Director of Investor Relations

Internal Investor Relations will work to ensure the company is appropriately and strategically positioned with analysts, investors, and all stakeholders. This position supports the CEO and CFO in crafting the company’s IR narrative regarding financial results and strategic initiatives and communicating this narrative to external stakeholders, as well as partners closely with the Marketing & Communications teams to dovetail with the overall QCi digital marketing strategy. This role will also support various analyses and serve as an analytical and strategic business partner throughout the organization. This role will report to CEO, while working closely with CFO and Director of Marketing and Communications.

Responsibilities

Manage external IR resources; IR Team’s key initiative to clearly articulate QCi’s priorities, goals, strategic plans, roadmap, investment, capital allocation, and financial performance to all key stakeholders; Work with the leadership team to refine and implement the company’s overall IR strategy, including creation/modification of QCi’s financial communications narrative, external and internal messaging, scheduling of events (i.e. conferences, NDRs, analyst/investor days), ensuring all communications are integrated and consistent; Assist in the development of investor communications, including press releases, presentations, and conference call scripts; Collaborate with the Accounting & Finance and Legal teams on SEC filings, including quarterly and annual reports; Ensure consistency and alignment of the company’s messaging and participation on quarterly earnings calls, investment conference calls and meetings, roadshows, analyst days, one-on-one meetings, and other speaking venues; Prepare analyst/investor Q&A documents that address key financial, business, and competitive topics; Coordinate with the internal Marketing & Communications team, as well as external public relations and communications professionals, to support efficient and effective dissemination of QCi’s strategy and message; Develop investor messaging/marketing communication in alignment with QCi’s business model and strategy; Collaborate with the Accounting & Finance teams to derive financial analyses related to framing the company’s financial metrics for the purpose of communicating with analysts/investors; Serve as an interface and develop deep working relationships with both sell-side analysts and buy-side investors, and drive appropriate interaction and communication with all existing and potential stakeholders; Provide external audiences with an accurate and timely view of QCi’s performance and prospects, which will be executed through shareholder meetings, regular and ad-hoc meetings, conference calls with analysts/investors, website content and other electronic means, and other telephone and personal contacts; Liaise with senior leadership and other business managers to direct the positioning of the company’s financial reporting messages, including the annual report, quarterly filings, and other shareholder materials; Present and articulate the analyst/investor point of view to senior leadership, and make recommendations for communications and strategy as necessary and appropriate; Actively monitor announcements from peers and key partners to analyze and highlight financial results, forecasts, competitive trends, and latest dynamics within the Quantum, Photonics, Semiconductor industries; Gather intelligence and information about the broader marketplace to inform and educate QCi’s senior leadership regarding the near-term and long-term dynamics of the capital markets, providing insight on the potential impact of market forces on the company’s business; Measure the effectiveness of the company’s IR program through the quality and accuracy of external analyst research and earnings estimates, trends of analyst coverage, trends of institutional ownership, and value relative to industry peers and the market overall

Requirements

Master’s Degree or higher in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or other relevant fields; Depth of experience in Sellside/buyside Equity Research and relationship with equity capital markets teams at investment banks; Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills; Strong modeling and financial analysis skills, including forecasting and valuation; Significant attention to detail; Strategic, analytical, and problem-solving skills; Ability to multi-task with a sense of urgency while maintaining strong attention to detail

Nice to have

Experience in quantum, photonics, semi industries