Account Director, Cybersecurity & Enterprise

Mission North•San Francisco, NY

3d•Remote

About The Position

Mission North is a strategic communications agency for consequential companies to build, protect, and renew their impact. Market-shaping brands like Brex, Canva, Ginkgo Bioworks, Google, LinkedIn, Mozilla, Rubrik, Snowflake, and Zoom have turned to us to navigate change and accelerate growth at every stage. Our award-winning culture of curiosity allows us to attract the best communicators and mobilize them around tackling some of the world’s biggest challenges. Our stories about breakthrough innovations and movements—and the iconic teams behind them—have influenced hundreds of billions of dollars in market value. Join our vibrant communications agency dedicated to nurturing dynamic professionals seeking a career embedded in purpose and impact. We're looking for a proactive, curious, and impact-driven Director to lead day-to-day client programs and support growth within our Cybersecurity and Cloud/AI Infrastructure accounts. You’ll play a hands-on role in delivering excellence for our Enterprise Technology Group while mentoring a high-performing team.

Requirements

A minimum of 10 years of communications or agency PR agency experience, preferably with cybersecurity companies or related industries.
Demonstrated experience developing, directing, and executing strategic communications programs that blend PR, content marketing, social media, and data storytelling.
Experience helping disruptive technology companies develop compelling messaging, storylines, and thought leadership platforms.
Are passionate about how these technologies are redefining how we live and work.
Established relationships with key media and influencers who cover cybersecurity, AI, and broader enterprise technology.
Experience running integrated PR programs to amplify narratives and storylines across multiple channels and platforms.
Experience working with household names and emerging/disruptor brands in B2B technology, including data and cloud infrastructure, applied AI, cybersecurity, business process optimization, SaaS and other key elements of the modern business technology stack.
Self-motivated. Holds self and teams accountable to deliver premium quality work.

Nice To Haves

Experience pitching new business is a plus.

Responsibilities

Oversee a portfolio of Cybersecurity and Enterprise Tech clients; leading end-to-end execution of PR campaigns and programs, teams and stakeholders.
Be a trusted strategic partner to your clients and a motivating team leader to your account teams.
Synthesize complex technical concepts into compelling narratives and storylines that resonate with business, trade media, and new media alike.
Draft strategic deliverables, including campaign plans, media pitches, speaking and award submissions.
Engage with traditional and non-traditional media to drive awareness and secure coverage for clients.
Seek out creative ways to connect the dots between news cycles and client opportunities.
Serve as a key contributor in new business, including ideating and conceptualizing narratives, strategies and storylines, in partnership with senior leaders, and overseeing junior team members on building out content.
Cultivate the agency’s sphere of influence with agency peers, VCs, etc.
Manage 1-2 direct reports.