Vice President, Investor Relations & Corporate Development

The role

You will act as a right hand to the CFO on capital raising, investor relations, and corporate development. You will lead capital raising processes, manage investor relationships, and assess business opportunities like acquisitions and partnerships.

What you will do

• Act as day-to-day project lead for capital raising processes.
• Build and maintain the investor universe and pipeline.
• Prepare investor presentations, financial models, and executive summaries.
• Run the data room and diligence process.
• Coordinate with investment banks and placement agents.
• Prepare the CEO for investor meetings.
• Support term sheet comparison, negotiation analysis, and closing logistics.
• Build and run the investor relations program.
• Maintain relationships with key shareholders.
• Source, screen, and assess business opportunities including acquisitions and partnerships.

Required qualifications

• 5 –10 years of experience in investment banking, venture capital, growth equity, or corporate development at a high-growth company.
• Direct experience on at least one private financing, IPO or M&A transaction from the issuer, banker or investor side.
• Advanced financial modeling, valuation and cap table skills.
• Excellent writer and presenter.
• High energy, strong judgment and a bias for action.
• Credibility and presence with senior investors, bankers and executives.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, engineering or a related field.

Nice to have

• Experience across more than one of investment banking, venture capital, growth equity, or corporate development.
• An MBA, CFA or similar.
• Background in defense, aerospace, maritime or other deep-tech or hard-tech sectors.
• Experience and relationships across the defense-tech and deep-tech investor space.
• Experience supporting a CEO or founder, for example as chief of staff or in a principal or associate role at a fund.

Benefits

• Competitive Paid Time Off (PTO) accrual.
• Annual holiday schedule and paid sick leave.
• Premium, multi-tier Medical, Dental, and Vision plans.
• Equity grants.
• 401(k) retirement plan with pre-tax and Roth options.
• Annual professional development reimbursement program.
• Relocation assistance for eligible roles.

About the company

Saildrone is a maritime defense company and the global leader in autonomous unmanned surface vehicles (USVs). The company maintains active, combat-deployed systems supporting national security and force projection around the world.