RA Capital Management is a multi-stage investment manager dedicated to evidence-based investing in public and private healthcare, life sciences, and planetary health companies. For more than 20 years, RA Capital creates and funds innovative companies, from private seed rounds to public follow-on financings, allowing management teams to drive value creation from inception through commercialization and beyond. RA Capital's knowledge engine is guided by our TechAtlas internal research division, and RA Ventures (RAven), RA Capital’s healthcare incubator, which offers entrepreneurs and innovators a collaborative and comprehensive platform to explore the novel and the re-imagined. RA Capital has more than 150 employees and over $10 billion in assets under management.
In today’s distracted world, great ideas need inspired communications planning to find their audiences. RA Capital is one of the world’s leading investors in biotechnology and planetary health solutions. We’re scientists, innovators and engineers who build and fund companies working on technologies that can transform the world. For over 20 years, we’ve invested in companies that turn breakthrough science into medicines that are now curing millions of people of their diseases - and we are just getting started. We have important stories to tell and news to share and we are building the team to do it.
We're looking for a scrappy Communications Planner to join our team and turbocharge our reach and impact by amplifying RA Capital’s insights, content, and news across paid, organic, and influencer channels. We have important stories to tell and news to share with audiences from the general public to sophisticated investors. What we do is serious, but we have a lot of fun doing it: think culture hacking + media planning + creative audience growth + performance optimization that make the world healthier. The ideal planner will help us uplevel our content distribution, “show up” in surprising and entertaining ways, grow our audiences, fuel stakeholder engagement and help us win hearts and minds as we move the conversation about healthcare into mainstream culture.
We want the American public to be
as hyped about science and biotechnology innovation as we are at RA Capital, and take pride in the role they play in helping create a healthier future (e.g. through their taxes, savings, and insurance premiums).
Our goal is to make biomedical innovation fun, real and personal; bring inspired science to life; and turn the American public into fans through engaging, entertaining and well-placed media, content and experiences. If you have a media mindset that’s up to the challenge, we’d like to hear from you.
Primary Responsibilities
- Develop and execute comprehensive distribution strategies across owned, earned, and paid channels for RA Capital properties - RApport.bio, Gateway, RAU, Raven and RA Capital Management
- Plan, manage, and optimize paid media campaigns across LinkedIn and other relevant platforms for maximum organic reach and engagement
- Build and maintain relationships with platform partners, industry influencers, and media vendors
- Create audience targeting strategies for biotech and planetary health investors
- Own analytics across all content and provide actionable insights to content team
- Ensure RA Capital Management maintains a prominent share of voice in Biotech and Planetary Health conversations online
Key Skills
- Social media management platforms (e.g., Sprout)
- Media planning and buying tools
- Analytics platforms (Google Analytics, Sprout, social platform analytics)
- Budget management and ROI tracking tools
- Marketing automation platforms
- CRM systems
- SEO/SEM tools
- Experience with scientific/technical content distribution
- Knowledge of biotech industry media landscape
- Detail-oriented with strong project management abilities
- Strategic thinker with strong analytical skills
- Relentlessly curious
- Results-oriented with focus on measurable outcomes
- Excellent relationship builder
- Collaborative team player
- Good sense of humor
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years experience in communications planning/media strategy
- Proven track record managing B2C and/or B2B content distribution
- Experience with biotech/healthcare industry communications
- Strong understanding of paid social platforms, particularly LinkedIn
- Expertise in audience targeting and segmentation
- Analytics and budget management experience
- Understanding of compliance requirements in regulated industries
- Authorized to work in the US
RA Capital is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you require an accommodation during the interview process, please reach out to careers@racap.com for assistance.
