Investor Relations Sr Mgr - L6

Lockheed Martin's Investor Relations team is seeking a Senior Manager to serve as the analytical and investor targeting side of the IR function. This high-visibility, high-impact role drives the financial modeling, valuation analytics, and investor intelligence that underpin the company's engagement with the investment community, with regular exposure to senior leadership work products including materials prepared for the CFO and CEO.

The role is ideal for individuals who want to absorb as much knowledge as possible over an 18-to-24-month window and use that momentum to launch into their next career phase within the broader Finance organization.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain valuation and financial models supporting the IR function, including DCF, sum-of-the-parts, peer comparables, free cash flow analysis, and scenario modeling
• Track, synthesize, and reconcile sell-side consensus estimates at the corporate and business area level; monitor estimate revisions, price target changes, and rating actions and communicate implications to IR leadership
• Conduct shareholder base analysis, ownership tracking, and quarterly surveillance of institutional positions using 13F filings and third-party data
• Support investor targeting and tiering: profile institutional investors and funds, assess fit against the company's shareholder strategy, and maintain the targeting database and CRM
• Prepare briefing materials, talking points, and analytical backup for the Director, VP of IR, and senior executives ahead of earnings calls, conferences, roadshows, and one-on-one investor meetings
• Support quarterly earnings preparation, including peer benchmarking, Q&A development, and post-call analysis of analyst reactions and estimate changes
• Perform competitive and market intelligence analysis, including peer disclosures, sector trends, and capital deployment benchmarking
• Develop recurring reporting for internal stakeholders, including leadership summaries of sell-side activity, shareholder movements, and market performance
• Travel as business needs require (a minimum of 25%) and support quarterly/year-end closing activities
• Coordinate subordinate employee recruitment, selection and training, performance assessment, work assignments, salary, and recognition/disciplinary actions
• Brief and offer management counsel on matters affecting the company's relationships with the investment community and individual share owners
• Serve as authoritative central source of disclosable financial information and perspectives needed by investment professionals
• Provide and coordinate information for security analysts, investor clubs, and similar groups

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
• 10+ years of progressive experience in corporate finance, FP&A, equity research, investment banking, valuation, or related analytical discipline
• Advanced financial modeling skills in Excel, including comfort-building valuation models from source filings
• Strong working knowledge of financial statements, SEC filings, and disclosure practices
• Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to distill complex analysis into concise executive-ready materials
• High attention to detail and sound judgment handling material non-public information

Skills

• MBA, CPA, or CFA (or progress toward)
• Experience with investor relations platforms, shareholder surveillance tools, or market data services (e.g., Bloomberg, FactSet, S&P Capital IQ)
• Familiarity with the aerospace & defense sector
• Experience supporting senior executives with analytical and briefing materials
• Demonstrated intellectual curiosity and initiative in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Interest in a multi-assignment finance career path across the enterprise

Pay

Full-Time Salary Range: $151,800.00 - $281,800.00

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10)
• 401(k) match
• Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Education Assistance
• Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability
• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs (performance-based and not guaranteed)

For Washington state applicants only: Non-represented full-time employees accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) for incidental absences and receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full-time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month, up to 52 hours of sick leave annually, and receive at least 96 hours for holidays.

Schedule

Work Location: Bethesda, MD