Director of Communications, Empatica
+ Employee stock options
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Medical wearables and AI
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Medical wearables and AI
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Employee stock options
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
To create groundbreaking technology that is friendly, caring, and more human.
Role
Who you are
- Background in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, or related field
- 5+ years of progressive experience in external communications or public relations, including leadership responsibility
- Fluency in spoken and written English is a must
- Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills
- Experience in digital health, healthcare technology, or medical devices is a plus
- Proven success in media relations and securing coverage in top-tier and industry publications
- Experience advising executives and preparing spokespeople
- Strong strategic thinking skills with the ability to connect communications efforts to business and growth outcomes
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment
- A firm sense of accountability, with a pragmatic and execution mindset
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
What the job involves
- As the Director of Communications, you will lead Empatica’s external communications strategy, shaping how our company, technology, and impact are understood across healthcare audiences, including large pharma companies, hospital systems, clinicians, and patients
- You will drive our brand visibility and position Empatica as a thought leader in digital health and wearable technology
- The role works closely with executive leadership and cross-functional teams to support business growth, product innovation, and thought leadership in digital health
- Develop and execute a comprehensive external communications strategy aligned with company goals and brand positioning
- Lead corporate messaging, narrative development, and brand voice across all external channels
- Oversee development of high-impact external content, including press releases, media materials, blog posts, executive bylines, presentations, and case studies
- Build and manage strong relationships with national, healthcare, technology, and trade media
- Drive proactive media outreach, press strategy, announcements, and executive visibility opportunities
- Identify and secure speaking engagements, awards, and thought leadership opportunities for company leaders
- Serve as a strategic communications advisor to senior leadership, including preparation for interviews, panels, and public appearances
- Partner cross-functionally with Marketing, Product, Clinical, Regulatory, and Leadership teams to support product launches, research publications, partnerships, and company milestones
- Manage agency partners and external PR vendors as needed
- Monitor media coverage, industry trends, and competitive positioning to inform strategy
- Define and track key performance metrics for communications impact and regularly report results to leadership
Our take
Empatica is an MIT Media Lab spinoff that designs medical grade wearables for collecting and interpreting physiological data. Among the many companies looking to capitalize on tech developments to create fine-tuned personal health monitoring wearables, Empatica stands out both for its quality of product and remarkable applications.
The Embrace wrist device was the first to be FDA cleared as a seizure alert solution for adults and children aged 6 and up, and Empatica has partnered with NASA’s Translational Research Institute, the US government’s BARDA DRIVe initiative, and the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command, along with private organizations looking to improve health outcomes for employees and recovering addicts.
It’s continuing to develop new products with outstanding applications in other fields, too, making substantial progress in the field of remote patient monitoring and early detection of infectious transmissions. With the company’s rapid growth, partnered with demonstrable success in the growing market of remote care, Empatica looks set to carve out an impressive position going forwards.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Aug 2022
$30.7m
SERIES B
Jun 2020
$0.8m
GRANT
Total funding: $38.4m
Company benefits
- Stock options
- Flexible work hours
- Free Kindle
- Personal growth programs
- Free healthy lunch every day
- Summer retreat in Sardinia
- Gym membership
- Health insurance
- Remote working
Company HQ
Downtown Crossing, Boston, MA
Leadership
Matteo Lai
(Co-Founder & CEO)A computer science graduate turned serial entrepreneur, who co-founded C-Lab Association, Taaac Srl, and Shicon before cofounding Empatica in 2011.
Simone Tognetti
(Co-Founder & CTO)A PhD graduate whose research focused on the measurement of emotions from physiological data in real-life. Subsequently worked as a Software Engineer at Taaac.
Rosalind Picard
(Co-Founder & Chief Scientist)Rosalind has been an MIT professor for over three decades, serving as the Director of Affective Computing Research and Co-Director of Advancing Wellness. Also co-founded Affectiva.
Maurizio Garbarino
(Co-Founder & Chief Software Architect)With a PhD in computer science, subsequently held a Graduate Teaching Assistant position at the Politecnico di Milano before moving on to a Software Engineering role at Taaac.
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