Senior Manager, Communications & Media Relations

USA (Remote)

$95K/yr – $149K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive media relations and earned coverage for FICO Scores across financial services, from strategy to execution.

  • Lead development and execution of communications and media outreach strategies that build awareness and trust for FICO Scores across lenders.
  • Must-have: 7–10+ years in financial services PR with strong media relations.
  • Standout: Cross-functional storytelling across product, analytics, legal, marketing, and sales.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development and execution of communications and media outreach strategies that build awareness, understanding, and confidence in FICO Scores through lender trade media, including mortgage lenders, fintechs, banks, and credit unions.
  • Serve as a primary media contact for business, financial services, fintech, and mortgage industry reporters, proactively pitching stories and managing inbound media inquiries.
  • Develop and oversee high-quality communications materials, including press releases, media pitches, Q&As, talking points, executive briefings, etc.
  • Partner closely with product, analytics, legal, marketing/product marketing, sales, and client success teams to translate business priorities into media-relevant narratives and earned coverage.
  • Prepare and support spokespeople for interviews, briefings, and media engagements, ensuring clarity, confidence, and message consistency.
  • Monitor media coverage, consumer sentiment, and industry trends to identify proactive storytelling opportunities and flag emerging issues or risks.
  • Track and report on earned media performance, distilling results into clear takeaways that inform ongoing media strategy.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Public Relations, Communications, Journalism, or a related field.
  • 7–10+ years of experience in communications, media relations, or public relations, with a strong emphasis on financial services, fintech, mortgage, banking, or other regulated-industry experience.
  • Proven ability to simplify complex topics and craft clear, compelling messages for consumer and mainstream media audiences.
  • Strong track record of developing press materials and managing media relationships across consumer, financial, and business outlets.
  • Experience leading communications initiatives and owning projects from strategy through execution.
  • Highly collaborative, with the ability to partner effectively with cross-functional teams and navigate legal or regulatory considerations.
  • Comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
  • Experience using PR tools such as Muck Rack for media monitoring, outreach, and reporting.
  • Proactive, detail-oriented, and confident taking ownership while continuously looking for ways to improve and innovate.

Benefits

  • An inclusive culture strongly reflecting our core values: Act Like an Owner, Delight Our Customers and Earn the Respect of Others.
  • The opportunity to make an impact and develop professionally by leveraging your unique strengths and participating in valuable learning experiences.
  • Highly competitive compensation, benefits and rewards programs that encourage you to bring your best every day and be recognized for doing so.
  • An engaging, people-first work environment offering work/life balance, employee resource groups, and social events to promote interaction and camaraderie.
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FICO

FICO (NYSE: FICO) powers decisions that help people and businesses around the world prosper. Founded in 1956, the company is a pioneer in the use of predictive analytics and data science to improve operational decisions. FICO holds more than 200 US and foreign patents on technologies that increase profitability, customer satisfaction and growth for businesses in financial services, insurance, telecommunications, health care, retail and many other industries. Using FICO solutions, businesses in more than 100 countries do everything from protecting 4 billion payment cards from fraud, to improving financial inclusion, to increasing supply chain resiliency. The FICO® Score, used by 90% of top US lenders, is the standard measure of consumer credit risk in the US and has been made available in over 40 other countries, improving risk management, credit access and transparency. Learn more at www.fico.com.

Founded in 1956
Bozeman, Montana, USA
3.8K employees (124 in marketing)