Public Relations and Communications Manager
Payward, Inc. is the parent company and operating platform behind Kraken and a portfolio spanning trading, custody, payments, lending, tokenized assets, onchain finance, and benchmarks.
Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026
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About Payward, Inc.
Payward operates unified financial infrastructure across crypto and traditional markets, including shared liquidity, risk and margin systems, collateral and settlement, compliance, and licensing. Its first-party portfolio includes Kraken, Kraken Pro, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services, CF Benchmarks, Reap, Krak, Kraken Prime, Kraken OTC, Kraken Custody, and Bitnomial.
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Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will develop and execute external communications for professional trading, institutional, and derivatives audiences. You will create messaging and materials, build executive spokesperson programs, coordinate internal and external stakeholders, expand thought leadership, and apply social-media-first thinking to media relations and content.
Requirements
- Have 7+ years of experience leading and executing communications programs
- Have strong writing, editing, and communications-strategy skills
- Have experience managing complex communications across a geographically dispersed workforce
- Have experience working with executives on messaging and presentation skills
- Have experience leading, mentoring, and scaling communications teams
- Know the cryptocurrency industry
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute external communications strategy
- Expand thought leadership for professional and institutional audiences
- Develop executive, product, and segment messaging
- Prepare announcements, talking points, media statements, pitches, and briefing materials
- Build relationships with institutional and communications stakeholders
- Apply social-media-first thinking to media relations and content
Benefits
- Bonus program
- Equity program
- Wellness allowance
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)