Content Strategist

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About Payrails

Payrails is a global payment software company helping leading enterprises to take control of their payment operations and maximize performance. With deep experience in the payments space and firsthand knowledge of merchants' challenges, we’ve seen how fragmented, complex, and inefficient these systems can become. Now, we are setting a new industry standard for how enterprises around the world manage and optimize payments, with more control, visibility and flexibility than ever before.

Our vision is to reimagine payments from the ground up. We are building a deeply integrated meta layer that spans the entire payment lifecycle with a modular architecture. This helps us give leading brands building blocks to craft solutions to most complex operational challenges, tailor seamless customer experiences and grow their business.

We are backed by some of the world’s top investors including Andreessen Horowitz, HV Capital, EQT Ventures and General Catalyst, who share our mission to simplify payment complexity globally.

At Payrails, we’re committed to building a team of exceptional people. Excellence isn’t just a value here; it’s a way of working. We believe that great people thrive in environments where there’s trust, clarity, and shared purpose.

Marketing Core Pillars

• Deeply understanding our customers and their evolving challenges – by continuously listening, researching, and engaging across markets and segments
• Crafting sharp, differentiated narratives – built on clarity, insight, and a strong editorial and visual voice
• Driving scalable growth through rapid experimentation – testing and iterating across content, channels, and experiences to unlock what moves the needle

How you will make an impact

• Shape the strategy behind what we publish, why it matters, and how it aligns with our voice, product, and customers
• Translate complex technical and product ideas into clear, well‑structured content that speaks to enterprise audiences
• Raise the bar for quality ensuring every piece we ship reflects our standards for clarity, precision, and usefulness
• Work across teams (Product, Marketing, Sales) to plan content that supports launches, explains our value, and builds trust
• Build and maintain content guidelines and systems that help us scale without losing consistency or craft
• Help define how Payrails shows up in the market – not just through what we say, but how well we say it

What we are looking for

• 5+ years of experience planning and creating content in fast‑growing tech or SaaS companies – strong track record of shaping narratives, developing brand voice, and building high‑quality editorial systems that drive meaningful business results
• Excellent writer and editor, obsessive about clarity, tone, and structure
• Approach content like a strategist, always asking what purpose it serves, who it’s for, and how it connects to business goals
• Comfortable collaborating across functions and gathering input without losing focus or momentum
• Deep care for quality and know how to scale it through systems, standards, and iteration
• Effective written and verbal communication skills

What we offer

• High impact and high velocity environment with the most talented and ambitious people you will ever work with
• A chance to shape the story of a company and a category from the ground up
• Real ownership. Freedom and trust to build, test, and lead
• Product used by the best brands around the world
• Visa and relocation support for you and your family where required
• Hybrid working with an office in the heart of Berlin
• Regular team events, activities and off‑sites
• Discounted Urban Sports Club membership
• Competitive salary and equity package
• 27 days annual paid vacation

Seniority level

• Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

• Full‑time

Job function

• Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing

Industries

• Technology, Information and Internet

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