Head of Communications

The role

This senior individual contributor role owns the communications function end to end. You will set the direction and execute strategy to make Morpho a recognized voice across fintech, traditional finance, investors, and financial media.

What you will do

• Own Morpho's communications strategy, priorities, narratives, and standards across channels
• Build Morpho's recognition beyond crypto through thought leadership, strategic writing, and media relationships
• Shape communications with partners, financial institutions, and investors
• Lead competitive positioning and communications around public criticism, regulatory and policy issues, and reputational crises
• Advise the CEO and leadership on sensitive calls
• Deliver high-impact communications initiatives hands-on using existing team capabilities, external agencies, and AI

Required qualifications

• 7+ years experience in communications and/or a clear track record owning a communications function at a scaled fintech, financial services company, or high-growth technology company
• Exceptional writer and storyteller
• Regulatory and crisis communications experience
• Strong business and financial acumen
• Understands what makes a story newsworthy and how to build credibility with audiences outside existing circles
• Skilled at using AI to multiply personal capacity and execution speed
• Strong ownership and autonomy
• Comfort operating in fast-changing, ambiguous contexts across time zones and shifting priorities
• Clear and crisp async communication
• Low ego

Benefits

• Fair, top-tier compensation
• Real flexibility
• Time together in Paris
• Great health coverage
• Support to keep learning

About the company

Morpho is a leading Decentralized Finance (DeFi) lending protocol backed by a16z crypto, Paradigm, Ribbit Capital, Apollo, Vaneck, Coinbase Ventures, Variant and 50 others. It aims to build an open credit network to give anyone, anywhere, access to the best possible terms.