Sr Manager, Public Relations

Healthcare’s helping hand.

CHG shook things up in 1979 by inventing the locum tenens staffing model. We connect doctors with patients who need their care. As the largest physician staffing firm in America, our providers treat millions of patients each year.

Our industry is growing and demand is high. This means you’ll have plenty of opportunities to grow and develop in your career. Keeping healthcare healthy can be as fun as it is rewarding

CHG is hiring a Senior Manager, Public Relations, to join our marketing team. This role will elevate how CHG and its family of brands show up in the media. You will turn our communications strategy into earned coverage, manage our PR agency partner, and advise senior leaders on reputation and messaging. This is a hands-on role. You will draft, pitch, and run media outreach yourself while helping shape the strategy behind it.

Responsibilities

• Help shape the media relations strategy across brands and cultivate national and healthcare industry outlets, directly and through our PR agency

• Build and execute integrated PR plans aligned to business goals and the marketing strategy for multiple brands, including defining KPIs

• Write and edit press releases, media statements, talking points, fact sheets, and executive messaging. Partner with content and social teams to amplify coverage.

• Facilitate the PR agency relationship, including performance, scope, and budget recommendations

• Own and maintain an editorial calendar across brands

• Lead cross-functional response to significant issues with legal, HR, and executive partners, and own crisis playbook updates and spokesperson readiness

• Track coverage, share of voice, reach, message pull-through, and pipeline. Present insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders.

• Support the work to position executives and subject matter experts through bylines, speaking opportunities, awards, and industry commentary

Qualifications

• Executive presence and sound news judgment to advise senior leaders and coach spokespeople

• Delivers exceptional writing and editing, produced accurately on tight timelines

• Ability to balance competing priorities across divisions, executives, and agency partners, and stay steady in fast-moving situations

• Strong planning and attention to detail to manage calendars, approvals, and accuracy standards across multiple brands

• Ability to tie PR activity to business outcomes using measures such as share of voice, message pull-through, and sentiment

• Demonstrates integrity and discretion with confidential information 

• Collaborative team player and ability to build relationships across the organization

• Deals well with ambiguity and has worked in a complex industry or multi-brand organizations

• Adaptable and quick to pivot when priorities or results change

• Exceptional at vendor management

Education & Experience

• 8+ years of progressive experience in public relations or corporate communications, including direct media relations and managing an external agency

• Bachelor’s degree in public relations, communications, journalism, marketing, or a related field or relevant experience

Preferred

• Healthcare, staffing, or professional services industry experience

• Existing relationships with national or healthcare trade media

• Experience supporting executive thought leadership and awards programs

We believe in fair compensation for all of our people, which is why our pay structure takes into account the cost of labor across U.S. geographic markets. For this position, we offer a pay range of $104,000 -- $201,300 annually, with pay varying depending on work location and job-related factors such as knowledge, position level and experience. During the hiring process, your recruiter can provide more information about the specific salary range for the job location. 

CHG Healthcare offers starting salaries for sales positions in the form of total target compensation (TTC = base + commission + bonus), which includes base pay, commission, and bonuses. Sales positions receive short-term incentives through commission plans and bonuses. On the other hand, non-sales positions have starting salaries that consist of a base salary and short-term incentives through various bonus plans, which are paid out monthly, quarterly, or annually. 

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In return we offer:

• 401(k) retirement plan with company match

• Traditional healthcare benefits such as medical and dental coverage, and some unique benefits like onsite health centers, corporate wellness programs, and free behavioral health appointments.
• Flexible work schedules - including work-from-home options available
• Recognition programs with rewards including trips, cash, and paid time off
• Family-friendly benefits including paid parental leave, fertility coverage, adoption assistance, and marriage counseling
• Tailored training resources including free LinkedIn learning courses
• Volunteer time off and employee-driven matching grants
• Tuition reimbursement programs

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CHG Healthcare values a diverse and inclusive workforce. Interested in this role but not a perfect fit? Apply anyway.

We welcome applicants of any race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status and individuals with disabilities as an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. We are an at-will employer.

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