Senior Director, Investor Relations

Parabilis Medicines•Cambridge, MA

21h•$255,000 - $295,000

About The Position

The Head of Investor Relations is responsible for developing and implementing the IR strategy and operations for Parabilis Medicines. The role will be responsible for sophisticated development and maintenance of the investor community and serve as Parabilis’ company contact. Our current and potential investors will have varying understanding of the details of our value proposition, and the IR head is expected to understand and propose measures to fill gaps and course correct as appropriate. Our investors will evolve over time, and it is expected that the head of IR will anticipate these changes and continuously plan ahead. Reporting to the CFO and partnering closely with the CEO, the CBSO, Corporate Communications and the broader Senior Management Team, this person will drive and execute on our strategic objectives with the investor community and be responsible for relationship management with current and prospective shareholders and financial analysts.

Requirements

Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree required, advanced degree a plus.
Minimum 12+ years’ experience with a focus on investor relations, finance, equity research or investment banking; public company experience required.
Strong knowledge of the strategy and individual investors appropriate now and for the next several years for Parabilis and our evolving story.
Ideally strong familiarity with both US and ex-US investors.
A proactive, strategic approach to investor relations and communications.
Ability to relay deep science to external stakeholders and must possess a strong understanding of general science and drug development.
Existing relationships within the financial, industry analyst, media, and institutional investor communities.
Outstanding oral and written communications and presentation skills.
Strong analytical skills, proficient with modern tools such as Claude Code.
Proven ability to plan, organize and execute IR-related events.
Must be able to collaborate effectively with executives and senior leaders; able to work collaboratively across functions.
Demonstrated ability to develop, establish and maintain relationships with healthcare investors and research analysts.
Ability to travel up to 20%.

Nice To Haves

Biotech experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Partner with the CEO and CFO to enhance and drive forward a strategic IR plan and strategy to effectively convey Parabilis’ story and value proposition to both the sell-side and buy-side with a goal of expanding the investor base.
Work closely with the CBSO and Corporate Communications to adapt the broader corporate narrative and messaging to current and potential investors.
Create a strategy and tactical plan to continuously deepen interest from our most important current and target investors, and a multi-year plan to evolve this investor base alongside our own evolution.
Working closely with the CEO and CFO to lead and manage Parabilis’ participation on quarterly earnings calls, investment conference calls and in-house meetings, road shows, analyst days, and one-on-one meetings.
Develop relationships and maintain regular communication with individual investors and select buy-side and sell-side contacts to provide up to date information about events and market trends affecting Parabilis, with the goal of communicating our long-term vision.
Ensure the development of supporting documents, such as analyst consensus models, investor analytics and interpretation, company valuation spreadsheets, investor presentations for conferences and road shows, quarterly earnings scripts, Q&A for SMT, and all press releases related to the financial community.
Support Finance and Legal in developing finance-related investor communications and filings (e.g., quarterly earnings calls, 10-K, etc.).
Serve as primary person to handle incoming inquiries from the media and investors. Record and summarize all investor and analyst contact.
Proactively engage investors and sell-side analysts to articulate the strategy of and status of Parabilis’ progress.
Work productively and frequently with the Executive Team to understand the timing and impact of business events.
Develop a thorough understanding of Parabilis’ pipeline and corporate strategy to support the delivery of our strategy, milestones, and inflection points clearly, compellingly, and compliantly to internal and external audiences.
Create targeting strategy for prospective investors; establish close relationships with key investors and analysts.
Keep abreast of industry trends and competitive landscape to both proactively and reactively adjust plans, messaging and manage relationships that may be impacted.
Monitor Wall Street analysts’ models and estimates, compile and communicate quarterly consensus for internal and external stakeholders.
Set the plan to execute investor conference and events.
Collaborate with Corporate Communications to originate and maintain investor-facing materials, including financial results press releases, investor presentations, conference call scripts, Q&As, IR website and backgrounders.