Head of PR & Communications

Location:

Fully remote

Employment:

Full-time

Reports to:

VP of Marketing

Teamflect is looking for a PR and communications lead with a deep, active network across US HR and enterprise tech media. You have done this for other B2B companies, you know the editors by name, and one email from you gets a story in front of the right journalist.

About Teamflect.

Teamflect is the performance management platform built natively inside Microsoft Teams and Outlook. Performance reviews, goals and OKRs, 360 feedback, 1-on-1s, engagement surveys, recognition, development plans, succession planning and an AI agent all live where people already work, with no new app to adopt. Organizations worldwide run their performance cycles on Teamflect, and we are a fast-growing scale-up of around 50 people.

Why this role matters.

Customers who find Teamflect stay with it. Now we want HR leaders and Microsoft 365 decision makers to hear about us before they ever start searching. You will lead that, with earned coverage at the core and paid media only as a complement.

What you'll do

Earned media and press relations

• Activate and grow your relationships with journalists, editors and analysts across HR tech, HR leadership and Microsoft ecosystem press (for example HR Dive, SHRM, HR Executive, Redmond Magazine, Petri, and relevant Microsoft-focused podcasts and newsletters).
• Pitch stories, data angles and customer stories that earn coverage on merit, not through pay-to-play placements.
• Secure interview opportunities for our executives and prepare them with briefing notes and talking points.

Executive thought leadership

• Develop a clear point of view for our founders and leaders on performance management, employee experience and work inside Microsoft 365\.
• Ghostwrite or co-write bylined articles and place them in target outlets.
• Find and secure speaking slots at HR and Microsoft ecosystem conferences, webinars and podcasts, and own submissions end to end.

Launch and milestone communications

• Build a rolling 12-month communications calendar tied to product launches, funding or growth milestones, partnerships and customer wins.
• Write press releases, media kits, announcement copy and supporting messaging.
• Keep a steady monthly drumbeat of visibility rather than one-off spikes.

Paid media (as a complement)

• Recommend and manage selective sponsored content, award entries or paid placements where they add clear value on top of earned coverage.

Measurement and collaboration

• Track coverage, share of voice, backlinks, speaking slots and inbound interest from PR, and report results monthly.
• Work closely with marketing, SEO and sales so coverage feeds our website, social channels and sales conversations.

What we're looking for

Must have

• A strong, active network of US journalists, editors and producers across HR, workplace and enterprise tech media. You can name who you would call at HR Dive, SHRM, HR Executive or Redmond Magazine, and they pick up.
• 7\+ years in PR or media relations, agency side, in-house or both, with a portfolio of earned coverage you secured for B2B SaaS or tech companies.
• Proven results placing executives: interviews, bylines, podcast appearances and conference speaking slots you can point to.
• Launch and milestone communications delivered for several companies, ideally as a boutique agency lead or senior consultant serving startups and scale-ups.
• A writer editors trust. Your pitches are short, newsworthy and get answered.
• Startup speed and judgment. You go after the placements that matter and deliver without a large team behind you.

Nice to have

• HR tech or HR software experience.
• Knowledge of the Microsoft ecosystem and its media, partner and event landscape (for example Microsoft Ignite).
• Experience running communications for product launches and company milestones at a scale-up.
• Experience working with a globally distributed team.
• Analyst relations experience (for example The Josh Bersin Company, RedThread Research or Gartner).