firm - one that is direct, passionate and understands the complexities and challenges of an evolving market.Our innovative approach combines PR with PR-driven marketing techniques delivering measurable results. We increase our clients' value and help them to cultivate lasting relationships with their many stakeholders.Since our founding in 1998 as the first healthcare technology PR firm, KNB has focused on strengthening the credibility and raising the visibility of our clients and inspiring a meaningful dialogue in healthcare.

Founded in 1998

Stamford, Connecticut, USA

42 employees (10 in marketing)

www.knbcomm.com