Corporate Relations Director - Higher Ed. jobs in San Diego, CA

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About the Role:

You will have a unique skill set with 15 years' experience in investor relations and corporate communications within the biotech and life science industry. You will be a part of the Biotech Leadership Team, and will oversee a supervisory group initially comprised of 5-8 employees including 2-3 direct reports. You are comfortable engaging with several important audiences: CEO/CFO/CBO of biotechnology organizations; investors, analysts and bankers within financial community; and internal team members. You will develop and implement an investor communications strategy for the agency to grow the investor relations offering at the agency and mentor our communications specialists. You will develop relationships with clients and members of the financial community, produce new business leads within the industry, and contribute to the growth of our IR practice. You will bring extensive experience working directly with the CEO and CFO of life science organizations to understand and better explain the story they are telling to the investment community. You are experienced in the structure and development of investor presentations, quarterly financial communications, and binary clinical data press releases. EVPs are exposed to the many facets of the biotech and life science ecosystem and have the opportunity to flex their creative problem-solving skills using all the resources of the agency in the strategic communications process. This is a hybrid office/virtual position based in either New York City or San Diego. You will have the ability to manage your own schedule to work from home and in the office, with the expectation for working in the office 2-3 days per week. You will report to a Managing Director.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the investor relations strategy for the agency, oversee IR programs for main client accounts, and advise account teams on IR and corporate communications programs
• Develop best practices for the Agency's investor relations offering
• Maintain relationships with the financial community and gather insights and trends to inform investor relations strategy
• Translate corporate narratives and complex science into compelling presentations for investor meetings, quarterly earnings reporting and investor events/webinars
• Manage 2-3 SVP/VP's to create, execute and delegate tactical implementation of all activities related to corporate communications, including media relations, thought leadership, patient advocacy, content development and digital/visual campaigns
• Champion junior staff on multiple tasks and help in their ongoing development

Qualifications:

• 15 years' experience in the life sciences/biopharma industry working in investor relations, finance or on Wall Street. Science background preferred (i.e. B.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
• Experience with business writing
• Revel in anticipating clients' needs and creative solutions
• Be a voracious consumer of news and financial data in order to track industry trends relevant to clients and life sciences industry

Inizio Evoke provides an exciting and flexible work environment, great compensation packages and outstanding company paid benefits including medical, dental, 401(k), tuition reimbursement and flexible time off.