Salary
💰 $150,000 - $180,000 per year
About the role
- Lead external communications efforts and manage the media relations team
- Drive media relations, crisis and reputation management, and executive messaging
- Work closely with the investor relations team on financial communications and earnings moments
- Build and scale a global media strategy across North America, EMEA, LATAM & APJ and support product, corporate, consumer, and enterprise news worldwide
- Manage, develop, and foster a diverse global communications team and culture of strategic excellence
- Partner with stakeholders across the company to develop comprehensive media relations strategies and secure high-profile placements
- Provide high-level analysis of media trends, campaign effectiveness, and ROI to senior management (weekly)
- Lead initiatives on the Comms and Marketing teams to leverage AI to scale efforts
- Provide counsel and develop timely reactive responses for brand awareness and crisis situations
- Collaborate with legal and IR teams and help manage external agency relations
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in media relations for tech companies (some agency experience preferred)
- Experience leading communication teams at a product, SaaS and/or public company
- Deep B2B tech knowledge and solid tech, business, and vertical-specific media experience
- Strong media relations skills; ability to build and maintain media connections across the US
- Experience in crisis and reputation management, executive messaging, and financial/earnings communications
- Natural leader who can rally teams (including external agencies) and influence a wide range of stakeholders (founders, product, sales, customer success, partners, marketing, HR, engineering)
- Brilliant storyteller and talented communicator who can construct powerful narratives
- Outcomes- and results-focused; able to prioritize strategy and goals
- Incredible organizational skills and attention to detail
- Hybrid working: able to work 3 days/week in the NYC office
- Visa sponsorship for this role is currently not available (must have work authorization)