Boston Medical Center (BMC) · 19 hours ago
External Communications Senior Manager
Boston, MA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$90K/yr - $132K/yr
10+ years expBoston Medical Center (BMC) is dedicated to advancing discovery and access to care, partnering with communities, and developing scalable approaches to restore and maintain health. The External Communications Senior Manager oversees the strategic execution of external communications, focusing on media relations, thought leadership, and engagement to enhance BMC Health System’s profile and reputation.
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Responsibilities
Proactively identifies and develops breakthrough opportunities in collaboration with senior administrators and clinicians to draw attention to BMC Health System’s key focus areas
Provide executive communications support for strategic messaging, speaking opportunities, and conference management
Develops proactive media relations plans and manages media inquiries, ensuring opportunities align with BMC Health System strategies and objectives
Stays abreast of national and local health news and communications trends to forecast reputational headwinds and tailwinds and keep system leaders informed
Ensures value-consistent, quality, and compelling news and thought leadership content, including press releases, feature articles, op-eds, podcasts, blogs, speaker remarks, and social media posts
Works closely with leaders across BMC Health System hospitals, WellSense Health Plan, Clearway Health, Oakwell, Boston HealthNet, and other entities to identify reputational opportunities and manage risks
Serves as spokesperson across BMC Health System to manage reputational risks and respond to crisis situations
Identifies and develops spokespeople who can best represent BMC Health System in the media and external events, lead media training, and support speaking engagements
Oversee emergency communications and incident response media relations support for BMC Health System
Directly supervise a Communications Specialist. Assign work, performance manage, and promote professional development
Focus on driving BMC Health System’s key initiatives with metrics and reporting
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree required, and a minimum of ten years of external communications, media management, and related operational experience
Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
Proven ability to translate a strategic plan into tactical excellence
Capable of communications program development, implementation, metrics, and evaluation
Must be highly organized self-started, able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced and complex organizational environment
Proficient in standard client software in a healthcare office setting (i.e., MS Word, Excel, Access, Web Browsers, etc.)
Preferred
Master's degree preferred
At least five years of strategic planning and management of a team is preferred
Benefits
Highly subsidized health care plan for employees and their family members
Generous total compensation that includes, but is not limited to, benefits (medical, dental, vision, pharmacy)
Discretionary annual bonuses and merit increases
Flexible Spending Accounts
403(b) savings matches
Paid time off
Career advancement opportunities
Resources to support employee and family well-being
Company
Boston Medical Center (BMC)
Boston Medical Center (BMC) is a 511-bed, equity-led academic medical center and a proud member of the Boston Medical Center Health System.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Boston Medical Center (BMC) has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (53)
2024 (51)
2023 (51)
2022 (38)
2021 (26)
2020 (32)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$342.49MKey Investors
AmeriCorps Public AlliesNational Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)The Boston Foundation
2024-07-09Grant· $0.06M
2023-02-23Debt Financing· $232M
2019-04-23Grant· $89M
Leadership Team
David Beck
Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Counsel
Recent News
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