
Manager, Client Communications
PEAK6
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Austin • New York • Texas • United States
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Salary
💰 $111,760 - $139,700 per year
About the role
- Manage client communications holistically, aligning strategies across Apex teams to deliver information and clear messages to clients.
- Design and oversee a comprehensive client communication calendar to ensure coordinated, scheduled updates to clients
- Develop a strategy to tailor communications for different client contact roles, ensuring relevance and resonance.
- Identify modalities in which communications are delivered.
- Collaborate with the product team to incorporate client notifications seamlessly into the user experience of Apex Ascend technology.
- Maintain distribution lists with firm characteristics and role types so recipients receive relevant communications
- Partner across internal teams (e.g., product, marketing, product marketing, and operations) to coordinate how Apex communicates our most important updates and initiatives effectively.
- Work with product and product marketing to ensure there are appropriate talking points and/or content related to operational topics.
- Draft and edit tailored communications for clients and manage a communications approval process including compliance, key stakeholders, and marketing reviews.
- Engage with technical subject matter experts to translate complex concepts into clear, client-friendly communications.
- Design scalable communication processes that address evolving client and company needs.
- Build processes for internal alignment, including information intake, communication drafting, distribution, and tracking communications sent.
- Develop and refine internal systems and strategies to align communications across Apex teams.
- Lead the AIM (Apex Information Message) process to deliver time-sensitive notifications, often collaborating across teams under tight deadlines.
- Maintain and refine an up-to-date communications contact database, ensuring accurate client information and respect for their preferences.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Communications, Business, Finance, or related other related fields (or equivalent work experience) required
- 5+ years of experience managing client communications in the financial services or fintech industries
- 2+ years of people management experience preferred
- FINRA SIE, Series 7, or Series 24 License(s) preferred
- Experience managing client communication databases (e.g., Salesforce or other CRM tools).
- Experience with creating scalable messaging frameworks or templates for large client bases.
- Experience with building processes and functions in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
- Exceptional writing and communication skills with experience drafting client communications on sensitive or technical topics.
- Demonstrated ability to tailor messaging to diverse audiences, from highly technical teams to executive client stakeholders.
- Familiarity with financial products, technology platforms, and compliance and regulatory requirements related to client-facing communications in financial services.
- Ability to leverage data and analytics to assess the impact of communication strategies and make continuous improvements.
- Strong organizational and project management capabilities to oversee processes, calendars, and approval workflows.
- Ability to navigate complex organizations, manage multiple priorities, and align stakeholders across teams.
- Proficiency in managing clients’ contact databases and implementing strategies tailored to individual roles.
- Problem-solving mindset, proactive thinking, and exceptional attention to detail.
- Demonstrated ability to influence laterally, forging partnerships across teams to drive results independently.
- Commitment to ensuring the quality, timing, and professionalism of all communication activities.
- Highly communicative and collaborative, with the ability to ask incisive questions to gather and clarify information.
- Flexible and available outside standard hours to ensure clients receive timely communications in urgent situations.
- A builder mindset, equipped to create and establish communication frameworks from the ground up.
Benefits
- healthcare benefits (medical, dental and vision, EAP)
- competitive PTO
- 401k match
- parental leave
- HSA contribution match
- paid subscription to the Calm app
- generous external learning and tuition reimbursement benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
client communications managementcommunication database managementscalable messaging frameworksdrafting client communicationsdata analytics for communication strategiesproject managementprocess buildingfinancial products knowledgecompliance and regulatory requirementstechnical writing
Soft Skills
exceptional writing skillsorganizational capabilitiesproblem-solving mindsetcollaborative communicationability to tailor messaginginfluencing skillsattention to detailflexibilityproactive thinkingstakeholder alignment
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in CommunicationsBachelor's degree in BusinessBachelor's degree in FinanceFINRA SIE LicenseSeries 7 LicenseSeries 24 License