Director Investor Relations Life Sciences

LaVoie Strategic Communications, Inc.; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

401(k) matching

Competitive salary

Donation matching

Health insurance

Paid time off

Profit sharing

Training & development

Vision insurance

Job summary

LaVoie Strategic Communications, Inc. is seeking a skilled Investor Relations professional to support the firm’s clients by developing and executing global IR programs. You will help educate investors and analysts, manage events, and maintain communications that reflect the company’s strategy.

The role requires collaboration with senior IR teams, crafting corporate materials, and engaging with funds, analysts, and bankers to advance client objectives. Flexible remote options available in the US.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or communications-related field.
• 5 years of experience in investor and media relation.
• Ability to manage account logistics and to assist team in meeting deadlines.
• Knowledge of the requirements of exchanges (Nasdaq, NYSE, etc.) is preferred.
• Exhibits strong understanding of IR/analyst relations, PR/communications, social/digital landscape, online measurement and analytics.
• Possess a high level of strategic thinking.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to provide a clean copy.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Counsel: Collaborate with IR team to plan and implement a global investor relations program for the firm’s clients.
• IR Event Management: Plan and execute IR events, webinars, road shows, and related branding/marketing efforts.
• Conference Support: Identify appropriate investor conferences and support registrations and meetings.
• Corporate Materials Development: Create/update corporate and investor relations assets and press releases.
• Investor Outreach Support: Target and conduct outreach to bankers, analysts, and investors; manage meetings and CRM.
• Supports the collection and analysis of stock price movements and perceptions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Investor relations

Media relations

Strategic thinking

Written communication

Verbal communication

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Creativity

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance or communications-related field

Job description

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Competitive salary
• Donation matching
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Profit sharing
• Training & development
• Vision insurance

Position Summary

Collaborates with and supports the IR team in developing and executing the IR strategy for clients, operating plans, budget, and the global IR program. The primary operating objective of the IR program is to educate and update investors and analysts about the company to achieve a fair relative stock price. The program must accurately represent and reflect the company.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

1. Strategic Counsel: Collaborate with IR team to plan and implement a global investor relations program for the firm’s clients, including strategy (linked to client’s strategy), budget, and the detailed execution of the IR strategic plan.
   • This includes strategic (integrated) communications support to ensure alignment with the overarching communications strategy and consistency of messages in all external facing communications.
2. IR Event Management: Play central role in planning and logistical execution of IR events, such as investor webinars, R&D and Capital Markets Days, virtual and hybrid non-deal road shows. This would include overall project management, engaging and managing vendors, securing meeting space and webcast capabilities, supervising creation of event branding and marketing efforts, audience acquisition and follow up reporting.
3. Conference Support: Take leading role in identifying appropriate investor conferences in which the client can participate and present. Work with IR team to maintain conference calendar and support client registration process and 1x1 meeting schedule where appropriate.
4. Corporate Materials Development: Assist efforts to create and update corporate and investor relations assets, including corporate presentations, videos, fact sheets, etc.as well as company press releases.
5. Must have: Investor Outreach Support: Work with senior IR team members to target and conduct outreach on the client’s behalf to appropriate banker, analyst and investor targets. Manage meeting making activities, including in-person and virtual meetings for clients. Work with IR team to maintain customer relationship management (CRM) system to track engagement with IR targets. Relationships with funds, analysts and bankers critical to role.
6. Supports the collection and analysis of relative stock price movements, investors and analysts’ perceptions and opinions, and stock ownership.
7. Performs support, analysis, and creation of recommendations for the company’s disclosure policy and the Disclosure Policy Group, which consists of the CEO, CFO, General Counsel, Communication Officer, the IRO, and selected IR staff members. Maintains the record of information disclosed by the company.
8. Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or communications-related field.
• 5 years of experience in investor and media relation
• Ability to manage account logistics and to assist team in meeting deadlines.
• Knowledge of the requirements of exchanges (Nasdaq, NYSE, etc.) is preferred.
• Exhibits strong understanding of IR/analyst relations, PR/communications, social/digital landscape, online measurement and analytics.
• Possess a high level of strategic thinking.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to provide a clean copy (e.g., typo-free and grammatically correct)
• Must be able to work in a team environment.
• Must demonstrate creativity, enthusiasm, and have customer service skills.
• Close attention to detail and a keen eye for aesthetics.

Flexible work from home options available.