Public Relations Vice President - US Job at Hotwire - US in San Francisco

This full-time role at Hotwire is hybrid and open to our office locations - San Francisco or New York

About you...

You are an experienced leader with deep knowledge in various B2B sectors in agency settings. Building talented teams is what you do best, and you're looking for the opportunity to put your stake in the ground as a leader in a fast-growing, global agency.

You love B2B tech and can't explain why, but the opportunity to work with senior leaders at both enterprise and startup companies excites you. You have deep agency roots but may have also spent time inside tech companies and running communications for multiple business units.

Advising CMOs is your sweet spot and you're not afraid to challenge the status quo. You have a strong network, like to attend industry events and you have the ability to put that network to work for you. You're ambitious, creative, entrepreneurial and a natural relationship builder.

About us...

We are the pre-eminent global tech communications and marketing consultancy. We are a group of expert communicators and marketers who are fanatical about tech and are here to help businesses ignite their possibilities. Our local experience and global scale allow us to deliver bold but pragmatic guidance to tech companies all over the world.

When you work with us, we connect and support you in a way that allows you to achieve limitless success and career growth. For years now, we've been named a Best Place to Work by PR Week, PRNews and Crain's New York

We are looking for an exceptional person to join our North America team as a Vice President.

A Vice President runs a team and client portfolio, delivering on targeted revenues, taking responsibility for client and team satisfaction. You run your practice area like a business within a business, motivating your team to deliver excellent client service, growing your client portfolio and developing the careers of your team. You will enable your team to take on increasing responsibility, while acting as a resource for high level strategic counsel and a trouble shooter when things don't go to plan. You will be an ambassador for Hotwire, both within the agency and externally, championing our values, initiatives and goals and presenting a united front to the junior team, who want to see clear and unified leadership and direction.

Daily, you will:

• Own client relationships and manage accounts spanning all B2B technology sectors (Emerging Tech, FinTech, Industrial Tech, Enterprise Tech, Marketing & e-Commerce)
• Maintain or exceed a revenue target portfolio of business totaling between $1 - 1.5M within 1 year in role
• Deliver outstanding strategic counsel to clients as a business consultant, able to identify pain points and build strategy and plans to solve them
• Drive teams to deliver outcomes
• Demonstrate account and organizational leadership that sets the standard for your teams
• Own client strategy to meet and exceed client business goals and objectives
• Contribute to the success of the consultancy by pitching and winning new business and investing in developing skills across the organization
• Collaborate with colleagues and clients across the US and around the world
• Mentor and manage junior team members, creating paths for success and career development
• Execute strong written and presentation communication skills, with the comfort to present ideas and make a case to clients and partner agencies
• Display proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, especially PowerPoint, Excel and Word

You'll Bring:

• 10 + years of experience in agency communications with progressively increasing responsibility
• Expertise in corporate and financial communications
• Previous agency or consultancy experience
• A deep interest and existing network in the B2B technology industry
• Experience running communications for large-scale technology B2B and B2C brands
• Entrepreneurial mind set and a desire for continuous learning
• Experience managing remote teams (preferred)

Why Us:

• Flexibility - We understand that life doesn't always fit around the 9-5; and that work/life integration is crucial.
• Global Reach & Opportunity - You will have the opportunity to work within global teams and travel within the US and globally to connect with clients and colleagues.
• Great Benefits - Strong benefits package includes paid time off, holidays, sick leave, cultural celebration days off, paid time off for community involvement, medical, dental and vision insurance, disability and life insurance, 401K match and a paid 6-week sabbatical after every 4 years of continuous employment. Hotwire offers a variety of bonus opportunities including business development, annual company bonuses and referral bonuses. Additional benefits include wellness allowance, internet, and phone reimbursement.
• Development Opportunities - A strong learning and development program with training opportunities at all levels.
• Autonomy - The freedom and support to be limitless, and the opportunity to own your career and create the future you want.
• Variety - No day is the same as the last. Both within our own walls, and with our clients, we navigate change daily and there's always an opportunity to stretch your skills, learn something new, seek out a new challenge, and gain expertise.
• Our Amazing Team - We are connected, ambitious, and friendly. We don't step on toes to get ahead, we build each other up, develop and teach each other and understand that each person's individual success is a win for all.

We engage in Thoughtful Working, empowering our talent to determine the best way to work for our clients, our team and Hotwire every single day.

Compensation Range: $125K-$187K, depending on level of experience

The range listed is just one component of Hotwire's total compensation package for employees, which includes bonus opportunities and a variety of benefits mentioned above. Hotwire takes into consideration a candidate's education, training, and experience, as well as the position's work location, expected work to be performed, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees. A potential new employee's salary history will not be used in compensation decisions,