Director, IR and Corporate Communications

Route 92 Medical • San Mateo, CA

8d • $250,000 - $270,000

About The Position

Route 92 Medical is seeking a communications leader to tell the company’s story to multiple audiences and across multiple channels. The role develops and executes communications strategies that position Route 92 as a leader in the neurovascular industry and communicate its mission, technology, clinical impact, commercial progress, and long-term opportunities. The successful candidate combines business experience with strong writing and communication skills and works proactively in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

The Director of Investor Relations & Corporate Communications serves as a strategic partner to the CEO, CFO, and executive leadership team, ensuring consistent and effective communications across external and internal channels. The position leads investor relations, corporate communications strategy, media relations, executive communications, and public company readiness initiatives. It works with leaders across Route 92 to align branding and communications, builds relationships with the investment community, prepares leaders for investor engagement, and supports financing and strategic initiatives. The role interacts with investors, analysts, Board members, executives, and media representatives.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience managing investor communications in a high-growth and dynamic publicly traded or late-stage private company.
• Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Strong financial literacy and ability to understand and communicate financial performance, business metrics, and strategic priorities.
• Proven experience developing executive communications and investor-facing materials.
• Ability to translate complex clinical, commercial, operational, and financial information into clear and compelling narratives.
• Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Strong judgment, intellectual curiosity, and attention to detail.
• Experience partnering effectively with senior executives and cross-functional teams.
• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Business, Finance, Marketing, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in investor relations, corporate communications, public relations, strategic communications, or equivalent experience in related functions.

Nice To Haves

• Investor relations experience within medical device, healthcare, life sciences, or biotechnology industries.
• Experience supporting IPO readiness initiatives, public company communications, earnings processes, or capital markets transactions.
• Existing relationships with healthcare investors, analysts, financial media, or industry stakeholders.
• Experience working with external communications, public relations, or investor relations agencies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a corporate communications strategy aligned with Route 92's business objectives and growth plans.
• Partner with commercial, clinical, marketing, business development, and executive leadership teams to align communications with strategic priorities.
• Ensure consistency of messaging, branding, and corporate positioning across communication channels.
• Create communication plans for corporate milestones, product launches, clinical data releases, regulatory developments, commercial successes, and strategic partnerships.
• Develop and maintain crisis communications and issues management plans.
• Ensure communications infrastructure, tools, and resources are available to support internal and external communications.
• Manage investor relations strategy in partnership with the CEO and CFO.
• Develop and communicate an investment thesis covering the company's market opportunity, competitive differentiation, clinical value proposition, commercial progress, and long-term objectives.
• Serve as a primary contact for investor inquiries and coordinate responses with executive leadership.
• Maintain relationships with current and prospective investors, analysts, bankers, and other financial stakeholders.
• Coordinate investor outreach, meetings, non-deal roadshows, and participation in investor conferences.
• Prepare investor presentations, fact sheets, Q&A documents, annual updates, and other investor-facing communications.
• Work with Finance to translate financial results, operating metrics, and strategic priorities into investor messaging.
• Monitor investor feedback, market sentiment, and industry developments, and provide insights and recommendations to senior management.
• Assist with public company readiness, including earnings communications, disclosure practices, investor communications protocols, and external reporting preparedness.
• Lead media relations strategy and execution.
• Draft and oversee press releases, media statements, thought leadership, articles, white papers, executive profiles, and corporate announcements.
• Develop and maintain relationships with healthcare, medical technology, trade, business, and financial media.
• Manage media inquiries and coordinate media engagement.
• Identify opportunities to increase awareness of Route 92's technology, clinical outcomes, and market leadership.
• Prepare executives for media interviews, speaking engagements, and public appearances.
• Manage external communications agencies and consultants as appropriate.
• Advise the CEO, CFO, and executive leadership team on communications.
• Develop presentations, speeches, talking points, scripts, and strategic messaging for internal and external audiences.
• Manage company executives' presence on social media channels.
• Prepare leadership for investor meetings, media interviews, conferences, Board presentations, and other high-profile engagements.
• Ensure executive communications align with company objectives and messaging.
• Develop internal communications programs with Human Resources that reinforce company vision, strategy, culture, and business priorities.
• Create content for all-hands meetings, leadership updates, employee newsletters, and corporate announcements.
• Partner with Human Resources and executive leadership to communicate organizational changes, company initiatives, and key business developments.
• Support employee engagement and alignment through clear, consistent, and timely communications.

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare benefits effective on day one, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, FSA, HSA, short-term and long-term disability, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance.
• Competitive base pay plus corporate bonus program.
• Generous paid time off and 16 paid holidays, including a company-wide summer recharge week in July.
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave after 90 days of employment.
• Monthly cell phone stipend.
• Role may be eligible for equity.

What This Job Offers

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