Plaid's Communications team is responsible for building and protecting Plaid's reputation, shaping our company narrative, driving awareness of our products and impact, and ensuring we show up with clarity and credibility across moments that matter.

We're looking for an Executive Editorial Lead to own the editorial function for Plaid's highest-impact voices and translate strategy and technical concepts into compelling, defensible content across formats.

Responsibilities:

• Own the executive editorial function for Plaid's highest-impact voices (CEO, CTO, and Product Area Leads).
• Translate strategy and technical concepts into clear, compelling content across formats that lands with customers, partners, and the broader industry.
• Build credible thought leadership. You'll source real-world inputs (data, customer realities, trends, etc), pressure-test claims, and publish POVs that are specific enough to build trust.
• Create and lead flagship editorial moments that define Plaid's perspective on AI, risk, credit underwriting, payments, and financial innovation across long-form, short-form, and audio/video content.
• Stand up exec editorial system: Establish and drive content calendar, intake process from subject matter experts and execs, drafting/editing workflow, reviews, publishing cadence, and measurement.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience as a journalist, executive speechwriter, or senior communications/content lead.
• Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills with a portfolio of executive and thought leadership work.
• Experience writing for C-level executives and translating complex financial/technical topics into accessible narratives.
• Strong understanding of financial technology, payments, risk, and digital transformation.
• Exec partnership and stakeholder management under time pressure (ability to incorporate feedback, push back, and still ship).
• Ability to balance journalistic rigor with brand strategy.

Additional Information

Our mission at Plaid is to unlock financial freedom for everyone. To support that mission, we seek to build a diverse team of driven individuals who care deeply about making the financial ecosystem more equitable.

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