PR & Communications Manager

Media Relations, Narrative Positioning and Marketing Momentum

A confidential early\-stage pharmaceutical and healthtech company is hiring a PR \& Communications Lead / Manager to drive media relations, executive positioning, external communications and marketing momentum.

This is a high\-trust communications role for someone who understands media relevance, can build real press relationships, can think bigger than “send a press release”, and can keep opportunities moving from idea to angle, pitch, follow\-up, outcome and evidence.

The company operates in a complex, high\-growth space across medicines access, pharmaceutical operations, governed AI, automation, health innovation and regulated\-sector technology. The communications function needs to be credible, sharp, commercially useful and founder\-level in ambition.

The department structure, operating systems and internal workflows are being built by senior leadership. Your job is to run inside that structure, keep the PR and marketing engine moving, bring live media judgement, build relationships, coordinate with design and content support, and ensure the company develops a serious external voice.

This role is about narrative, relevance, pace and long\-term positioning.

The right person will not just manage short\-term PR tasks. They will become a long\-term communications partner to senior leadership: someone who understands the mission, protects the story, challenges weak angles, finds stronger routes, and helps build the company’s external authority over years, not weeks.

The mission

Your mission is to make the company more visible, credible and consistently positioned.

You will manage press relationships, executive communications, media outreach, thought\-leadership opportunities, LinkedIn/social communications, campaign follow\-through and coordination with marketing, content and design support.

You will need to understand which lane a story belongs in: national business media, national broadcast, mainstream newspaper commentary, health and life\-sciences trade press, pharma trade press, digital health / healthtech media, AI and technology media, startup / venture media, regional business media, podcasts, industry events, policy\-facing commentary, stakeholder communications or executive LinkedIn.

Not every milestone is a national story. The value is knowing the right route, shaping the angle properly, and moving it forward.

Core responsibilities

• Manage PR execution and communications momentum across press, thought leadership, executive visibility, media outreach, LinkedIn / social communications and selected marketing channels.


• Build and maintain relevant media relationships across pharma, life sciences, healthtech, AI, startups, business media, Scottish/UK innovation, digital health, technology, healthcare trade and investor\-relevant outlets.


• Identify what makes a story relevant to each outlet type and audience.


• Shape narrative positioning across pharmaceutical operations, medicines access, governed AI, automation, healthcare innovation, regulated\-sector trust and executive\-led growth.


• Turn internal company activity into clear external angles without overclaiming, exaggerating or forcing weak stories into the wrong media lane.


• Prepare media pitches, executive comments, holding statements, article abstracts, press release drafts, event blurbs, LinkedIn post briefs, interview notes and outreach emails.


• Manage the weekly PR pipeline, including active targets, pending responses, dead leads, next chases, publication deadlines, approval needs and evidence links.


• Maintain HubSpot as the media and stakeholder CRM, including journalists, editors, publications, trade\-body contacts, ecosystem partners, event contacts and stakeholder communications.


• Use ClickUp for PR actions, campaign deadlines, marketing dependencies, design requests, content deadlines, approvals and blockers.


• Use Microsoft 365, Teams, Outlook, SharePoint and OneDrive as the formal working record.


• Use Roxhill properly: journalist research, target lists, pitch planning, call notes, follow\-up dates, status, outcomes, proof links and next angles.


• Use ChatGPT Business and approved AI tools where appropriate for drafting support, summarisation and workflow acceleration, but only within company confidentiality and data\-handling rules.


• Coordinate with design and content teams so PR opportunities do not stall because assets, copy, images, bios, decks, one\-pagers, links or approval routes are missing.


• Brief design and content support clearly, including asset purpose, audience, message, deadline, approval route and final use case.


• Maintain the company’s media kit, press deck, approved boilerplate, executive bio variants, approved imagery, brand wording, “do not use” wording, approved links and standard author bios.


• Support executive LinkedIn/social communications with a real rhythm: monthly themes, post bank, approval flow, scheduling, references, campaign alignment and performance review.


• Track media outcomes and provide clear weekly reporting: what moved, what landed, what is pending, what died, what needs leadership input and what the next action is.


• Turn tools, memberships, databases, events and trade\-body relationships into measurable PR, stakeholder and commercial leverage.


• Prepare briefing notes before media calls, executive meetings, journalist outreach, industry events and campaign pushes.


• Keep PR and marketing records clean, searchable and useful for handover, investor review, leadership reporting and future team members.

• We want someone who can think big, but execute cleanly.


• Someone who understands that the right communications strategy can change how a company is perceived by investors, partners, journalists, customers, policy stakeholders, recruits and the wider market.


• Someone who sees narrative positioning as a serious strategic asset.


• Someone who can build momentum across press, executive voice, trade credibility, sector commentary, campaigns, events and digital channels.


• Someone who can coordinate design and content support without waiting to be spoon\-fed.


• Someone who understands that a founder\-led company needs speed, judgement, structure and a communications partner who can stay close to the mission over time.

• This is not a remote\-only role.


• This is not a role for someone who wants to work mainly through informal calls, memory or untracked messages.


• This is not a role for someone who waits to be chased for every next step.


• This is not a role for someone who only writes copy but does not follow up.


• This is not a role for someone who calls everything “ongoing” without evidence, status and next action.


• This is not a role for someone who sees PR as “send a press release and hope.”


• This is a role for a serious communications operator who understands that press relevance, timing, narrative, relationships and follow\-through are what create results.

• In week one, you understand the company narrative, current communications priorities, target audiences, current assets, live PR gaps and operating systems.


• By day 30, the company has a live, accurate media pipeline with target outlet types, active relationships, next actions, executive content themes, media kit priorities and a clear weekly campaign rhythm.


• By day 60, the company has regular executive visibility, cleaner narrative positioning, a working LinkedIn/social cadence, stronger press assets, active journalist follow\-ups and a defined route for priority stories.


• By day 90, the company has a repeatable PR and communications rhythm that does not rely on senior leadership chasing every action.


• Over the long term, the right person becomes a trusted communications partner: someone who helps build reputation, authority, investor confidence and media relevance as the company scales.

• Medicines access and why operational execution matters.


• Pharmaceutical operations and supply resilience.


• Governed AI in health, pharma and laboratory environments.


• Responsible AI, auditability, human oversight and regulated\-sector trust.


• Health innovation and startup growth.


• Founder/executive story and credibility.


• Scottish and UK innovation.


• Technology adoption in healthcare and life sciences.


• Investor\-readiness, commercial credibility and stakeholder trust.

The role will involve use of:

• HubSpot for media and stakeholder CRM.


• ClickUp for tasks, deadlines, approvals and campaign follow\-through.


• Microsoft 365, Teams, Outlook, SharePoint and OneDrive for formal working records.


• Roxhill for journalist research and media targeting.


• ChatGPT Business and approved AI tools for controlled drafting, summarisation and workflow acceleration.


• LinkedIn and relevant scheduling/analytics tools.


• Canva, Adobe Express or equivalent design\-collaboration tools, with support from design and content colleagues.

• At least 5 years’ experience in PR, communications, media relations, corporate communications, executive communications or strategic communications.


• Proven experience building and maintaining media relationships.


• Strong understanding of what makes a story relevant to different media types: national, trade, business, regional, sector, startup, investor\-facing, health and technology.


• Excellent written communication skills.


• Strong press judgement: you must know when a story is strong, when it is weak and how to find the right angle.


• Experience managing outreach pipelines, media lists, follow\-ups, CRM records, publication timelines and coverage reports.


• Comfort working in a fast\-moving founder\-led or senior\-leadership\-led company.


• Ability to work cross\-functionally with design, content, marketing, product, engineering and operations.


• Strong organi

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