Head of Investor Relations

Rackspace Technology

About The Position

The Head of Investor Relations leads Rackspace Technology’s global investor relations strategy and develops a credible investment narrative connecting business strategy, financial performance, operating drivers, and long-term value creation. The role works closely with the CFO, business unit leaders, and finance teams to understand results, forecasts, and the factors affecting growth, profitability, and cash flow. It emphasizes analytical rigor, FP&A expertise, financial modeling, and capital markets fluency in investor engagement, earnings preparation, and market intelligence. The position owns the Investor Relations function and external financial narrative, without direct responsibility for managing FP&A. It builds relationships across business units and Finance to connect operating execution with financial outcomes, and strengthens capital markets credibility through financially grounded communications and executive partnership.

Requirements

10+ years of progressive experience across FP&A, corporate finance, investor relations, equity research, investment banking, or related roles, including meaningful hands-on FP&A experience.
Strong financial modeling, forecasting, and financial statement analysis skills, with understanding of revenue, margin, cash flow, and valuation drivers.
Ability to partner with business unit finance leaders, challenge assumptions, and turn complex results into actionable insights.
Experience interpreting operating KPIs and explaining their impact on consolidated financial performance.
Experience in investor relations, capital markets, equity research, investment banking, or financial communications.
Familiarity with institutional investors, analyst models, quarterly earnings, investor presentations, and market expectations.
Working knowledge of SEC disclosure requirements, Regulation FD, and public company governance.
Analytical, commercially minded executive able to move between detailed financial models and investor-facing narratives.
Exceptional executive presence, financial storytelling, and written and verbal communication skills.
Collaborative partner able to influence Finance, business unit leadership, and senior executives without direct authority.
Strategic thinking, sound judgment, curiosity, and a deep understanding of business performance.
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related discipline.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a public technology company is ideal.
MBA, CFA, or CPA preferred.

Responsibilities

Define and execute the investor relations strategy, aligning external messaging with Rackspace’s business priorities and long-term value creation.
Build an investment narrative grounded in financial analysis, operational KPIs, revenue and margin drivers, cash flow, and growth opportunities.
Advise the CEO, CFO, and executive leadership on investor expectations, market perceptions, and financial communications.
Partner with business unit leaders and finance teams to understand operating performance, forecasts, and key financial drivers.
Use FP&A and modeling expertise to assess trends, variances, assumptions, risks, and opportunities across the business.
Connect business unit KPIs and strategic initiatives to consolidated results and explain their implications for investors.
Challenge assumptions and develop clear, data-supported explanations of business performance.
Build trusted relationships with institutional investors, sell-side analysts, and other capital markets stakeholders.
Partner with Apollo Global Management and its Capital Markets team on investor management, financial messaging, and market perspectives grounded in Rackspace business performance.
Understand analyst models, estimates, valuation assumptions, and questions, and provide actionable market feedback to leadership.
Lead quarterly earnings releases, investor presentations, call scripts, executive messaging, and Q&A preparation.
Coordinate with Corporate Finance, FP&A, and business unit finance teams to ensure accuracy and consistency in external messaging.
Prepare the CEO and CFO for earnings calls, investor meetings, roadshows, and analyst engagements using rigorous financial analysis.
Monitor analyst estimates, stock performance, shareholder activity, market trends, and investor sentiment.
Conduct peer benchmarking, valuation comparisons, and competitive financial analysis.
Translate market feedback and financial analysis into actionable insights for the CFO and executive team.
Partner with Finance, Legal, and Corporate Communications on SEC disclosures and public company reporting.
Ensure investor communications comply with Regulation FD and applicable disclosure requirements.
Coordinate external messaging with internal financial reporting and corporate communications.
Own the Investor Relations function and external financial narrative without direct responsibility for managing FP&A.
Build trusted relationships across business units and Finance to connect operating execution with financial outcomes.
Strengthen capital markets credibility through precise, financially grounded communications and executive partnership.