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Senior Manager of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications

Employer
Dynavax Technologies
Location
Emeryville, CA, US
Start date
Oct 5, 2019

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Discipline
Marketing, Marketing/Corporate Communications
Required Education
Bachelors Degree
Position Type
Full time
Hotbed
Biotech Bay

Job Details

Overview


Dynavax is searching for a creative, resourceful, integrative thinker for a highly visible role that is responsible for Investor Relations and Corporate Communications. The Senior Manager of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications will contribute to achieving the company's strategic communications goals

Responsibilities

  • Manage an active IR calendar including investor conferences, non-deal roadshows and bus tours.
  • Serve as a company representative and point of contact for investors and sell-side analysts.
  • Report key themes from investor and analyst meetings back to management.
  • Lead the process to develop press releases, earnings call scripts, social media postings and other documents for which appropriate messaging is critical.
  • Develop, maintain, and update corporate Q&A documents as needed.
  • Prepare background information on investors for key spokespeople in advance of meetings.
  • Maintain and update investor-facing components of corporate website.
  • Support strategic, integrated communication with investors, including proactively responding to routine shareholder inquiries.
  • Maintain existing shareholder and analyst relationships.
  • Research investor targeting and efforts to cultivate new investor and analyst interest.
  • Collaborate on the development of the IR strategy and budget.
  • Manage and coordinate effectively with external vendors, including IR consultants and a PR agency.
Collaborate with human resources to create compelling employee communications initiatives

Qualifications

Must thrive working in a fast-paced environment while remaining flexible, proactive, resourceful and efficient. Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to develop important relationships with key stakeholders, good conflict management and negotiation skills, ability to analyze complex issues to develop relevant and realistic plans, programs and recommendations. Demonstrated ability to translate strategy into action; excellent analytical skills and an ability to communicate complex issues in a simple nuanced way and with good judgment and to orchestrate plans to resolve issues and mitigate risks.
  • Bachelor's degree preferred.
  • 3+ years of experience working in financial services, corporate communications or investor relations.
  • 2+ years of experience working at a biotech/pharmaceutical company preferred.
  • Polished individual with strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to synthesize complex concepts into easily discernable outputs.
  • Some experience in financial modeling and reporting preferred.
  • Capacity to develop an understanding of a dynamic, multi-faceted story, involving multiple elements of scientific, financial, commercial, competitive, strategic, and goal-oriented messages.
  • Strong team player that has a customer service approach and is solution oriented.
  • Attention to detail and the ability to work individually, within a multi-disciplinary team, as well as with external partners and vendors.
  • Strong proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
  • Ability to handle and prioritize multiple projects.
  • Great organizational skills; effective at managing priorities and consistently meeting deadlines.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Understanding of sensitivity around material non-public information.
  • Ability to travel 10-20%.

Company

We are developing immunotherapies based on cutting-edge Toll-like receptor (TLR) biology and its ability to modulate the immune system.

Company info
Website
Mini-site
Dynavax Technologies
Phone
510-848-5100
Location
2100 Powell Street
Suite 300
Emeryville
California
94608
US

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