Head of PR, Americas

Job Description
 
We’re looking for a seasoned PR leader with deep experience in corporate and product tech communications to lead PR in the Americas. 
Leading a team distributed from our office in Austin, you’ll help us grow and make Wise a household name in the US and across the region.
You’ll do that by building a communications strategy that maximizes the product news pipeline, delivers global corporate announcements and brings Wise to life with creative and innovative consumer and B2B PR campaigns to ensure that Wise is well known in the policy press, and consumer and business press alike.
You’ll be comfortable handling complicated or tricky issues when they come up, and working with journalists to ensure that Wise’s reputation is upheld. You’re not daunted by industry jargon or technical details and know how to dive into the product to understand the details, and then simplify them for your audiences. 
You have a deep list of press contacts in tech, business and financial media. You’re proactive, creative and enjoy working in a fast-paced global team and organization. 
Key areas of focus for this role:
Owning Americas Communications
You’ll embed yourself within the NorthAm and LatAm cross-functional teams to own the news flow as our products grow in the region.
You’ll build and drive the communications strategy for Wise, working with your cross-functional partners across teams including product, engineering and expansion
You’ll build up and work with local spokespeople as well as company leadership
You’ll leverage the media relationships that already exist, and are able to add more
Supporting Global Corporate Communications
You’ll develop communications strategies that build awareness of Wise with influential national, business and tech media across the region, and handle issues when they arise
You’ll proactively build and execute PR programs that build Wise’s reputation and drive product awareness and, ultimately, adoption - delivering substantial media coverage, meaningful speaking opportunities for our regional and global spokespeople, and creating new ways to help us make the media and public aware of the problem we’re solving and how.
Leading our team and measuring success
You’ll lead our team of 3 and help them grow. You have experience coaching on functional expertise as well as the ability to manage business unit partners and agencies
You know what a high performance team looks like and have clear metrics for individual and team success
You believe in leading by example and are not afraid to get hands on, working side by side with the regional and global teams across the communications function and the broader organisation
Driving strategic global team initiatives forward as a leader within the global communications team
What you’ll need:
Strong, varied experience in corporate and product (consumer and/or B2B) communications. This could be in-house at a startup, tech company or in an agency. At least 12-15 years of experience, including in leadership roles
Experience working in financial services or technology companies, with deep expertise in understanding complex technical products and issues
Ability to scrutinise complex and technical data and complex concepts and turn them into simple and compelling messages
Innate understanding of what makes a good story for media and how to secure great quality media coverage 一 along with existing media relationships, and expertise in building new contacts
Experience working with company leaders and building the profiles of key spokespeople through speaking engagements, profile interviews, opinion and byline submissions and proactive pitches
Deep experience creating and delivering creative awareness-driving campaigns across consumer and/or business media
An ownership mindset with a hands-on, solutions and results driven approach
Ability to work proactively, independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, high-growth company
A genuine, enthusiastic interest in our mission and developing and communicating great ideas to make financial services fairer
Excellent written and spoken English
What you’ll get
We offer you a position in one of the UK’s foremost tech companies and a chance to truly be a part of something great. It goes without saying that you’ll be a part of a fun, friendly atmosphere, with plenty of opportunities to grow personally and professionally.
You’ll get a competitive salary, flexible work hours and international travel. Everyone gets shares in the company too, because we believe that what we’re building belongs to each of us
Key benefits: 
  RSU’s in a rapidly growing company after a year with us
Hybrid working model – A combination of work-from-home and from the office 
✈️  Wisers can work remotely for 90 days a year. By ‘remote’ we don’t just mean from home, but from wherever in the world you choose to
  An annual self-development budget
  Medical, dental, & vision insurance – including HSA and FSA options
  Company-paid: Life Insurance, Short & Long-Term Disability, and an EAP program
☀️  25 days PTO, 15 sick days, 11 bank holidays, 5 compassionate leave days, 3 paid “Me” days and a paid volunteer day, annually
️  A paid 6-week sabbatical leave after four years
  18-weeks of paid parental leave, after a year with us
  401k with up to a 4% employer match
BuiltIn Award winner for Best Places to Work and Best Large Places to Work