Vice President, Global Health Communications

New York City, NY (Remote)

$136K/yr – $186K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own day-to-day leadership of key life sciences PR programs, guiding strategy, delivery, and team health while expanding scope and supporting new business.

  • Lead multiple workstreams and manage client relationships.
  • Drive organic growth through cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the day-to-day lead for key workstreams for leading life sciences company, setting direction and ensuring delivery of high-impact, insight-driven work
  • Build trusted relationships with clients, providing clear, confident counsel in both day-to-day and high-stakes situations
  • Anticipate client needs and proactively evolve programs to drive measurable business and reputation outcomes
  • Ensure all work is strategically grounded, creatively differentiated, and aligned to client objectives
  • Identify opportunities to expand scope within existing clients and partner across disciplines to deliver integrated solutions
  • Own the operational, financial, and team health of assigned accounts, ensuring quality, efficiency, and teams that are thoughtfully staffed, supported, and positioned to grow
  • Contribute meaningfully to organic growth by identifying and converting opportunities within current business
  • Support new business efforts, including contributing to pitch development
  • Demonstrate a consistent and steadfast commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and play a deliberate and actionable leadership role in supporting our DE&I programming
  • Lead, develop and coach the team, inspiring the next generation of leaders and ensuring career development and satisfaction

Requirements

  • Approximately 8-10 years of PR/communications agency experience
  • Strong working knowledge of the global health, HIV, and/or drug access landscape for underserved populations in the U.S. and internationally, including controversies and issues
  • Familiarity and experience with the pharmaceutical and biotechnology regulatory landscape and internal approval processes
  • Experience managing dynamic creative communications campaigns, with deep understanding of the integrated communications landscape and how digital, creative, strategy and analytics fit seamlessly into account operations
  • A passion for creativity and ideas that deliver meaningful impact
  • Superb management skills, and experience motivating and inspiring colleagues while creating opportunities for growth and development
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills, a collaborative style and the ability to communicate effectively and confidently at all levels
  • Positive, unifying attitude and a true enthusiasm and dedication to delivering exceptional work in a fun, collaborative and non-hierarchical environment

Benefits

  • A workplace that's alive with courage, ideas, respect, and humanity
  • A fully hybrid work experience designed to give you the choice around where and how you work best
  • Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career
  • Comprehensive health care and wellness plans for your entire family
  • A 401(k) plan, health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts
  • Paid company holidays, unlimited paid vacation, sick, personal, and mental health days, and summer hours
  • Additional Perks: Paid parental leave, family-building benefit, well-being programs, and commuter benefits
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Xtalks — The Life Science CommunityTM is where life science professionals come to learn, connect and be inspired. We cover the full life sciences sector, from pharma and biotech to medtech, healthcare and research.We provide a platform for peer perspectives and thought leadership through a combination of editorial, expert-led webinars, podcasts, videos, interviews and job listings. All Xtalks content is created to support professionals in a fast-evolving industry.Join our community to stay informed and be part of the dialogue shaping the future of life sciences.

Founded in 2005
Toronto, Ontario, CAN
69 employees (27 in marketing)
1% recommend to a friend
1% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$136K/yr – $186K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

Communications median pay in the United States

$93K/yr

Most pay falls between $70K and $136K. Based on 6,141 salaries.

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
23 (33% of company)
Median Tenure
8.8 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
6

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
45.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
49.7%
Direct
36.4%
Referral
9.7%
Social
2.1%
Paid
1.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~69
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Vice President, Global Health Communications

Xtalks · New York City, NY · Remote