PR Lead

As PR Lead, you own external communications: the narrative, the earned media programme, executive and founder positioning, reputation and crisis communications, and the events programme. The shape of this role is specific. A substantial monthly agency retainer already exists — your job is not to replace it but to run it: set the narrative, direct the agencies against it, hold them to outcomes, and cut what does not deliver. Three things you own personally rather than through an agency: founder and executive positioning, crisis communications, and the judgement call on what we say and when. Responsibilities - Own the global PR narrative: priority markets, priority media, narrative pillars, and a realistic 6-month coverage ambition. - Run the agency portfolio as an accountable programme: briefs, KPIs, monthly review, consolidation of overlapping scopes, and the decision to renew or exit. - Own the news pipeline: identify, shape and land stories from product launches, milestones, data, partnerships and category commentary — and make sure agencies are fed with news rather than asked to invent it. - Own founder and executive positioning directly: speaking platforms, keynotes, podcasts, op-eds, LinkedIn, awards and rankings. - Own reputation and crisis communications directly: risk map, holding statements, escalation protocol, spokesperson training — coordinated with Legal, Compliance and the SERM/ORM function. - Build and maintain your own senior media relationships in priority outlets, independent of agency access. - Own the events and side-events programme with the Event Manager: which conferences, what we do there, what we get out of it. - Align every external message with the brand platform and product narratives; act as final gatekeeper on what leaves the building. - Build the media narrative for a regulated and often misunderstood category, in coordination with Compliance. - Define and report PR KPIs: quality of coverage against a defined tier list, of voice, message pull-through, executive visibility, and cost per outcome across the agency portfolio. Requirements - 6+ years in PR or communications, including direct experience running external agencies as the client and holding them to results. - Demonstrable tier-1 business, financial, fintech or crypto coverage you personally shaped or secured. - Real crisis communications experience in a scrutinised or regulated category — you have handled something serious, not read about it. - Track record of founder or executive comms: building a credible public voice from a low base. - Excellent news judgement and a very high standard of written English. - Experience with major event and conference programmes, sponsorship and partnership communications. - Comfortable working with Legal and Compliance on sensitive external communications. - Commercially literate about agency spend: you can read a retainer, judge whether it is earning its cost, and say so. - Fluent English. Nice to Have - Crypto or digital assets media experience. - Additional languages relevant to priority markets. Benefits - Professional growth: support for courses, conferences, and English learning (up to 100% coverage). - Work-life fit: remote or hybrid format with flexible hours across international teams. - Paid leave: up to 20 vacation days + 8 company holidays + 5 personal days per year - Recognition programs: structured performance reviews and team awards. - Team culture: retreats in international locations (for example, company apartments in Cyprus).