Responsibilities

• Executive Advisory: Serve as a key communications advisor to executive leadership, the Head of Marketing, and the VP of Brand Marketing. Act as a trusted partner who can extract and crystallize leadership's vision into public-facing strategies.
• Team & Agency Leadership: Directly manage and mentor two internal PR experts, fostering alignment, accountability, and professional growth, while ensuring our external PR agency partners are driving maximum impact.
• Cross-Functional Synergy: Build strong, collaborative relationships with the broader Marketing org, Product Marketing, Sales, Executive Leadership, and the Parent Company to ensure a unified message.
• Strategic Oversight: Set the overarching narrative and direction for external communications, ensuring all press releases, thought leadership, executive interviews, and media outreach are grounded in business strategy.
• Narrative Alignment: Ensure all PR channels accurately and compellingly reflect the company's long-term business goals, brand positioning, and executive priorities.
• High-Level Messaging: Establish frameworks, processes, and standards that ensure consistency, quality, and strategic clarity across all public-facing communication

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in corporate communications, brand strategy, or business-driven communications with progressive leadership responsibility.
• Strategic over Tactical: A proven track record as a business strategist or communications leader who influences how a company positions itself, rather than just executing PR tasks. (PR background is not required; a strong strategy and corporate narrative background is essential).
• Executive Partnership: Extensive experience partnering closely with senior executive leadership, including CEOs, with the ability to build trust and advise at the highest levels.
• People & Agency Management: Track record of building and leading high-performing teams and managing external agency partners to drive consistent, high-quality execution.
• Industry Familiarity: Experience in a B2B environment is required; SaaS, healthcare, life sciences, or regulated industries are preferred.

Preferred

• Elite Strategic Thinker: Possesses strong operational instincts and the ability to connect corporate business objectives directly to messaging outcomes.
• Master Storyteller: An excellent editor and storyteller with a sharp eye for clarity, tone, and strategic impact.
• Collaborative Leader: A low-ego, highly collaborative leader who inspires teams and fosters a culture of high standards.

Benefits

• Medidata believes that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most and provides best-in-class benefits, including medical, dental, life and disability insurance; 401(k) matching; flexible paid time off; and 10 paid holidays per year.