Communications Lead, Lending + Financial Access
San Francisco, CA (Remote)
Posted 4 days ago
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Job Summary
Own Block's lending and financial access communications across Square, Cash App, and Block Financial Services, shaping a cohesive corporate narrative and executive messaging while coordinating with Legal, Risk, Product, and business leaders to build an always-on storytelling program.
- Lead communications strategy for lending and financial access initiatives
- Develop cohesive narrative and executive messaging across Block entities
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Own communications strategy for Block's lending and financial access initiatives across Square, Cash App, and Square Financial Services.
- Develop a cohesive corporate narrative that connects lending, banking, and financial institution initiatives across Block beyond individual product announcements.
- Partner closely with Square Financial Services, Legal, Risk, Compliance, Underwriting, Product, and business teams to develop communications strategies, executive messaging, and thought leadership.
- Build creative storytelling campaigns that demonstrate how Block is expanding access to financial tools for consumers and small businesses.
- Create and manage an always-on communications program featuring customer and seller stories that highlight how Block's lending and financial products help businesses grow, improve cash flow, and expand access to capital.
- Support executive communications, media engagement, speaking opportunities, and key business milestones.
- Partner across Corporate Communications to ensure lending and financial access narratives are consistently reflected across Block's external storytelling.
Requirements
- Experience in corporate communications, financial services communications, fintech, or another complex, regulated industry.
- Exceptional writing and storytelling skills, with the ability to translate complex financial products, lending strategies, and business initiatives into clear, compelling narratives.
- Experience developing proactive communications strategies that strengthen corporate reputation and support business growth.
- Strong executive communications experience, including developing messaging, thought leadership, and media strategies.
- Excellent cross-functional partnership skills, with experience working closely with Legal, Risk, Compliance, Product, and business leaders.
- Experience managing media relationships and identifying opportunities to tell proactive business stories.
- Strong judgment and the ability to navigate complex or high-profile communications moments.
- A builder's mindset. You enjoy creating new narratives, developing communications programs, and improving how stories are told across an organization.
Benefits
- Every benefit we offer is designed with one goal: empowering you to do the best work of your career while building the life you want. Remote work, medical insurance, flexible time off, retirement savings plans, and modern family planning are just some of our offering. Check out our other benefits at Block.
Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams — People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more — provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People policies, forecast finances, give legal counsel, safeguard systems, nurture new initiatives, and more. Every challenge creates possibilities, and we need different perspectives to see them all. Bring yours to Block.
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Funding
Funding History
- Aug 2025Post IPO Debt • $2.2B
- May 2024Post IPO Debt • $2B
- Jan 2023Post IPO Equity








































