Executive Vice President, Health Practice Lead

6 days ago


Jersey City, United States Highwire Public Relations Full time

About us: Highwire Public Relations is an integrated communications agency designed to ignite growth for leading brands. Through actionable insights and unparalleled industry experience, we craft communications that connect, inspire, and transform business potential into business progress.

As the top-ranked independent communications and digital marketing firm, we represent market leaders and change-makers in healthcare and technology. We are building a healthcare powerhouse and looking for a leader to help grow the practice and expand our footprint across the industry.

As a values-driven agency, we foster an inclusive environment where everyone—regardless of age, race/ethnicity, size, shape, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and different abilities–can feel safe, celebrated and worthy.

We ensure every Highwire Walker has unique support to climb to success. Our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging is permanent and foundational to our business and culture. We aspire to change our industry and build a better future for all.

If you believe - as we do - that the right story changes minds, moves markets, and shapes a more inclusive, more sustainable, and more innovative future, then Highwire might be the agency for you.

We are based in San Francisco, with offices in New York, and Chicago. However, we are also open to hiring in the following states: Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, and Washington D.C.

Primary Responsibilities:
  • The Executive Vice President, Health Practice Lead position is a unique career-building opportunity to lead and grow our efforts for our dynamic clients in medtech, pharma, digital health and life sciences.
  • As a senior member of our leadership team, the Executive Vice President, Health Practice Lead, will be a visionary with 15+ years of experience growing teams, expanding offerings, and delighting clients. The individual will also play a key role in strategic acquisitions, drive new business development for the health practice, support agency infrastructure and drive key business cornerstones forward.
  • The right leader will serve as a mentor, coach, and creative, strategic spark for all health teams, providing guidance on client management, staff development, and strategy. If you’re a builder, a problem-solver and want to bring integrated solutions forward that help patients and providers, get in touch.
EVP Job Responsibilities Include:
  • Lead the health practice and team with purposeful direction to achieve strategic growth and distinction in the market.
  • Serve as a strategic partner to clients and direct programs that help them meet their business goals
  • Build and nurture client relationships and grow business by providing leadership, direction and strategic guidance to colleagues, day-to-day teams, and senior-level clients
  • Oversee practice group revenue by managing the ebb and flow of accounts and budgets to meet growth goals for the practice.
  • Generate organic revenue within existing clients by taking a broad view of the entire marketing and communications mix and offering strategic recommendations to expand the scope of work or bring new services to clients.
  • Identify and lead new business pitches to bring in new clients to meet growth goals.
  • Stay ahead of the shifts in the healthcare environment and guide teams and clients.
  • Work with integrated teams to provide clients with seamless multi-channel solutions utilizing traditional PR, digital, and social media to deliver maximum performance and results.
  • Promote a high-performance and continuous improvement culture that values learning and a commitment to quality.
  • Manage, mentor, and develop staff using a supportive and collaborative approach consistently.
  • Monitor staff performance and development goals, assign accountabilities, set objectives, establish priorities, and conduct annual performance reviews.
  • Represent Highwire and key clients at high-level industry events, seminars, and conferences as required to maintain professional development and to build networking and new business contacts.
Position requirements:
  • Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, marketing, science or related field
  • Minimum 13 years experience in communications either in-house or with an agency with at least five years in a senior leadership capacity.
  • Extensive experience leading strategic communication strategies within the healthcare, medtech, pharma, digital health and life sciences fields.
  • Demonstrated experience leading and developing strategic growth plans through business development, full cycle new biz pitch leadership, and overarching growth strategy across target health markets.
  • Experience with social media influencer engagement, content campaigns, and media coverage amplification
  • Demonstrated experience and leadership in managing comprehensive, insights-driven communications campaigns across channels that advance an organization’s mission and goals
  • Innovative thinker, with a track record for translating strategic thinking into action plans and output
  • Experience in building, managing, mentoring, and coaching a team of communications specialists
  • Excellent judgment and creative problem-solving skills
  • Ability to make decisions in a changing environment and anticipate future needs
  • Experience setting up measurement programs and measuring the ongoing ROI of communications activities
Highwire Perks Include:
  • Competitive salary
  • Merit-based bonuses and promotions
  • Hybrid work model to suit your schedule and lifestyle
  • Excellent vacation policy including extended break for summer and winter holiday
  • Participate in Empower Hours on Fridays; Team has the ability to log off by 3pm
  • 401K Match
  • Medical and dental benefits/ FSA
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Commuter Benefit
  • Growth Mindset Stipend of $100 annually for books, exhibitions, etc.
  • Technology reimbursement
  • Wellness benefit
  • Donation Match
  • Mentorship
  • Monthly recognition programs
  • Employee referral bonus
  • New business referral bonus
  • Quarterly Highwire fun events – Thanksgiving is our favorite holiday
  • Dog-friendly work environment
  • Extremely supportive, nurturing environment with many opportunities for learning and growth

The duties delineated above will vary depending on the needs of each specific account, and in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. This individual will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by his or her supervisors.



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