Director, Investor Relations

Director Of Investor Relations

Avient is seeking a strategic, business-minded, and externally focused Director of Investor Relations to join our team. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape and elevate how we communicate Avient's strategy, financial performance, and long-term value creation story to the investment community.

Our leaders are instrumental in driving Avient's success by aligning strategy, execution, and stakeholder engagement. The Director of Investor Relations is a trusted advisor to senior executives, providing insights into market perception, investor sentiment, and industry dynamics. This role ensures our external messaging is clear, consistent, and compelling—supporting strong relationships with investors, analysts, and other key stakeholders while reinforcing confidence in our long-term strategy.

Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, this role partners closely with Finance, Legal, Communications, and business/functional leaders, and serves as a key interface with the CEO, Operating Council, and Board as needed. This leader will have primary responsibility for developing and executing Avient's investor relations strategy, leading the quarterly earnings process, managing investor and analyst engagement, and providing market intelligence to inform executive decision-making.

Balancing financial rigor, strategic storytelling, and regulatory compliance will be critical to success in this role.

The ideal candidate is a collaborative, insight-driven, and highly credible leader with strong financial acumen and exceptional communication skills. They will have a proven ability to synthesize complex financial and operational information into relevant messaging, understand dynamic market conditions and the broader impact on the business, and build trusted relationships with both internal and external stakeholders. This individual will also bring a proactive, forward-looking mindset to continuously enhance Avient's investor engagement approach.

• Serves as a trusted advisor to the CFO, CEO, and senior leadership, providing insights on investor sentiment, market trends, valuation drivers, and industry trends to inform strategic decisions.
• Leads the development and execution of Avient's investor relations strategy, ensuring alignment with the company's business priorities, financial performance, and long-term growth objectives.
• Develops and communicates a clear, compelling, and consistent messaging that resonates with the investment community and accurately reflects Avient's strategy and value creation drivers.
• Owns the quarterly earnings process from an investor relations perspective, including preparation of earnings scripts, presentations, and Q&A materials in partnership with Finance and executive leadership.
• Supports executive leadership in investor meetings, conferences, and non-deal roadshows, providing preparation, coaching, and follow-up to ensure effective engagement.
• Builds and maintains strong relationships with institutional investors, equity analysts, and rating agencies, ensuring timely, accurate, and thoughtful responses to inquiries.
• Monitors and analyzes market activity, peer performance, analyst models, and shareholder composition, translating insights into actionable recommendations for leadership.
• Ensures all investor communications adhere to SEC regulations, Reg FD, and company disclosure policies in close partnership with Legal.
• Collaborates cross-functionally with Finance, Communications, Legal, and business/functional leaders to ensure alignment of messaging across earnings materials, investor presentations, annual reports, and other disclosures.
• Leads preparation of investor-facing materials, including investor presentations, conference materials, and investor day content, ensuring consistency and clarity of messaging.
• Supports strategic initiatives such as M&A, capital allocation updates, and ESG communications from an investor messaging and engagement perspective.
• Continuously enhances investor relations processes, tools, and engagement approaches to improve effectiveness, efficiency, and overall market impact.
• Performs other strategic…