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VP, Communications

Function Health · United States - Remote · Remote

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About Function Health

It’s time you own your health. Function includes 160+ lab tests and personalized protocols for instant action. Tracked over time in one secure place. Backed by Battery, General Catalyst and a16z.

About the role

Function is how you manage your lifelong health. The mission is to empower 8 billion people to live 100 healthy years. We've created a new category in health. Named a TIME100 Most Influential Company. Raised $350M from investors ranging from a16z to Kevin Hart. We started with lab testing three years ago and are quickly building a full-stack health system. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Own the earned media strategy that keeps Function Health consistently top of mind — securing and sustaining coverage across top-tier business, health, and lifestyle press, podcasters, YouTube creators
  • Leverage established relationships with reporters, editors, and producers at major business and consumer outlets, turning Function into a go-to source and story
  • Identify and act on cultural moments, trends, and news cycles where Function Health has a credible, timely point of view
  • Partner with Marketing to integrate talent, influencer, and creator engagement into broader brand and launch strategies
  • Set standards for how the brand engages with press, talent and creators, ensuring alignment with Function's medical credibility and consumer trust
  • Serve as a strategic communications partner and spokesperson-prep lead for the executive team and founders, including media training and message development
More about this role

Function is how you manage your lifelong health. The mission is to empower 8 billion people to live 100 healthy years. We've created a new category in health. Named a TIME100 Most Influential Company. Raised $350M from investors ranging from a16z to Kevin Hart. We started with lab testing three years ago and are quickly building a full-stack health system.

Function now reaches over a million people owning their health in a new way — far beyond biohackers and health nuts. It's popular coast to coast, across a wide range of incomes. Function is $1 a day, for what could otherwise cost thousands and be accessible only to a select few.

We're growing our team very selectively. World-class talent only. You must be driven by the mission to materially impact how people live globally. The right person has a bias toward action and a growth mindset. There's no time to waste, and hard work is required. The reward is career-defining purpose and upside.

Function Health is hiring a VP, Communications to build and lead our next-generation communications function from the ground up. This is a rare opportunity to shape how a category-defining health company shows up in the world — not through paid...

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