Senior Director, Listings Communications

Key Responsibilities

• Drive proactive media relations, thought leadership, and storytelling efforts that reinforce Nasdaq’s leadership in private markets and listings.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with marketing, sales, content, events, and regional teams to ensure consistent, high-impact communications.
• Monitor trends across private markets, capital formation, and adjacent ecosystems to inform strategy and ensure Nasdaq stays ahead of the narrative.
• Develop and execute strategic communications programs that enhance Nasdaq’s visibility, relevance, and leadership among high-growth private companies and the private market ecosystem.
• Shape narratives that clearly articulate Nasdaq’s role in the private-to-public journey, capital formation, and long-term company success.
• Develop clear messaging architecture and proof points for priority sectors (AI, fintech, health tech, space, cybersecurity, enterprise software, etc.).
• Support new client growth by partnering closely with Listings leadership and commercial teams on prospect engagement, client pitches, and ecosystem-driven initiatives.
• Engage directly with private company executives, founders, investors, and advisors through events, thought leadership, media opportunities, and targeted communications.
• Leverage deep ecosystem knowledge to identify opportunities to engage key audiences across funding stages, sectors, and geographies.
• Partner with the Listings business on IPO pitches and supporting the long-cycle relationship building across the private market landscape.
• Build and maintain a set of pitch-ready narratives and tools: company-specific story angles, executive positioning, sector POVs, FAQs, competitor differentiation, etc.
• Coach internal partners on how to tell the Nasdaq story with confidence and consistency in high-stakes settings.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, Business, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 12–15+ years of experience in corporate communications, ideally with a top-tier agency working with high-growth tech or capital markets clients, or in-house at a high-growth private company.
• Exceptional communications skills, including writing, narrative development, media relations, and executive-level storytelling.
• Deep experience and established connectivity across the private market ecosystem, including high-growth companies, investors, and advisors.
• Strong commercial mindset with proven experience supporting client pitches, growth initiatives, and outcome-driven communications programs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree (e.g., MBA, MA in Communications) or equivalent senior-level experience.
• Demonstrated fluency in the private company lifecycle, capital formation, and the evolving dynamics of private and public markets.
• Proven ability to lead through influence in matrixed environments and deliver high-quality work under pressure in regulated settings.