Director, Public Affairs

About the role

The Public Affairs Director will play a key role in the promotion and advancement of Chime’s public policy and Community Affairs initiatives with particular focus on the intersection of our business and policy goals. The Director will be measured on driving long-term growth and sustainable value for the Chime brand and reputation with policy stakeholders and will be responsible for the assessment, reporting and integration of these considerations into the Corporate Affairs strategy with a lens towards the financial services policy community across federal, state and local markets of importance.

This role will report to the VP of Government & Public Affairs with a dotted line reporting relationship to the VP of Community.

A substantial focus for the Director will be on building and maintaining strategic public policy oriented partnerships and third party engagements aligned with Chime’s business strategies and values. The Director will focus on building a connected strategy for external non-governmental stakeholder engagement and Chime partnerships in close coordination with Corporate Affairs colleagues and other Chime colleagues as appropriate.

The Director will build and maintain a programmatic approach to establishing and using Chime partnerships and stakeholder interactions consistent with Chime and Corporate Affairs. The Director will enhance impact given Chime priorities and available resources, set and maintain strategy for each engagement, and collaborate with internal colleagues to enable relevant engagement with Chime partners.

The Director must clearly see company objectives, banking policy, consumer policy, and community affairs as well as competitive, reputational, and political dynamics – and balance and weigh the opposing priorities and expectations of various stakeholders in order to enable positive impact.

The base salary offered for this role and level of experience will begin at $193,860 and up to $274,700. Full-time employees are also eligible for a bonus, competitive equity package, and benefits. The actual base salary offered may be higher, depending on your location, skills, qualifications, and experience.

In this role, you can expect to

• Handle multiple partner relationships, including development and preparation of any potential current or future partnerships and opportunities.
• Establish plans for each Chime partnership and report periodically on execution success rates and impact
• Set Government Affairs partner engagement strategies and execute on tactics to achieve desired outcomes
• Engage, prepare and support Chime colleagues to enable their successful participation and engagement with Chime partners
• Support Corporate Affairs advocacy objectives and enable their successful interactions with Chime partners and non-governmental collaborators

To thrive in this role, you have

• 8+ years of relevant in-house experience across social impact and responsibility, community affairs, financial services policy environments.
• Consumer banking or highly regulated adjacent industry industry-specific experience is strongly preferred.
• Proven leadership strengths and experience managing and partnering with diverse, high functioning teams.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills.
• Strong leadership, supervisory, organizational and project management skills.
• Excellent partnering skills – a great teammate with the ability to lead and collaborate cross-functionally to achieve enterprise-wide results.
• Strong facilitation skills – an open communicator comfortable gathering and exchanging feedback and the sharing of ideas.
• Excellent advocacy, influence, oral and written communication skills –effective in representing and advocating on behalf of the company.
• Strong critical thinking and analytical skills.

A little about us

At Chime, we believe that everyone can achieve financial progress. We’re passionate about developing solutions and services to empower people to succeed. Every day, we start with empathy for our members and stay motivated by our desire to support them in ways that make a meaningful difference.

We created Chime—a financial technology company, not a bank*– founded on the premise that basic banking services should be helpful, transparent, and fair. Chime helps unlock the access and ability our members need to overcome the systemic barriers that block them from moving forward. By providing members with access to liquidity, rewards, and credit building, our easy-to-use tools and intuitive platforms give members the ability to have more control over their money and to take action toward achieving their financial ambitions.

So far, we’re well-loved by our members and proud to have helped millions of people unlock financial progress, whether they started a savings account, bought their first car or home, opened a business, or went to college. Every day, we’re inspired by our members’ dreams and successes, big and small.

We’re uniting everyday people to unlock their financial progress—will you join us?

*Chime partners with The Bancorp Bank and Stride Bank, N.A., Members FDIC, that power the bank accounts used by Chime Members.

What we offer

• 🏢 A thoughtful hybrid work policy that combines in-office days and trips to team and company-wide events depending on location to ensure you stay connected to your work and teammates, whether you’re local to one of our offices or remote
• 💻 Hybrid work perks, like UrbanSitter and Kinside for backup child, elder and/or pet care, as well as a subsidized commuter benefit
• 💰 Competitive salary based on experience
• ✨ 401k match plus great medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits
• 🏝 Generous vacation policy and company-wide Take Care of Yourself Days
• 🫂 1% of your time off to support local community organizations of your choice
• 🧠 Mental health support with therapy and coaching through Modern Health
• 👶 16 weeks of paid parental leave for all parents and an additional 6-8 weeks for birthing parents
• 👪 Access to Maven, a family planning tool, with up to $10k in reimbursement for egg freezing, fertility treatments, adoption, and more.
• 🎉 In-person and virtual events to connect with your fellow Chimers—think cooking classes, guided meditations, music festivals, mixology classes, paint nights, etc., and delicious snack boxes, too!
• 💚 A challenging and fulfilling opportunity to join one of the most experienced teams in FinTech and help millions unlock financial progress

We know that great work can’t be done without a diverse team and inclusive environment. That’s why we specifically look for individuals of varying strengths, skills, backgrounds, and ideas to join our team. We believe this gives us a competitive advantage to better serve our members and helps us all grow as Chimers and individuals.

We hire candidates of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, Veteran status, and any other status. Chime is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Cook County Ordinance, and consistent with Canadian provincial and federal laws. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

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