Director of Investor Relations

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX | Confidential Search | Publicly Traded Industrial Company

We have been retained to identify a Director of Investor Relations for a publicly traded, NYSE-listed industrial company headquartered DFW, Texas. The company operates across global industrial markets with a multi-decade operating history, a durable balance sheet, and an active growth agenda.

This is a high-visibility seat. You will work directly with the CFO, CMO, and executive leadership, own the quarterly earnings cycle end to end, and serve as a primary voice to the investment community. If you have been executing someone else's IR strategy and are ready to build and own one, this is that step.

Why this role is worth a conversation

• Direct line to the top. You partner frequently with the C-suite and board. Your work is seen, used, and credited — not filtered through three layers.
• You own the narrative. The company has a real story to tell: differentiated market position, disciplined capital allocation, and a strategy that hasn't been fully priced in. Your job is to make the market understand it.
• Build, don't maintain. There is meaningful room to professionalize targeting, sharpen positioning, and expand analyst coverage. Ideas get implemented here.
• Scale that matters without the bureaucracy. Large enough for a sophisticated capital markets function; small enough that you are not one of nine people on the IR team.

What you'll do

• Serve as a primary point of contact for institutional investors, sell-side analysts, and the broader financial community — building the kind of relationships that hold up in both good quarters and hard ones.
• Partner with the CFO, CMO, and executive team to build and execute the investor relations strategy, with clear accountability for shareholder base quality and long-term value creation.
• Author earnings releases, call scripts, Q&A prep, and executive briefing materials that translate complex financial and operational data into a clear, credible narrative.
• Run the quarterly earnings process end to end — timeline, cross-functional inputs, messaging alignment, and executive readiness.
• Lead investor conferences, non-deal roadshows, and analyst meetings, including target selection, logistics, and executive preparation.
• Conduct shareholder base and peer analysis; design and execute targeted outreach to attract long-term holders and broaden analyst coverage.
• Monitor market activity, sell-side models, peer disclosures, and investor sentiment; deliver actionable intelligence back to leadership and the board.
• Establish and report on IR KPIs, ensuring the function is measured and continuously improving.
• Ensure full compliance with SEC regulations, Reg FD, and disclosure best practices across all external communications.

What you bring

Required

• 7–10 years of experience in investor relations, equity research, capital markets, corporate finance, or corporate communications at or for a publicly traded company.
• Direct, hands-on involvement in the public company earnings cycle — you have written or materially contributed to earnings releases, scripts, and Q&A.
• Strong financial literacy: you can read a 10-K, build or interrogate a model, and explain results and strategy credibly to a portfolio manager.
• Exceptional written communication. This role lives on the quality of the written word.
• Working knowledge of SEC reporting requirements, Reg FD, and disclosure standards.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Communications, or a related field.

Preferred

• Experience in industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, or adjacent sectors.
• Sell-side or buy-side background, or prior IR agency experience.
• CFA, MBA, or NIRI certification.
• Familiarity with IR platforms and market intelligence tools (e.g., Nasdaq IR Insight, S&P Capital IQ, FactSet, Bloomberg).
• Experience supporting M&A communications or investor day execution.

Details

• Location: Fort Worth, TX. This is an onsite role — proximity to the executive team is central to how it works. Company culture has flexibility to work from home on an as needed basis.
• Compensation: Competitive base plus annual incentive, commensurate with experience. Full benefits package plus RSU's.
• Confidentiality: This is a confidential search. Company identity will be disclosed to qualified candidates during the initial screening conversation.

Our client is an Equal Opportunity Employer.