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Ennoble Care, a mobile primary care, palliative care, and hospice service provider operating across 11 states (NY, NJ, MD, DC, VA, OK, KS, PA, TX, FL, GA), is seeking its first Head of Communications to lead all external and internal communications strategy and execution.
As the company's inaugural communications leader, you will serve as the executive voice and media spokesperson, managing external PR firm(s) and advisors while building the communications function from the ground up. This role starts as an individual contributor with the opportunity to build a team as the company scales.
Key responsibilities include:
- Developing and owning Ennoble Care's overall PR strategy, including thought leadership priorities, target media outlets, conference speaking, and industry awards aligned with enterprise growth
- Building and maintaining relationships with healthcare trade media (Home Health Care News, McKnight's, STAT News), national business, and regional outlets
- Managing retained PR firms and external advisors—setting strategy, managing budgets, and holding them accountable for results
- Positioning the CEO and leadership team as credible voices in home-based and palliative care through conference speaking (NAHC, LPF, HLTH, HIMSS), bylines, op-eds, and industry awards
- Leading issues and crisis communications in collaboration with legal, compliance, and operations, maintaining HIPAA-compliant protocols
- Owning internal communications for a distributed, multi-state workforce—leadership messages, company announcements, and change communications
- Partnering cross-functionally with marketing and social media teams to ensure unified company voice
- Defining and reporting on KPIs including earned media, share of voice, and employee engagement
The role is remote with up to 20% travel required.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- 7+ years in communications or public relations, including both internal and external communications; ideally in home-based care, value-based care, or healthcare. Bachelor's degree in communications, journalism, or related field required.
- Established healthcare media relationships (or demonstrated ability to build them quickly) and proven track record positioning executives as credible public voices
- Experience directing PR agencies and vendors against clear goals
- Exceptional writing skills across multiple formats: employee announcements, press releases, speeches, op-eds
- Comfortable as a first communications hire—able to build structure, set priorities, and move quickly while collaborating effectively with marketing and social media teams
- Proven ability to thrive in fast-paced, scaling environments similar to startups; comfortable with ambiguity, adaptability, and delivering with agility
