Director Corporate Communications

• Setting the strategy agenda and execution for earnings M&A and corporate news communications.
• Building and deploying project teams for major moments - pulling in media relations social regional and AI operations support as needed and releasing that team when the work is done.
• Owning all NY-based media relationships and leading senior press engagements with reporters at Bloomberg Reuters CNBC WSJ and other Tier 1 financial tech and crypto outlets.
• Owning operational management and media engagements tied to quarterly and year-end earnings including coordinating materials managing media during quiet periods and partnering with investor relations and legal through reporting windows.
• Leading M&A communications from announcement through close - working across legal finance and leadership to manage timing messaging and media.
• Serving as Americas anchor for the broader Corporate Communications team acting as an escalation point for team questions touching corporate financial or regional news.
• Backing up the Commercial Comms lead with agentic support for transfer of knowledge and action items.
• Architecting AI-powered communications workflows to support coordinator-level earnings work and scale team capacity.
• Collaborating with the Sr. Director Public Affairs and Reputation Management on crisis and issues management - bringing sound judgment and protecting Circle's reputation in sensitive and high-stakes situations.
• Modeling the team standard for independence strategic judgment and ownership.

• 12+ years of experience in corporate communications public relations or a related field with meaningful in-house or agency experience.
• Demonstrated track record at a publicly traded or pre-IPO company with deep expertise in financial communications and direct ownership of the earnings process - including coordinating materials managing media during quiet periods and partnering with investor relations and legal through reporting windows.
• Experience with M&A communications including working across legal and finance to manage announcement timing messaging and media through close.
• Experience working in or supporting AI or AI-adjacent sectors (e.g. data centers cloud infrastructure enterprise software) with a clear understanding of the media landscape and narratives shaping the space.
• Established relationships with Tier 1 financial and business media including AI and technology reporters with a proven ability to shape narratives and manage corrections.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills including earnings-quality messaging and C-suite briefing materials.
• Strong news judgment and the ability to manage competing priorities across a fast-moving global communications program.
• A track record of operating with high autonomy - identifying the work applying judgment and moving it forward without waiting for direction.
• Experience managing or mentoring communications professionals.
• Familiarity with generative AI models (ChatGPT Gemini etc.) and prompt development.
• Must be based in New York City.

• Background in financial services fintech or digital assets.
• Experience building or managing AI-driven communications workflows or tools.
• Existing knowledge of blockchain infrastructure stablecoins and the regulatory landscape for digital assets.
• Experience with Slack Apple MacOS and Google Suite.
• Spanish or Portuguese language skills a bonus.

What We Do

Circle (NYSE: CRCL) is a global internet financial platform company powering the foundation of an open borderless and programmable economy. Circle connects financial institutions enterprises and developers to the next generation of the internet financial system through digital assets such as USDC Circle Payments Network for global money movement and Arc an enterprise-grade blockchain designed to become the Economic OS for the internet. Supporting trillions of dollars in economic activity and serving hundreds of millions of users worldwide Circle enables value to move with the speed security and transparency of the internet. Circle is committed to visibility and stability in everything we do. As we grow as an organization we're expanding into some of the world's strongest jurisdictions. Speed and efficiency are motivators for our success and our employees live by our company values: High Integrity Future Forward Multistakeholder Mindful and Driven by Excellence. We have built a flexible work environment where new ideas are encouraged and everyone is a stakeholder.

Why Work With Us

Our employees are treated as people first with a real purpose for being here. Circle has created an environment where people can thrive grow be challenged and constantly build on their career. It's this same environment that draws competitive strength from within our employee base.

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