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Senior Manager, Communications
Affirm
USA (Remote)Full time$164K/yr – $245K/yr
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Senior Manager, Communications
USA (Remote)
$164K/yr – $245K/yrSenior LevelFull time
Posted 2 weeks ago
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Job Summary
Own and shape Affirm's market narrative through strategic corporate communications, partnering with Investor Relations, Finance, and Capital Markets to translate numbers into a credible, persuasive story across media.
- Lead messaging around earnings, funding, and partnerships
- Prepare executives for high-stakes interviews and speaking engagements
- Coordinate cross-functional storytelling to maintain a single voice
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Shape how Affirm shows up in the coverage and conversation the market follows, making the case for what sets it apart from legacy credit and newer entrants as the industry evolves.
- Build belief in the business by owning the story behind the numbers – in partnership with Investor Relations, Finance, and Capital Markets – making the case for a model that grows on consumer success, not mistakes.
- Lead communications around the milestones that define the company, from earnings, funding, partnerships, major business news. And keep the story moving between those milestones, creating openings to advance it so credibility compounds instead of resetting with each headline.
- Earn the confidence of the business and financial reporters, producers, and podcasters who cover the company, across traditional and new media, setting the agenda and becoming the source they return to.
- Counsel and prepare executives when the stakes are highest, from media interviews to speaking opportunities, with the messaging and briefing materials they need.
- Make sure the business and financial story stays in step with everything else Affirm is saying, so the company sounds like one voice everywhere it shows up.
Requirements
- Corporate and financial comms experience: 12+ years in communications, ideally spanning both a fast-moving, high-growth company and a public one.
- Media relationships: established connections with national business and financial reporters, producers, and podcasters, and the standing to be a voice they trust.
- Market fluency: a real feel for how the market reads a public company, including earnings, capital markets, and disclosure.
- Mastery of the story behind the numbers: someone who gets into dense financials and credit metrics fast, sees what they mean beyond what they say, and turns them into a clear, defensible story that holds up with reporters and analysts.
- Sharp writing: the ability to make complex financial topics clear, accurate, and compelling.
- Proactive instinct: a bias for creating the story rather than chasing it.
- Sound judgment: steadiness in high-stakes, high-visibility moments, and the discipline to act quickly without putting trust at risk.
- Operational command: brings order and precision to the highest-stakes moments, so nothing slips when it matters most.
- Collaborative partnership: strong working relationships across Communications, Investor Relations, Finance, Legal, and Policy.
Benefits
- Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
- Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
- Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
- ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount
Affirm
3.9 Glassdoor
At Affirm, we’re using today’s technology to bring significant disruptive innovation to the financial industry. We focus on improving the lives of consumers by delivering simple, honest and transparent financial products. We have roles across a variety of teams, including engineering, product, finance, operations, revenue, marketing, people and more.A note to applicants: Fake job and recruiting scams are on the rise. Affirm will never ask you to pay any upfront fees or send you any checks to purchase equipment during any part of the recruiting process. Affirm only uses legitimate company email address domains (either “@affirm.com” or "@us.greenhouse-mail.io”) to communicate with candidates via email. Affirm is also proud to be a remote-first company! Attracting great people starts by finding talent in different places. That's why we built remote work into the DNA of how we do business—but if an office space is more your style, we have offices in Chicago, New York City, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, Warsaw, Madrid and London.Not to mention we have comprehensive and award-winning benefits that were made for you.Interested in learning more? Check out our careers page and apply today!Visit affirm.com/careers for more information.
Founded in 2012
San Francisco, California, USA
3K employees (169 in marketing)
73% recommend to a friend
84% CEO approval
Traffic Signals
Monthly Visitors
22.6M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$106K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
16.8%
Direct
60%
Referral
22.6%
Social
0.2%
Paid
0.3%
Headcount Trend
Current headcount: ~3K
Marketing Team
Marketing Team Size
125 (4% of company)
Median Career Experience
12 years
Median Tenure
3.6 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3
People
Funding
Total Funding
$6.8B
Last Raise
$800M
Post IPO Debt, 12 months ago
Funding History
- Dec 2024Post IPO Debt • $800M
- Dec 2024Post IPO Debt • $4B
- Dec 2024Post IPO Debt • $500M