Senior Director, Investor Relations
Lumen Technologies · United States · 1 mo ago
RemoteRemoteMarketing$175k–$233k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with headings for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. Preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Key sections:
- Position Overview: description of role. Could be "About the role". Use
for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. Preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Key sections:
- Position Overview: description of role. Could be "About the role". Use About the role
then
with that paragraph. - Key Responsibilities: list of duties. Use
Responsibilities
then- each bullet.
- Qualifications: includes Bachelor's degree etc. Also Preferred Qualifications. Could combine under Requirements? The instruction: use headings for Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide what content fits.
We have Qualifications (required) and Preferred Qualifications. Also there is "Compensation" section with pay ranges. Also "Lumen offers a comprehensive package featuring a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle benefits and other perks". That's Benefits.
We also have "Location Based Pay Ranges" details.
We have no explicit Skills section separate; but qualifications include skills. Could put under Skills? But we have Qualifications heading; we can put required qualifications there. Preferred qualifications could be under Skills or maybe also under Qualifications. The instruction: prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could combine required and preferred under Qualifications. Or we could have Qualifications (required) and Skills (preferred). But we need to avoid filler.
Let's think: The posting includes:
- Position Overview (About the role)
- Key Responsibilities (Responsibilities)
- Qualifications (required)
- Preferred Qualifications (maybe Skills)
- Compensation (Pay)
- Benefits (Benefits)
- Location Based Pay Ranges (part of Pay)
- No explicit Schedule.
Thus we will have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay.
We must not include Schedule if no content.
Now we need to extract substantive content.
About the role: The paragraph starting "Position Overview The Senior Director, Investor Relations serves as the company's primary liaison..." We'll put that as
. Responsibilities: list bullet points from "Key Responsibilities". Need to capture each bullet. The text includes many sentences; we need to split into list items. We'll create
- for each responsibility.
Let's extract bullet points:
- Develop and execute the company's investor relations strategy, ensuring the investment community has a clear understanding of the company's strategy, performance, growth opportunities, transformation priorities, and long-term value creation objectives.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to the CEO, CFO, and Board of Directors on investor sentiment, shareholder expectations, ownership trends, valuation drivers, capital allocation perspectives, market dynamics, and emerging risks and opportunities.
- Develop and continually evolve the company’s investment thesis and external financial narrative, translating complex technology, product architecture, software and cloud business models, and technical differentiation into clear value drivers for tech-focused investors and analysts.
- Ensure consistency and compelling articulation of the company’s strategy, competitive differentiation, financial performance, and long-term value proposition across investor-facing communications.
- Develop and execute a proactive investor targeting and engagement strategy, building strong relationships with existing and prospective technology and software sector portfolio managers, tech-specialist equity analysts, sell-side analysts, rating agencies, and broader capital markets stakeholders to strengthen the company’s credibility, visibility, and long-term shareholder base.
- Gather, analyze, and synthesize market intelligence, including investor feedback, analyst perspectives and models, peer and competitive performance, valuation trends, shareholder composition, and broader capital markets developments; translate insights into actionable recommendations for executive leadership and the Board.
- Lead the company’s investor-facing communications and engagement, including quarterly earnings materials and calls, investor presentations, Analyst Days, conferences, roadshows, shareholder outreach, annual meeting support, and other high-profile investor interactions.
- Partner with Finance, Legal, Communications, Strategy, and business leaders to ensure accurate, transparent, consistent, and compliant investor communications and public disclosures, including earnings materials, SEC filings, annual reports, proxy materials, and other shareholder communications.
- Shape investor communications around significant strategic and business transformation initiatives, translating complex enterprise changes, strategic transactions, and capital allocation decisions into clear and credible external narratives and preparing executive leadership for periods of heightened investor and market attention.
- Monitor shareholder composition, governance trends, analyst coverage, trading dynamics, and capital markets developments, advising leadership on potential implications for enterprise value, investor confidence, and the company’s market positioning.
- Lead and develop a high-performing Investor Relations function, establishing strong capabilities, processes, performance measures, and best practices that increase the effectiveness and impact of the function.
- Operate as both a strategic leader and hands-on contributor, personally driving high-quality analysis, executive messaging, presentations, earnings preparation, and investor communications when appropriate.
That's 13 bullets.
Now Qualifications (required): list bullet points from "Qualifications". The text includes:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Communications, or a related field.
- 12+ years of progressive experience in Investor Relations, Finance, Treasury, Equity Research, Investment Banking, Corporate Development, Strategy, or a related capital markets discipline, with significant experience supporting enterprise software, cloud/SaaS, digital infrastructure, or high-tech publicly traded company.
- 5+ years of leadership experience within Investor Relations, Finance, Capital Markets, or a related function, with demonstrated ability to lead teams and influence senior executives and external stakeholders.
- Significant public-company Investor Relations experience, including direct involvement in earnings, investor and analyst engagement, public disclosures, and executive preparation.
- Deep understanding of capital markets, valuation methodologies, financial statements and performance metrics, investor expectations, shareholder engagement practices, tech/software valuation metrics, and capital allocation considerations.
- Strong knowledge of SEC regulations, Regulation FD, disclosure requirements, securities laws, and public-company reporting obligations.
- Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex financial, strategic, competitive, and market information and translate it into a clear and compelling investment narrative.
- Proven ability to establish credibility and influence with investors, analysts, executive leadership teams, and Boards of Directors.
- Exceptional written, verbal, presentation, and executive communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex topics with clarity and precision.
- Strong business and financial acumen, analytical rigor, sound judgment, and the ability to operate effectively in high-visibility situations with competing priorities and tight deadlines.
- Strong executive presence and the ability to represent the company effectively with investors, analysts, rating agencies, and other external stakeholders.
We'll put these as
- under Qualifications.
Now Skills (Preferred Qualifications): list bullet points from "Preferred Qualifications". The text includes:
- MBA, CFA, CPA, or other relevant advanced degree or professional designation.
- Experience leading Investor Relations for a publicly traded company.
- Experience within telecommunications, technology, infrastructure, or other capital-intensive industries.
- Experience supporting significant strategic transactions, capital raises, mergers and acquisitions, Analyst Days, or major enterprise transformation initiatives.
- Established relationships within the institutional investor and sell-side analyst community.
We'll put these under Skills.
Now Benefits: The paragraph: "Lumen offers a comprehensive package featuring a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle benefits and other perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing. We're able to answer any additional questions you may have about our bonus structure (short-term incentives, long-term incentives and/or sales compensation) as you move through the selection process. Learn more about Lumen's:BenefitsBonus Structure". There's some weird formatting but we can extract: Lumen offers a comprehensive package featuring a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle benefits and other perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing. We're able to answer any additional questions you may have about our bonus structure (short-term incentives, long-term incentives and/or sales compensation) as you move through the selection process. Learn more about Lumen's Benefits Bonus Structure.
We'll put that as
under Benefits. Now Pay: The compensation section includes: "Compensation This information reflects the anticipated base salary range for this position based on current national data. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. Individual pay is based on skills, experience and other relevant factors. Location Based Pay Ranges $174,876 - $233,168 in these states: AL AR AZ FL GA IA ID IN KS KY LA ME MO MS MT ND NE NM OH OK PA SC SD TN UT VT WI WV WY $183,621 - $244,827 in these states: CO HI MI MN NC NH NV OR RI $192,364 - $256,486 in these states: AK CA CT DC DE IL MA MD NJ NY TX VA WA" We need to include that as
under Pay. Possibly also mention that it's base salary range. We should not include filler like "Minimums and maximums may vary based on location." That's substantive. Keep it. Now we must not include Job ID etc. Also remove boilerplate like "Life at Lumen", "Background Screening", "Equal Employment Opportunities", "Privacy Notice", "Disclaimer". Also remove navigation etc. Now produce HTML fragment: only the sections with headings and content. We'll output:
About the role
...
Responsibilities
- ... ...
Qualifications
- ...
Skills
- ...
Benefits
...
Pay
...
Make sure no extra whitespace? It's fine. Now craft the content precisely. About the role paragraph: Use the exact text from "Position Overview". Let's copy: "Position Overview The Senior Director, Investor Relations serves as the company's primary liaison to the investment community and a strategic advisor to the CEO, CFO, and Board of Directors on investor sentiment, market perceptions, valuation drivers, and capital markets trends. This leader owns the company’s investor relations strategy and external investment narrative, translating technology roadmap , software and platform capabilities, business strategy, and financial performance into a compelling investment thesis that strengthens investor confidence and supports long-term shareholder value creation. The Senior Director builds and maintains relationships with investors, analysts, rating agencies, and other key stakeholders, while bringing external market intelligence and investor perspectives back into the organization to inform enterprise decision-making. The role partners closely with Finance, Strategy, Legal, Communications, and business leaders to ensure clear, consistent, credible, and transparent communication with the investment community." Note there is a stray space before comma after "technology roadmap ,". We'll keep as is. Now Responsibilities bullets: ensure each bullet ends with period. Now Qualifications bullets: as above. Now Skills bullets: as above. Now Benefits paragraph: combine sentences. "Lumen offers a comprehensive package featuring a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle benefits and other perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing. We're able to answer any additional questions you may have about our bonus structure (short-term incentives, long-term incentives and/or sales compensation) as you move through the selection process. Learn more about Lumen's Benefits Bonus Structure." Now Pay paragraph: include the compensation text. "Compensation This information reflects the anticipated base salary range for this position based on current national data. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. Individual pay is based on skills, experience and other relevant factors. Location Based Pay Ranges $174,876 - $233,168 in these states: AL AR AZ FL GA IA ID IN KS KY LA ME MO MS MT ND NE NM OH OK PA SC SD TN UT VT WI WV WY $183,621 - $244,827 in these states: CO HI
- under Qualifications.
Now Skills (Preferred Qualifications): list bullet points from "Preferred Qualifications". The text includes:
- MBA, CFA, CPA, or other relevant advanced degree or professional designation.
- Experience leading Investor Relations for a publicly traded company.
- Experience within telecommunications, technology, infrastructure, or other capital-intensive industries.
- Experience supporting significant strategic transactions, capital raises, mergers and acquisitions, Analyst Days, or major enterprise transformation initiatives.
- Established relationships within the institutional investor and sell-side analyst community.
We'll put these under Skills.
Now Benefits: The paragraph: "Lumen offers a comprehensive package featuring a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle benefits and other perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing. We're able to answer any additional questions you may have about our bonus structure (short-term incentives, long-term incentives and/or sales compensation) as you move through the selection process. Learn more about Lumen's:BenefitsBonus Structure". There's some weird formatting but we can extract: Lumen offers a comprehensive package featuring a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle benefits and other perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing. We're able to answer any additional questions you may have about our bonus structure (short-term incentives, long-term incentives and/or sales compensation) as you move through the selection process. Learn more about Lumen's Benefits Bonus Structure.
We'll put that as
- for each responsibility.
Let's extract bullet points:
- Develop and execute the company's investor relations strategy, ensuring the investment community has a clear understanding of the company's strategy, performance, growth opportunities, transformation priorities, and long-term value creation objectives.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to the CEO, CFO, and Board of Directors on investor sentiment, shareholder expectations, ownership trends, valuation drivers, capital allocation perspectives, market dynamics, and emerging risks and opportunities.
- Develop and continually evolve the company’s investment thesis and external financial narrative, translating complex technology, product architecture, software and cloud business models, and technical differentiation into clear value drivers for tech-focused investors and analysts.
- Ensure consistency and compelling articulation of the company’s strategy, competitive differentiation, financial performance, and long-term value proposition across investor-facing communications.
- Develop and execute a proactive investor targeting and engagement strategy, building strong relationships with existing and prospective technology and software sector portfolio managers, tech-specialist equity analysts, sell-side analysts, rating agencies, and broader capital markets stakeholders to strengthen the company’s credibility, visibility, and long-term shareholder base.
- Gather, analyze, and synthesize market intelligence, including investor feedback, analyst perspectives and models, peer and competitive performance, valuation trends, shareholder composition, and broader capital markets developments; translate insights into actionable recommendations for executive leadership and the Board.
- Lead the company’s investor-facing communications and engagement, including quarterly earnings materials and calls, investor presentations, Analyst Days, conferences, roadshows, shareholder outreach, annual meeting support, and other high-profile investor interactions.
- Partner with Finance, Legal, Communications, Strategy, and business leaders to ensure accurate, transparent, consistent, and compliant investor communications and public disclosures, including earnings materials, SEC filings, annual reports, proxy materials, and other shareholder communications.
- Shape investor communications around significant strategic and business transformation initiatives, translating complex enterprise changes, strategic transactions, and capital allocation decisions into clear and credible external narratives and preparing executive leadership for periods of heightened investor and market attention.
- Monitor shareholder composition, governance trends, analyst coverage, trading dynamics, and capital markets developments, advising leadership on potential implications for enterprise value, investor confidence, and the company’s market positioning.
- Lead and develop a high-performing Investor Relations function, establishing strong capabilities, processes, performance measures, and best practices that increase the effectiveness and impact of the function.
- Operate as both a strategic leader and hands-on contributor, personally driving high-quality analysis, executive messaging, presentations, earnings preparation, and investor communications when appropriate.
That's 13 bullets.
Now Qualifications (required): list bullet points from "Qualifications". The text includes:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Communications, or a related field.
- 12+ years of progressive experience in Investor Relations, Finance, Treasury, Equity Research, Investment Banking, Corporate Development, Strategy, or a related capital markets discipline, with significant experience supporting enterprise software, cloud/SaaS, digital infrastructure, or high-tech publicly traded company.
- 5+ years of leadership experience within Investor Relations, Finance, Capital Markets, or a related function, with demonstrated ability to lead teams and influence senior executives and external stakeholders.
- Significant public-company Investor Relations experience, including direct involvement in earnings, investor and analyst engagement, public disclosures, and executive preparation.
- Deep understanding of capital markets, valuation methodologies, financial statements and performance metrics, investor expectations, shareholder engagement practices, tech/software valuation metrics, and capital allocation considerations.
- Strong knowledge of SEC regulations, Regulation FD, disclosure requirements, securities laws, and public-company reporting obligations.
- Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex financial, strategic, competitive, and market information and translate it into a clear and compelling investment narrative.
- Proven ability to establish credibility and influence with investors, analysts, executive leadership teams, and Boards of Directors.
- Exceptional written, verbal, presentation, and executive communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex topics with clarity and precision.
- Strong business and financial acumen, analytical rigor, sound judgment, and the ability to operate effectively in high-visibility situations with competing priorities and tight deadlines.
- Strong executive presence and the ability to represent the company effectively with investors, analysts, rating agencies, and other external stakeholders.
We'll put these as