Head of PR & Communications; Remote

Position: Head of PR & Communications (Remote )
Are you a bold communications leader with a passion for B2B storytelling and a builder's mentality? Do you thrive at the intersection of PR, media, influencer strategy, and organic social and love to build and operate? Then you may be the Head of PR & Communications of our dreams.

Directive is a leading marketing agency for B2B and SaaS companies. We've built a reputation as the go-to agency for enterprise brands that want to solve complex B2B advertising challenges.

This is a rare opportunity to be the key leader of a growing practice area, defining how Directive’s clients are discoverable across PR, influencer, and organic social.

We've experienced significant growth and have stayed true to our culture: the best idea wins. We're future-focused and are looking for the right communications leader — someone who's equal parts strategist, builder, and storyteller — to join us at this pivotal moment.

The Role
The Head of PR & Communications is a senior player-coach who brings deep subject matter expertise across PR, Influencer, and Organic Social and knows how to operationalize that expertise into a high-performing team and great client results. You'll work directly with mid-market and enterprise B2B accounts as executive sponsor and set the standard for quality, and develop your team and processes that allow the practice to grow.

This role reports to the Managing Director, who is leading Directive's communications division. You'll be key leadership within that vision, responsible for executing at a high level, holding your team accountable, and ensuring clients get exceptional work every engagement.

Key Responsibilities

Partner with the Managing Director to operate Directive's communications division across PR, Influencer, and Organic Social

Serve as a subject matter expert across all three practice areas. You set the standard of excellence and champion your team.

Manage the division P&L, including revenue targets, staffing models, utilization, and margin

Serve as the senior exec sponsor on communications accounts, delivering strategic counsel to C-suite and senior marketing stakeholders, as a point of escalation

Interface with the Head of Client Strategy to ensure service lines work seamlessly together.

Build, manage, and develop a team of communications professionals by hiring, onboarding, coaching, and holding them to a high bar

Create and enforce quality standards and delivery frameworks that produce consistently excellent client work

Develop integrated communications strategies for B2B clients across earned, shared, and owned channels

Cultivate and maintain strong media relationships across trade, business, and tech press

Lead B2B influencer strategy, identifying the right voices — from analysts to industry creators — to amplify client narratives

Oversee organic social strategy as an extension of communications, ensuring your team maintains brand voice consistency and audience engagement

Assist in driving new business development: act as a subject matter expert from operations on client proposals in partnership with the Managing Director and Growth team.

Identify and execute cross-sell opportunities in partnership with Directive's other service lines.

Establish KPIs and reporting frameworks that tie communications programs to real business outcomes

Contribute thought leadership internally and externally to establish Directive's communications practice in the market

Recruit, develop, and retain top communications talent

What You Offer / Qualifications

10+ years of experience in communications and PR

Experience in the B2B sector

Agency experience a must

Deep expertise across PR, media relations, influencer, and organic social — you can do the work, teach the work, and raise the bar on the work

Experience managing a P&L and owning the operational health of a team or practice

Strong media relationships and a track record of earning meaningful coverage in trade, business, and tech press for B2B clients

Proven ability to develop and execute B2B influencer programs, including analysts, industry thought leaders, and emerging creator channels (podcasts, Substacks, Linked In)

Experience developing organic social strategy as…