Global PR & Thought Leadership Lead

New York Technology Partners; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

New York Technology Partners seeks a senior communications leader to head a global speakers bureau aligned to business priorities and executive expertise. You will shape narratives, prepare materials, and manage submissions with editorial judgment and AI-assisted research.

You will own awards strategy, tracking opportunities across technology, AI, transformation, and client impact, and collaborate with PR, marketing and product teams to amplify wins across earned media and internal channels.

Qualifications

• Lead a strategic global speakers bureau aligned to business priorities, key narratives and executive expertise.
• Maintain a forward-looking tracker of speaking engagements and opportunities, ensuring accurate reporting, deadline management and media-value identification.
• Research and evaluate high-impact speaking opportunities across business, technology and marketing events.
• Manage speaker submissions end to end, drafting abstracts, positioning and materials with AI-assisted research and strong editorial judgment.
• Maintain a centralized library of executive bios, headshots, past sessions and speaker assets for efficient, consistent submissions.
• Partner with executives and marketing leaders to develop session narratives that showcase technology expertise, product innovation and client impact.
• Prepare senior executives for priority speaking opportunities with relevant, distinctive and aligned messaging.

Responsibilities

• Lead global awards strategy, prioritizing recognition across technology, AI, innovation, transformation, leadership and client impact.
• Maintain a global awards calendar and tracker with clear prioritization, reporting and deadline management.
• Identify high-impact awards and recognition opportunities for executives, products and client work.
• Manage awards submissions end to end, coordinating stakeholders, evidence and high-quality narratives.
• Apply strategic storytelling and editorial judgment using innovation, outcomes and transformation proof points.
• Partner with PR, marketing and product teams to amplify wins through media, executive, social and internal channels.

Job description

New York Technology Partners seeks a senior communications leader to head a global speakers bureau aligned to business priorities and executive expertise. You will shape narratives, prepare materials, and manage submissions with editorial judgment and AI-assisted research.

You will own awards strategy, tracking opportunities across technology, AI, transformation, and client impact, and collaborate with PR, marketing and product teams to amplify wins across earned media and internal channels.