Senior Director, Investor Relations & Strategic Finance

The role

Lead the investor story for Zscaler's Zero Trust platform and build relationships with sell-side analysts and institutional investors. Draft earnings scripts and Q&A, run investor events, and bring investor feedback to executives. Support M&A due diligence and long-range planning.

What you will do

• Write the financial narrative with the SVP of Investor Relations & Strategic Finance, including earnings scripts, Q&A and investor materials
• Build and maintain relationships with sell-side analysts and institutional investors
• Target and build relationships with prospective institutional shareholders who do not yet own company stock
• Design and run Investor Day, investor sessions at customer conferences, roadshows and conference schedules
• Give executives real-time investor sentiment and feedback
• Support M&A due diligence and long-range planning

Required qualifications

• Foundational understanding of AI/ML technologies and experience positioning AI-driven product pipelines
• Experience using modern analytics tools to optimize IR workflows
• 12+ years of relevant experience combining Investment Banking or Sell-Side Research with in-house Investor Relations at a high-growth, public SaaS or enterprise software company
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity architectures, cloud infrastructure and subscription-based financial models
• Strong financial modeling skills and the ability to discuss valuation frameworks and capital allocation with institutional analysts
• BA/BS in Finance, Economics, Mathematics or a related quantitative field
• Interest in how equity markets operate and what drives stocks

Nice to have

• Existing high-trust relationships with cybersecurity, software or infrastructure analysts and buy-side portfolio managers
• CFA designation
• Experience using predictive AI, sentiment analysis tools or quantitative modeling for investor targeting and consensus sentiment tracking

Benefits

• Various health plans
• Vacation and sick time plans
• Parental leave options
• Retirement options
• Education reimbursement
• In-office perks

Before you apply

• The posting says this role is for US locations, with a base pay range shown for US locations

About the company

Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) provides the Zero Trust Exchange cloud security platform, which connects users, devices and applications in any location. The company describes it as the world's largest in-line cloud security platform.