Director, Investor Relations & Corporate Development

Turing•San Francisco, CA

12h•$230,000 - $310,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Turing is hiring a leader on its Finance team to own inorganic growth and capital markets strategy. The role owns M&A end to end, builds and runs strategic investment activity, and establishes the investor relations and IPO-readiness function. It is a function-building role with direct exposure to the CFO, CEO, and board, intended to shape Turing’s acquisition and investment strategy, capital allocation, and investor narrative as the company prepares for the public markets. The Director will build investor positioning, metrics, and messaging for current and prospective investors; support financing rounds, cap-table strategy, and board and shareholder communications; and lead investor relations programs across finance, legal, and operations. The role also oversees the M&A lifecycle, including thesis development and sourcing, valuation and modeling, diligence, negotiation, and closing; codifies a repeatable M&A playbook and pipeline; and partners with product, engineering, and go-to-market leaders on build-buy-partner decisions and post-close integration. The role partners with the CFO and Strategic Finance on companywide planning, capital allocation, and strategic initiatives, translating market and competitive intelligence into recommendations for the executive team. It is a full-time, hybrid position based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The annual base salary range is $230,000–$310,000, with eligibility for variable compensation, equity, and additional benefits.

Requirements

10+ years across fundraising and M&A, with a foundation in investment banking, private equity, or growth-stage venture.
Track record of sourcing and closing multiple M&A transactions at high-growth technology companies.
Direct experience with corporate venture or strategic investing.
Hands-on exposure to investor relations and IPO readiness, either in-house or advising through an IPO process.
Strong financial modeling, valuation, and deal-structuring judgment.
Executive- and board-level communication skills.
Experience sourcing, leading, and closing multiple transactions and readiness to own a full function, including standing up investor relations and ventures from scratch.

Nice To Haves

M&A experience at a company through pre-IPO hyper-growth.
Experience in AI/ML, developer tools, data infrastructure, or marketplaces.
Prior BizOps or strategic-finance experience at a company that scaled through an IPO.
Established network across AI founders, venture capital, and banking ecosystems.

Responsibilities

Build the investor relations function and investor narrative, including positioning, metrics, and messaging for current and prospective investors.
Support financing rounds, cap-table strategy, and board and shareholder communications.
Lead investor relations programs across finance, legal, and operations, and prepare leadership and management for investor scrutiny.
Own the full M&A lifecycle, including strategic investing: thesis development and sourcing, valuation and modeling, diligence, negotiation, and closing.
Build and codify Turing’s M&A playbook and pipeline as a repeatable engine.
Partner with product, engineering, and go-to-market leaders on build-buy-partner decisions and post-close integration.
Partner with the CFO and Strategic Finance on companywide planning, capital allocation, and strategic initiatives.
Translate market and competitive intelligence into recommendations for the executive team.
Build and run strategic investment activity and establish IPO-readiness capabilities.