Responsibilities
- Execute the investor relations program with the CEO and CFO to ensure clear, consistent, and disciplined communication with the capital markets.
- Own day-to-day IR execution: coordinate investor and analyst meetings, support targeting, manage CRM, capture feedback, and follow up.
- Draft core IR materials, including investor presentations, fact sheets, FAQs, earnings scripts, Q&A documents, and conference talk tracks.
- Serve as primary point of contact for sell-side analysts on logistics and clarifications; proactively correct misinterpretations.
- Coordinate investor conferences, non-deal roadshows, and other capital markets engagements.
- Track, synthesize, and report investor sentiment and market feedback to senior management and the Board.
- Lead corporate communications: draft press releases, corporate updates, pipeline and clinical announcements, and reactive statements.
- Translate complex scientific, clinical, and regulatory information into clear, accurate, investable external messaging.
- Partner with Legal and senior management to ensure disclosure discipline and appropriate risk framing.
- Manage PR and IR agencies; maintain high standards for accuracy, clarity, and quality.
- Support media engagement and spokesperson preparation; manage inbound media inquiries as needed.
- Ensure consistency across external-facing materials and channels.
- Coordinate external messaging across Finance, Clinical, Regulatory, Legal, and Business Development.
- Own the external communications calendar and disclosure cadence.
- Identify communication risks early and escalate judgment calls appropriately.
- Support special situations including clinical data releases, financings, and issues management.
Qualifications
- Minimum 10 years of experience in investor relations, corporate communications, or a related role in biotech/biopharma/life sciences.
- Public company experience, including involvement in earnings preparation and material disclosures.
- Demonstrated ability to independently draft high-quality press releases, investor materials, and executive-level communications.
- Strong scientific literacy to communicate clinical data and development strategy.
- Strong financial literacy and comfort engaging with analysts, investors, and capital markets topics.
- Experience partnering with senior executives as a trusted execution partner.
- Experience managing external agencies (IR/PR/communications).
- Bachelorβs degree required; advanced degree a plus.
Knowledge and Skills
- Exceptional written and verbal communication; ability to translate complex scientific and financial information into disciplined external messaging.
- Deep understanding of biotech sector dynamics and public equity markets.
- Sound judgment on disclosure, tone, timing, and risk in high-stakes, fast-moving situations.
- Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and presentation skills.
- Ability to operate in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with precision, professionalism, and confidentiality.
Compensation
- Washington State pay range: $280,000 - $320,000 USD.