Senior Vice President, Public Relations (Health & Lifestyle)

• Team Management: Lead, mentor, and empower a team of PR professionals specializing in health and lifestyle services, fostering a collaborative and supportive work environment.

• Media Relations: Build and maintain relationships with key health and lifestyle contacts, securing impactful placements in top-tier outlets and healthcare publications.

• Thought Leadership: Position clients as industry thought leaders through strategic content development, speaking opportunities, and participation in relevant industry events and conferences.

• Crisis Communications: Develop and implement crisis communication plans to safeguard clients' reputation and mitigate reputational risks in the event of crises or negative publicity.

• Performance Analysis: Monitor and analyze campaign performance metrics, providing insights and recommendations for optimization and continuous improvement.

WHAT YOU'LL OWN IN YEAR ONE

• Own the practice's account management rhythm with structured weekly business reviews, account health scoring, and proactive risk identification across the existing client book

• Bring practice-level retention into the top quartile of the firm through tight service delivery, fast time-to-value on new accounts, and structured save-the-account interventions where necessary

• Develop and execute 5+ recurring expansion plays within the existing client base, building toward 1.5–2% monthly MRR expansion as a sustained rate

• Lead and develop the existing healthcare team, direct senior coaching, selective recruiting, and accountability for delivery quality

• Build a productized healthcare service offering that leverages the Interviewed platform: competitive intelligence, regulatory media monitoring, KOL targeting, payer narrative tracking

• Win new healthcare clients in partnership with our new business team, with focus on biotech, pharma, medical devices, hospital and health systems, digital health, and consumer wellness

• Represent the practice externally, industry events, healthcare-specific publications, thought leadership in the healthcare communications space

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of 15 years of experience in public relations, with a focus on the healthcare and lifestyle industries.

• Proven track record of successfully managing PR campaigns for healthcare clients, with measurable results in media placements and client satisfaction.

• Strong leadership and management skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate a team to achieve excellence.

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to craft compelling narratives and communicate complex healthcare and lifestyle concepts effectively.

• Strategic thinker with a deep understanding of the healthcare industry.

• Extensive network of media contacts and industry connections within the healthcare and lifestyle sectors

• Results-oriented with a passion for delivering high-quality work and exceeding client expectations.

WHO YOU ARE

• 15+ years in healthcare communications or healthcare PR, with senior leadership experience leading teams and owning practice-level outcomes

• Demonstrated specialty depth in at least three of: FDA and regulatory communications, biotech and pharma, medical devices, hospital and health systems, payer relations, clinical trial communications, digital health, healthcare policy

• A documented track record of measurable client retention and expansion you can describe in numbers

• Comfortable carrying gross revenue retention, net revenue retention, and expansion as primary KPIs, not just media impressions and placements

• Strong network of healthcare media contacts across business, trade, clinical, and consumer publications

• Strategic operator, equally fluent in client strategy, team development, and operational rigor

• Comfortable with AI-driven workflows and a data-disciplined approach to earned media

WHY YOU'LL LOVE WORKING AT INTERDEPENDENCE

🏡 100% Remote, Forever - Work from anywhere in the world while you enjoy the flexibility of your fully remote workplace. Skip the annoying commute, create a workspace that works for you, and collaborate with teammates across the country, all without sacrificing connection or career growth.

🩺 Comprehensive Health Benefits - Choose from three Anthem Blue Cross PPO medical plans, plus dental and vision coverage to support your health and well-being.

💰 Retirement Savings - Save for the future with our 401(k) program, including a company match that is increasing further to 3% in 2027 .

🌴 Work-Life Balance - Enjoy paid vacation, sick time, 11 company holidays, a floating holiday, and Summer Fridays to recharge and spend more time doing what you love.

👶 Paid Parental Leave - We support growing families with paid parental leave, giving new parents dedicated time to recover, bond with their baby, and return to work with confidence.

📈 Career Growth - As one of the nation's fastest-growing strategic integrated marketing and communications firms, we're committed to helping ambitious people like you grow. Take on meaningful challenges, develop new skills, lead from every level, and build a career with meaningful real impact.

🌟 Supportive, Collaborative Culture - We set high standards, celebrate big wins, and work together to achieve exceptional results. You'll join a team that's collaborative, entrepreneurial, and committed to helping one another succeed.

HOW TO APPLY

Submit your resume, a brief cover letter, and one additional document we genuinely want to read: a one-page write-up of your most significant healthcare client retention or expansion outcome. Tell us what the situation was, what you did, and the numbers you moved. The write-up will be weighted more heavily than the resume.

Originally posted on Himalayas

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