Associate Director, Investor Relations
Beam Therapeutics · Cambridge, MA · 3 wk ago
HybridFinanceFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Support execution of Beam’s investor relations strategy, including proactive engagement with buy-side and sell-side investors.
- Help manage investor targeting, outreach, and meeting coordination for one-on-ones, conferences, and non-deal roadshows.
- Track investor sentiment, ownership trends, and peer activity to inform outreach strategy and positioning.
- Serve as a secondary point of contact for inbound investor and analyst inquiries.
- Support continuous improvement of IR best practices and infrastructure.
- Prepare key disclosures and quarterly earnings materials, including scripts, slide decks, Q&A documents, and press releases.
- Ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance across external disclosures in coordination with legal and finance.
- Manage internal consensus models.
- Work cross-functionally with R&D, Clinical Development, Regulatory, and Commercial teams to: stay current on program updates and key milestones; translate technical data into clear, investor-relevant narratives; and support investor-facing materials related to clinical data readouts, regulatory updates, and pipeline evolution.
- Help refine and maintain Beam’s corporate narrative as the company evolves from a clinical-stage to commercial-stage biotech.
- Aid in message testing and preparation of executive spokespeople.
- Manage updates to Beam’s investor website and coordinate with Corporate Communications on broader digital and website strategy and content.
Required Qualifications
- 5–8 years of experience in investor relations, equity research, investment banking, corporate finance, or strategic communications, with meaningful exposure to public biotechnology or life sciences companies.
- Strong understanding of capital markets, public company disclosure requirements, and investor expectations.
- Ability to synthesize complex scientific, clinical, and financial information into clear, concise messaging.
- Prior experience supporting a pipeline-driven biotech company with multiple clinical programs.
- Exposure to companies approaching or undergoing a transition to commercial stage.
- Familiarity with gene editing, genetic medicine, or other advanced therapeutic modalities.
- Experience interacting directly with investors or analysts.
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior experience supporting a pipeline-driven biotech company with multiple clinical programs.
- Exposure to companies approaching or undergoing a transition to commercial stage.
- Familiarity with gene editing, genetic medicine, or other advanced therapeutic modalities.
- Experience interacting directly with investors or analysts.