Director, Investor Relations

Devon Energy • Houston, TX

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About The Position

The Director, Investor Relations shapes and executes the organization’s investor relations strategy and serves as a primary liaison between the company and the investment community. The role partners closely with executive leadership to communicate the company’s financial and operational performance, capital allocation priorities, and long-term strategy to shareholders, sell-side analysts, and institutional investors. The role leads the quarterly earnings cycle and oversees investor days, conferences, and roadshows, ensuring clear and consistent messaging. The role also supports the company’s public disclosure and regulatory compliance—including SEC reporting and Regulation FD—in partnership with Legal and Accounting. Leads and mentors the investor relations team and designs the company’s investor communications strategy, aligned with its long-term financial and strategic goals. Partners with executive leadership to define messaging and positioning, ensuring consistency across all investor communications. Owns the quarterly earnings cycle—including the earnings release, prepared remarks, and Q&A preparation—and leads investor days, roadshows, and conferences. Serves as a primary point of contact for institutional investors, sell-side analysts, and other key stakeholders. Manages relationships with sell-side analysts and institutional (buy-side) investors; tracks analyst coverage, consensus estimates, and shareholder composition; and leads investor targeting and perception studies. Leads investor communications for strategic transactions and integration—from announcement through close—in partnership with Corporate Development and Finance. Interprets capital markets, commodity-price, and peer dynamics for leadership, and communicates the company’s capital allocation and return-of-capital framework, including the dividend and share-repurchase strategy. Supports the company’s public disclosure obligations—including the Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, and proxy statement—and Regulation FD compliance, in partnership with Legal and Accounting. Provides strategic counsel to executive leadership, manages the IR budget and vendor relationships, and defines KPIs aligned with the company’s investor relations strategy and goals.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Public Relations, Business Administration or any other related discipline and/or commensurate work experience is required.
• 12+ years of relevant experience.
• 6-8 years of management experience, preferably in investor relations, capital markets, equity research, corporate finance, or a related field.
• Exposure to financial analysis, earnings events, and regulatory disclosure.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) (preferred)
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) (preferred)
• Stakeholder Relationships
• Prioritization
• Innovation
• Team Management
• Strategic Thinking
• Decision Making
• Cross-Functional Integrations
• Financial Analysis
• Regulatory Compliance
• Capital Markets Understanding
• Market & Industry Analysis
• Investor Presentations
• Risk Management
• Corporate Governance
• Change Management
• Budget Management
• KPI Management
• Earnings & SEC Disclosure Management
• M&A / Transaction Communications
• Capital Allocation & Return of Capital

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree is preferred.
• Energy / oil & gas industry experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Shapes and executes the organization’s investor relations strategy.
• Serves as a primary liaison between the company and the investment community.
• Partners closely with executive leadership to communicate financial and operational performance, capital allocation priorities, and long-term strategy.
• Leads the quarterly earnings cycle and oversees investor days, conferences, and roadshows.
• Supports public disclosure and regulatory compliance (SEC reporting, Regulation FD) in partnership with Legal and Accounting.
• Leads and mentors the investor relations team.
• Designs the company’s investor communications strategy.
• Defines messaging and positioning with executive leadership.
• Owns the quarterly earnings cycle (release, prepared remarks, Q&A preparation).
• Serves as a primary point of contact for institutional investors, sell-side analysts, and key stakeholders.
• Manages relationships with sell-side analysts and institutional investors.
• Tracks analyst coverage, consensus estimates, and shareholder composition.
• Leads investor targeting and perception studies.
• Leads investor communications for strategic transactions and integration.
• Interprets capital markets, commodity-price, and peer dynamics for leadership.
• Communicates the company’s capital allocation and return-of-capital framework.
• Supports public disclosure obligations (Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, proxy statement) and Regulation FD compliance.
• Provides strategic counsel to executive leadership.
• Manages the IR budget and vendor relationships.
• Defines KPIs aligned with the company’s investor relations strategy and goals.

Benefits

• workplace practices, wellness programs, benefits and compensation are aimed at helping employees manage their unique personal life and care for their families

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director