Public Relations Manager, Life Sciences

About the Role

Mission North is a strategic communications agency for consequential companies to build, protect, and renew their impact. Market-shaping brands like LinkedIn, Google, Sage, Virta Health, Brex, Canva, Ginkgo Bioworks, Snowflake, and Zoom have turned to us to navigate change and accelerate growth at every stage. Our award-winning culture of curiosity allows us to attract the best communicators and mobilize them around tackling some of the world’s biggest challenges.

We're looking for a strategic, curious, and impact-driven Manager to lead day-to-day client programs and support our growing portfolio of Life Sciences and Health Tech accounts.

As a benefit corporation, we’re committed to making a positive difference through our work, culture, and community investments. We give back 2% of profits, 2% of our time, and 2% of partner equity to support causes in our local communities, and have invested more than $2 million through grants, donations, and pro bono services. Through our cross-industry fellowship and sponsorship initiative, Foster the Future, we’re creating pathways for the next generation of communications leaders.

Responsibilities

• Be a trusted partner to our life sciences, enterprise, and health clients, leading the end-to-end execution of PR campaigns and programs, teams, and stakeholders.
• Draft deliverables including campaign plans, media pitches, speaking and award submissions.
• Synthesize complex technical concepts into compelling, market-moving narratives and storylines that resonate with business, trade media, and new media alike.
• Cultivate deep relationships with key traditional and non-traditional media to pitch stories, drive brand awareness, and secure coverage for clients.
• Seek out creative ways to connect the dots between news cycles and client opportunities.
• Foster team growth by providing regular, constructive feedback, guiding professional development, and helping junior staff navigate client dynamics.
• Track, measure, and report on the performance of PR campaigns and programs using analytics tools, translating PR metrics into meaningful business insights for stakeholders.
• Contribute to new business in partnership with senior leaders.
• Manage up to 2 direct reports.

Requirements

• A minimum of 6-8 years of communications or PR agency experience, preferably with health (including digital health & AI, biotech & life sciences, and/or health IT & infrastructure), AI, and cloud infrastructure companies or related industries.
• Demonstrated experience developing, directing, and executing PR campaigns and programs that blend PR, content marketing, social media, and creator.
• Experience helping disruptive technology and health companies develop compelling storylines, speaking and award submissions, press releases, and thought leadership platforms.
• Passion for how these technologies are redefining how we live and work.
• Established relationships with top-tier trade media and bloggers, vertical market media, and national and local business media.
• Experience running integrated PR programs, including paid content.
• Experience working with household names and emerging/disruptor brands in B2B technology, including data and cloud infrastructure, applied AI, health (digital health & AI, biotech & life sciences, health IT & infrastructure), and other key elements of the modern business technology stack.
• Experience supporting new business.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package, including profit sharing.
• 401K matching program.
• Professional development stipend.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits.
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• Basic life insurance.
• Wellbeing benefits.
• Paid time off, paid parental leave, and several paid holidays.

Pay

Expected salary range depending on experience: $90,000-$130,000 not including annual profit sharing bonus.

Diversity and Inclusion

We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. We hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.

We value a diverse workforce — people who identify as women, non-binary or gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA+, American Indian or Native Alaskan, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, differently-abled, caretakers and parents, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.