Senior Director, PR & External Communications
Boca Raton, FL - USA
Job Summary
Join the Team Modernizing Medicine
AtModMed were not just building softwarewere reimagining the healthcare experience. Founded in 2010 by a practicing physician and a successful tech entrepreneur we took a radically different approach:we hired doctors and taught them how to code.This for doctors by doctors philosophy has allowed us to create an AI-enabled specialty-specific cloud platform that places patients at the center of care.
A Culture of Excellence
When you join ModMed youre joining an award-winning team recognized for innovation and employee satisfaction. From our global headquarters in Boca Raton Florida and extensive employee base in Hyderabad India we are a team of 4500 passionate problem-solvers on a mission to increase medical practice success and improve patient outcomes:
Consistently ranked as a Top Place to Work
2025 Globee Business Awards:Gold Globee for Technology Team of the Year
2025 Black Book Awards:Ranked #1 EHR in 11 Specialties
Florida Venture Forum:Venture-Backed Company of the Year
We are growing fast thinking big and we are just getting started.
Ready to modernize medicine with us
Job Description Summary:
The Senior Director PR & External Communications is a strategic executive leader responsible for defining and driving the organizations enterprise brand reputation AI-augmented media strategy multi-channel communications architecture and all external communications. This role transitions the function from tactical execution to a data-driven power engineleveraging generative AI predictive sentiment analytics and advanced social listening tools to elevate market share establish category leadership and safeguard corporate reputation. Managing cross-functional agency partners and high-performing teams the Senior Director aligns global storytelling with executive vision product innovation and business growth.
Your Role:
Strategic Leadership & Corporate Reputation
Architect and execute a comprehensive global PR executive communications and corporate reputation strategy aligned with enterprise revenue and market positioning goals.
Serve as a core strategic advisor to the CMO C-suite and board on crisis management enterprise positioning media relations and key industry narratives.
Lead corporate crisis communications and dynamic response protocols using real-time media monitoring and predictive risk management models.
Lead a robust Analyst Relations program cultivating strategic relationships with key industry analysts (e.g. KLAS Frost & Sullivan Forrester) to influence market positioning.
AI-Driven PR Operations & Modern Media Relations
Select and manage a top-tier PR agency with the goal of obtaining earned coverage in tier 1 2 and 3 level publications. Develop strong and differentiated PR strategies in collaboration with the agency.
Modernize media operations by integrating AI tools and data analytics for hyper-targeted journalist outreach press release optimization audience sentiment analysis and trend forecasting.
Direct agency partners vendors and internal teams to deliver high-impact media placements across digital broadcast and print channels.
Oversee executive thought leadership programs securing top-tier keynote opportunities podcast features and strategic panel seats for senior executives.
Multi-Channel Digital Strategy & Brand Advocacy
Drive employee advocacy modern social selling and executive LinkedIn strategies equipping global teams with AI-assisted content engines to amplify corporate initiatives.
Partner with the digital marketing team to strategically integrate PR initiatives with SEO digital content third-party evaluation portals (e.g. Software Advice) and web properties to enhance inbound engagement and domain authority.
Define and execute ModMeds corporate social media strategy to drive engagement and brand awareness across multiple social media channels including LinkedIN Reddit Instagram TikTok and Facebook.
Cross-Functional Enablement & Commercial Alignment
Partner closely with the internal enterprise communications team to build a unified communication strategy employee engagement programs and a global culture.
Customer Advocacy & Success
Direct the global customer reference and success story programs to amplify customer impact and drive sales enablement.
Oversee the strategy and execution of the annual customer HERO awards program presented at the user conference.
Fiscal & Performance Management
Manage the global PR and Communications budget optimizing resource allocation between technology stacks external agencies and internal operations.
Establish modern PR metrics beyond traditional impressions utilizing attribution modeling share of voice (SOV) domain authority impact brand sentiment and full-funnel conversion metrics to demonstrate ROI to leadership.
Manage a team of six internal employees and oversee partnerships with several external agencies.
Skills & Requirements:
12 years of progressive leadership experience in PR corporate communications and brand reputation management.
Bachelors degree in Communications Public Relations Marketing Journalism or related business field
High-growth B2B healthcare or enterprise technology industry background required.
Proven track record of operating at a Director or Senior Director level driving strategy for global or multi-market organizations.
Strong command of modern PR and Marketing technology stacks including AI-driven PR tools (e.g. Brandwatch Meltwater Sprout Social ChatGPT/Enterprise AI prompt tools SEMrush Google Analytics 4 Cision BuzzSumo).
Mastered expertise in crisis communication risk mitigation and rapid-response media operations.
Experience architecting data-backed social selling thought leadership and employee advocacy frameworks that directly support commercial growth.
Exceptional executive presence with experience pitching to coaching and representing C-suite leadership.
Strong financial acumen with demonstrated experience managing seven-figure PR budgets and leading multi-agency partner networks.
Ability to travel domestically up to 25%
ModMed Benefits Highlight: At ModMed we believe its important to offer a competitive benefits package designed to meet the diverse needs of our growing workforce. Eligible Modernizers can enroll in a wide range of benefits:
United States
- Comprehensive medical dental and vision benefits including a company Health Savings Account contribution
- 401(k): ModMed provides a matching contribution each payday of 50% of your contribution deferred on up to 6% of your compensation. After one year of employment with ModMed 100% of any matching contribution you receive is yours to keep.
- Generous Paid Time Off and Paid Parental Leave programs
- Company paid Life and Disability benefits Flexible Spending Account and Employee Assistance Programs
- Company-sponsored Business Resource & Special Interest Groups that provide engaged and supportive communities within ModMed
- Professional development opportunities including tuition reimbursement programs and unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning
- Global presence and in-person collaboration opportunities; dog-friendly HQ (US) Hybrid office-based roles and remote availability for some roles
- Weekly catered breakfast and lunch treadmill workstations Zen and wellness rooms within our BRIC headquarters.
PHISHING SCAM WARNING: ModMed is among several companies recently made aware of a phishing scam involving imposters posing as hiring managers recruiting via email text and social media. The imposters are creating misleading email accounts conducting remote interviews and making fake job offers in order to collect personal and financial information from unsuspecting individuals. Please be aware that no job offers will be made from ModMed without a formal interview process and valid communications from our hiring team will come from our employees with a ModMed email address (). Please check senders email addresses carefully. Additionally ModMed will not ask you to purchase equipment or supplies as part of your onboarding process. If you are receiving communications as described above please report them to the FTC website.
Required Experience:
Exec
About Company
Improve efficiency and treatment outcomes with Modernizing Medicine's specialty-specific EHR systems and healthcare suites built by specialty physicians.