Public Relations Lead

About Kinaxis

Elevate your career journey by embracing a new challenge with Kinaxis. We are experts in tech, but it’s really our people who give us passion to always seek ways to do things better. As such, we’re serious about your career growth and professional development, because People matter at Kinaxis.  

In 1984, we started out as a team of three engineers. Today, we have grown to become a global organization with over 2000 employees around the world, with a brand-new HQ based in Kanata North in Ottawa. As one of Canada’s Top Employers, we are proud to work with our customers and employees towards solving some of the biggest challenges facing supply chains today.

At Kinaxis, we power the world’s supply chains to help preserve the planet’s resources and enrich the human experience. As a global leader in end-to-end supply chain management, we enable supply chain excellence for all industries, with more than 40,000 users in over 100 countries. We are expanding our team as we continue to innovate and revolutionize how we support our customers.

Location

This is a remote position. You can work from home and be located anywhere in Canada, please note if you are located in Ottawa we work a hybrid schedule where you will be expected to be in office 3 days per week.

About The Team

The Public Relations Lead brings extensive professional experience and is a strategic corporate storyteller with a journalistic mindset who delivers results that drive the success of our business and our people. Collaborative and curious, you can identify and articulate compelling stories and turn them into effective coverage. You understand the full spectrum of owned, earned, and paid media, and use your capacity to the fullest to leverage them for maximum effect. While working in collaboration with a range of internal and external stakeholders, you think globally, you empower and inspire those around you and you contribute to a culture of creativity and continuous improvement.

What you will do

• Influence, manage and execute a strategic global PR strategy that amplifies our success and the success of our customers, and differentiates us in a rapidly evolving market.
• Act as an embedded reporter and storyteller, sourcing new and interesting stories from within Kinaxis and developing them to share with the world.
• Cultivate and grow relationships with journalists to earn media coverage that promotes our mission, strategy, capabilities and successes.
• Work collaboratively across the company, including marketing, sales, investor relations, analyst relations and executive leadership, to align and prioritize the most effective PR activity.
• Work with key internal spokespeople to deliver comprehensive and timely briefings; identify and lead media training for select spokespeople.
• Ensure orchestrated execution of PR activity for maximum impact across all audiences and channels.
• Ensure PR output is available for sales enablement and that value is communicated and celebrated internally.
• Measure and analyze results consistently. Develop, maintain and enhance PR analytics and provide high-level weekly and monthly reports.
• Manage PR agencies in North America, EMEA and APAC, as well as internal PR specialists.
• Manage PR vendors including distribution and monitoring services.
• Establish relationships and work closely with customers and partners on joint PR activity.
• Support development and maintenance of PR scorecard to track and measure program success.
  
  

What we are looking for

• University or college degree in related field.
• 5-7 years progressive experience in B2B Public Relations, ideally within SaaS or supply chain environment.
• Professional media skills and established relationships with technology, business and/or supply chain journalists. Demonstrates diversity, equity, and inclusion in their work.
• Experience managing PR agencies.
• Experience working with senior executives at the C level.
• Advanced project management and process capability, with superb attention to detail and deadline management.
• Strategically minded, collaborative with demonstrable understanding of how the PR and communications function serves and supports the business.
• A journalistic ability to source stories, outstanding written and verbal communications skills, and ability to distill complex technology and business information into clear, concise and compelling messaging.
• Professionally skilled and savvy in social/digital communications.
• Ability to form relationships with and provide communications counsel to colleagues at all levels.
• Deep experience in media relations and issues management having played a role as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on high-profile reputational risks and opportunities.
• Energetic and enthusiastic with strong presentation skills.
  
  

#Full-time #Intermediate

Work With Impact: Our platform directly helps companies power the world’s supply chains. We see the results of what we do out in the world every day—when we see store shelves stocked, when medications are available for our loved ones, and so much more.

Work with Fortune 500 Brands: Companies across industries trust us to help them take control of their integrated business planning and digital supply chain. Some of our customers include Lockheed Martin, Yamaha, P&G, Honda, and more.

Social Responsibility at Kinaxis: Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee weighs in on hiring practices, talent assessment training materials, and mandatory training on unconscious bias and inclusion fundamentals. Sustainability is key to what we do and we’re committed to net-zero operations strategy for the long term. We are involved in our communities and support causes where we can make the most impact.

People matter at Kinaxis and these are some of the perks and benefits we created for our team:

• Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days (company-wide day off on the last Friday of every month)
• Flexible work options
• Physical and mental well-being programs
• Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes
• Mentorship programs and training and career development
• Recognition programs and referral rewards
• Hackathons
  
  

For more information, visit the Kinaxis web site at www.kinaxis.com or the company’s blog at http://blog.kinaxis.com . Kinaxis strongly encourages diverse candidates to apply to our welcoming community. We strive to make our website and application process accessible to any and all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please contact us at [email protected] . This contact information is for accessibility requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

Kinaxis is committed to ensuring a fair and transparent recruitment process. We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the initial step of the recruitment process to compare submitted resumes against the job description, to identify candidates whose education, experience and skills most closely match the requirements of the role. After the initial screening, all subsequent decisions regarding your application, including final selection, are made by our human recruitment team. AI does not make any final hiring decisions.