Vice President, Public Relations Corporate Purpose and Social Impact

Vice President, Public Relations 

Corporate Purpose and Social Impact

We are seeking a Vice President, Public Relations to join our global Corporate Purpose and Social Impact team, with a focus on the health sector. This full-time role is based in New York City and follows a hybrid schedule (2 days in-office). In this position, you’ll work with some of the most innovative healthcare, pharmaceutical, and CSR clients—shaping narratives that elevate purpose-led initiatives and drive real-world impact. You’ll collaborate with senior communications leaders and industry experts in a dynamic, mission-driven environment. This is an exciting opportunity for a strategic communicator who thrives at the intersection of public relations, social impact, and meaningful storytelling—and who’s eager to help shape the continued growth of our Global Purpose Practice.

FINN Partners’ Purpose Practice partners with a wide range of corporations, nonprofits, foundations, associations, and pharmaceutical companies to activate purpose in ways that are authentic, measurable, and enduring. From advancing health equity and social justice to accelerating sustainability and economic opportunity, we are a hands-on team of creative, strategic thinkers united by the belief that communications can be a powerful force for good.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Help develop client content, including media materials, online content, blog outreach, media pitches, bylines and Q&As
• Deliver high-quality programs that meet and exceed client goals
• Be point person for key accounts on all media relations activities – review invite lists, pitching lists, writing reports, balance multiple accounts etc
• Proactively engage with target media, including top-tier and broadcast outlets, to generate results and premium positioning
• Oversee a wide range of media outreach activities and measure results for clients
• Develop overarching and tactical media strategies for accounts, including campaign activations, executive visibility, thought leadership and ongoing efforts
• Manage press and event planning alongside an overall media relations strategy
• Maintain and grow relationships with reporters across top-tier, business and healthcare industry outlets
• Understand key client competitors and their business strategies
• Position brands strategically with media. Monitor and report on media trends
• Run client calls that demand on-the-spot recommendations
• Strategize storytelling around the media landscape – including editorial calendars, media moves programs, and subscribing to media newsletters

Qualifications:

• A bachelor's degree and/or
• A minimum of 8 years of agency experience (3 healthcare focus) and the ability to lead multiple projects simultaneously with a focus on the healthcare space
• Strong health media background working in the med tech, pharma and biotech spaces and have extensive healthcare media relations contacts
• Demonstrated experience in all phases of client service, including supporting the development of PR/communications plans, media pitching, content development, project management, reporting and the ability to track/work against a project budget 
• Proven media relations skills, including developing strategy, building and maintaining media relationships and pitching and landing stories
• Impeccable client relationship skills and experience working with high touch clients
• The ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Exceptional communicator both verbal and in writing. Written work such as press releases and bylines should require minor directions and edits

To Apply:
Please upload your resume and cover letter, as well as indicate your desired salary in $US Dollars.

Anticipated Salary: $105,000k- $110,000k Commensurate with experience.

About Finn Partners:
Finn Partners was launched in 2011 to realize Peter Finn’s vision to create a leading communications agency dedicated to shaping a bold new future in which innovation and partnership are strong drivers of the brand. Finn Partners specializes in the full spectrum of communications services, including digital and social media. Practice areas include arts, consumer lifestyle & sports, corporate social responsibility, education, health, manufacturing, technology, travel, and public affairs.

We are entrepreneurial-minded, global, and focused on integrated programs that bring to life the world-changing technologies, products, and services of our client partners. Our company culture celebrates delighting our clients with innovative and creative campaigns and programs, and we provide opportunities for our employees to conduct career-meaningful work in a creative, fast-paced, collaborative, and fun environment. We work hard and play nice.

Headquartered in New York City, the agency has 1,300 employees with offices in 32 cities around the world: Atlanta, Bangalore, Beijing, Boston, Chicago, Delhi, Denver, Detroit, Dublin, Frankfurt, Fort Lauderdale, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Jerusalem, Kuala Lumpur, London, Los Angeles, Madison (Wisc.), Manila, Mumbai, Munich, Nashville, Paris, Portland (Ore.), San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai, Singapore, Vancouver (Wash.) and Washington D.C.

ABOUT OUR PURPOSE & SOCIAL IMPACT TEAM

Our campaigns in mental health, STEM education and digital inclusion, the environment and sustainability, women’s economic empowerment, truancy reduction, and public health, military veterans’ issues, and ending domestic violence and sexual assault, among other areas, have strengthened our clients’ thought leader positioning on these issues and have lifted the voices of those who are on the margins of our society. More importantly, it has led to real, tangible social impact in the variety of sectors in which we have worked.