Corporate Communications Senior Manager #4544

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute strategic corporate communications plans that enhance GRAIL’s reputation and support business priorities.
• Shape corporate narratives, messaging, and communications materials for company milestones, data announcements, partnerships, and other external-facing initiatives.
• Translate complex scientific, clinical, and business information into clear, compelling, audience-appropriate messages across platforms.
• Manage public relations agency partners in the development, editing and distribution of press releases, media resource materials, videos, social media and digital content, and other communications assets.
• Lead proactive media outreach, coordinate interviews, manage inbound media inquiries, and work with agency partners to identify timely media opportunities.
• Support issues management and reactive communications, including message development, media response, and stakeholder engagement.
• Oversee media monitoring and coverage analysis; manage agency and vendor partners in the development of regular reports and insights.
• Manage communications budgets, vendors, and agency workflows to ensure high-quality execution and measurable impact.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in public relations, communications, journalism, or related field
• 7+ years of public relations, corporate communications, or external communications experience, ideally in FDA-regulated healthcare, life sciences, diagnostics, biotechnology, or other relevant sectors
• Exceptional writing, editing, storytelling, and verbal communication skills
• Proven ability to translate complex scientific, clinical, technical, or business topics into clear and compelling communications
• Strong media relations experience, including proactive pitching, reporter relationship-building, interview coordination, and media inquiry management
• Strong strategic thinking, judgment, problem-solving skills, and attention to detail
• Experience managing PR agencies, vendors, budgets, and cross-functional communications projects
• Familiarity with media monitoring, PR analytics, social media, and digital communications tools, including the use of emerging AI tools.

Physical Demands & Working Environment

• Hours and days may vary depending on operational needs.
• Working with dry ice may be necessary.
• Standing or sitting for long periods of time may be necessary.
• May be exposed to hazardous materials, blood specimens and instruments with moving parts, heating or freezing elements, and high speed centrifugation.
• Repetitive manual pipetting may be necessary.…