Head of Investor Relations & Capital Formation

Illumen Capital • Oakland, CA

2d • $225,000 - $250,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Illumen Capital is seeking a Head of Investor Relations & Capital Formation to lead the firm's fundraising strategy as it scales toward a $1 billion investment platform. This executive will be responsible for deepening relationships with existing limited partners and expanding the institutional investor base. The role involves hands-on execution, including originating and closing commitments, refining the investor narrative based on Illumen's research-backed approach, and enhancing systems for sustained growth. This is a full-time, hybrid position based in Oakland, California, requiring approximately 50% travel for investor meetings, conferences, and industry events.

Requirements

• A demonstrated passion for building a more equitable world, grounded in the belief that addressing bias in investment decision-making can unlock stronger performance and deeper impact.
• Significant experience in institutional fundraising, investor relations and capital formation with a record of personally originating relationships and closing meaningful commitments.
• Active relationships across relevant investor channels - particularly consultants and OCIOs, foundations, endowments, pensions, family offices, wealth platforms, and mission-aligned investors - that can be successfully activated.
• Strong investment fluency and the ability to communicate, with high conviction, portfolio strategy, performance, attribution, risk, impact, and Illumen's differentiated approach to addressing bias to sophisticated investment committees.
• The judgment and presence to represent Illumen as a trusted senior external face, with excellent writing, speaking, facilitation, and relationship-management skills.
• A highly organized, data-driven approach to pipeline management, forecasting, meeting preparation, follow-up, diligence, and reporting; fluency with Affinity, PitchBook, or comparable systems.
• A builder's orientation and the ability to operate both strategically and hands-on as a senior executive at an entrepreneurial, growing investment firm.
• A proven team player who collaborates across functions, shares information and credit, supports collective decisions, and contributes to shared outcomes.
• High integrity, discretion, resilience, curiosity, self-awareness, and a commitment to continuous learning and self-improvement.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in multi-asset class strategies is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a comprehensive capital formation strategy across Illumen's investment offerings for progress toward $1 billion in assets under management (AUM).
• Originate, qualify, cultivate, and close capital commitments from institutional investors, consultants and OCIOs, family offices, foundations, endowments, pension plans, wealth platforms, and high-net-worth individuals.
• Lead prospective investors through the full fundraising journey - from first meetings and qualification through diligence, negotiation, Investment-Committee approval, and signed subscriptions.
• Serve as a trusted senior relationship manager for current LPs; strengthen re-ups, referrals, co-investment relationships, and cross-strategy engagement across Illumen's private-market and public-equities offerings.
• Develop fundraising goals, probability-weighted forecasts, conversion metrics, and a disciplined operating system with clear ownership and accountability.
• Effectively communicate Illumen's investment performance, its research addressing bias, and its impact thesis for sophisticated investors across private and public markets.
• Position Illumen effectively across impact-investing, emerging-manager, consultant, institutional, and private-wealth channels; monitor allocation trends, investor sentiment, and competitive fundraising dynamics.
• Provide actionable market intelligence to firm leadership, including insights that inform fundraising priorities, product development, investor segmentation, and potential new structures or strategies consistent with Illumen's mission.
• Lead high-quality investor communications and experiences, including LP meetings, quarterly and annual reporting, impact communications, advisory engagement, conferences, regional campaigns, and relationship-building events.
• Oversee pitch books, fact sheets, due-diligence questionnaires, data-room content, customized investor requests, website and newsletter content, and other external materials, ensuring accuracy and consistency.
• Partner effectively with Illumen investment, finance, operations, legal, compliance, and impact colleagues, fostering a collaborative, accountable, and team-first culture.
• Build and lead a high-performing investor relations and capital formation operation, including the systems, processes, institutional knowledge, and capabilities required to scale.

Benefits

• Employer covered health insurance plans.
• 401(k).
• Financial support for professional development opportunities.
• The opportunity to work in a mission-driven environment with access to a distinguished network of investors, fund managers, researchers, leaders, and mentors.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed