Senior Manager, Policy & Campaigns (Remote-First)

Affirm, Inc.; Raleigh (NC); Remote; USD 164,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Spending stipends

Flexible time off

ESPP

Job summary

Affirm, Inc. is seeking a strategic communications leader to shape the public narrative around pay-over-time products and consumer credit.

You will craft campaigns, build durable media relationships, and translate complex topics for diverse audiences. You will collaborate with policy, government relations, and brand teams, shaping narratives for reporters, editors, and influencers with a focus on accuracy and transparency.

Qualifications

• Campaign mindset—build narratives across channels and arcs.
• Media relationships and craft—manage relationships with policy and business media.
• Policy communications—experience in advocacy, regulatory affairs, or public affairs.
• A connector—link people across worlds for useful collaborations.
• Proactive instinct—create stories, leverage moments, push ideas.
• Appetite for a complicated subject—understand underwriting and credit for plain-language explaining.

Responsibilities

• Develop the strategy and run the campaign. Define goals, audiences, and sequencing.
• Shape news coverage by proactively influencing coverage and framing.
• Build evidence from research and data to support arguments.
• Build the media bench and become a trusted source for reporters and editors.
• Partner with public affairs and government relations to engage advocates and experts.
• Prepare executives and spokespeople for public appearances, op-eds, and panels.
• Track impact of the messaging and adjust tactics as needed.

Skills

Campaign mindset

Media relationships

Policy communications

Connector

Proactive instinct

Persuasive writing

Audience building

Collaborative

Transparency

Job description

Affirm, Inc. is seeking a strategic communications leader to shape the public narrative around pay-over-time products and consumer credit.

You will craft campaigns, build durable media relationships, and translate complex topics for diverse audiences. You will collaborate with policy, government relations, and brand teams, shaping narratives for reporters, editors, and influencers with a focus on accuracy and transparency.