Remote Senior PR Manager for Impact & Thought Leadership

Kiva.org; Minneota (MN); Remote; USD 91,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k matching

Unlimited PTO

Professional development

Job summary

Kiva is seeking a Senior Manager, Public Relations to lead the PR and media backbone of our Communications & Influence team. This role spans public relations, media strategy, partner campaigns, thought leadership amplification, and analytics, requiring a leader who can both set direction and execute details across focus areas.

The Senior Manager will support the Director with PR, media, and thought leadership, drawing on borrower stories, impact stats, and outcome metrics to fuel external media

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in public relations and media relations, including direct media pitching, journalist relationship management, and securing earned coverage.
• Experience developing and executing thought leadership strategy, including narrative development, channel activation, and positioning senior leaders as industry voices.
• Experience managing multi-partner communications or marketing campaigns, coordinating execution across internal teams and external partner organizations simultaneously.
• Preferred: experience working within a PR agency, or managing a PR agency relationship client-side.
• Preferred: working knowledge of Sprout (or an equivalent social publishing and listening platform), Air (or an equivalent digital asset management system), Looker (or an equivalent data and reporting tool), Dovetail (or an equivalent research and insights repository), and Salesforce (or an equivalent CRM).

Responsibilities

• Public relations and media – 40%: support PR and thought leadership goals and manage day-to-day PR firm relationships.
• Identify, shape, and execute public-facing campaigns end-to-end with Strategic Partners, Lending Partners, hubs, and granting organizations.
• Thought leadership amplification – own LinkedIn strategy and content amplification across channels.
• Analytics, Insights & Amplification – own team reporting and share learnings with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Public relations

Media relations

Thought leadership

Campaign management

Agency collaboration

Tools

Sprout

Looker

Salesforce

Dovetail

Air

Job description

Kiva is seeking a Senior Manager, Public Relations to lead the PR and media backbone of our Communications & Influence team. This role spans public relations, media strategy, partner campaigns, thought leadership amplification, and analytics, requiring a leader who can both set direction and execute details across focus areas.

The Senior Manager will support the Director with PR, media, and thought leadership, drawing on borrower stories, impact stats, and outcome metrics to fuel external media