Senior Manager, Corporate Communication and Investor Relations

Waltham, Massachusetts

At Kailera, we are bold, authentic and committed to our mission of developing therapies that give people the power to transform their lives and elevate their overall health. Rooted in an entrepreneurial spirit and a team-oriented culture, we are working together to advance Kailera’s mission to advance novel therapies for obesity and related conditions.

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes collaboration, integrity, and excellence. As we expand, we seek the most talented individuals with diverse backgrounds, cultures, perspectives, and experiences to join our team.

What You’ll Do:

We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Senior Manager, Corporate Communications & Investor Relations, to join our growing team orting to the Vice President, Communications & Investor Relations, this role will be responsible for managing key communications channels and ensuring alignment across corporate and investor audiences. The ideal candidate will have strong writing and project management skills, experience with media and investor engagement, and the ability to collaborate cross-functionally.

This role will contribute to the development of corporate messaging, support strategic initiatives, and help maintain and enhance the company’s visibility in the biotech and financial communities. Additionally, this position requires a proactive approach to tracking industry trends, preparing briefing materials, and ensuring consistent and effective communication across all platforms.

Responsibilities:

• Support the implementation of corporate communications and IR strategies to enhance the company’s visibility within the biotech and investor communities.
• Build relationships with key stakeholders, including senior executives, functional leads, and external partners, to ensure effective communication and alignment.
• Support the development or communications/IR materials including press releases, corporate presentations, and Q&A documents;
  Coordinate approvals and manage upload/distribution of press releases.
• Maintain Kailera’s external communications calendar, including key milestones, announcements, and investor, industry and scientific/medical events; collaborate cross-functionally to ensure accuracy and alignment across teams.
• Monitor news and analyst coverage to track industry trends, company coverage, and competitive developments, providing daily summary report to leadership team.
• Manage relationships with media outlets, responding to inquiries, coordinating interviews, and developing media background materials.
• Create media background materials such as fact sheets, company overviews, and Q&A documents to ensure consistency in external messaging.
• Support investor relations activities, including assisting in the planning and execution of investor conferences, drafting briefing documents, and coordinating logistics.
• Maintain investor relations contact database, including adding new contacts and recording meeting notes.
• Manage corporate social media channels, including content planning, posting, monitoring, and engagement to maintain an active and strategic online presence.
• Support the development of web, digital and video content, working with external vendors and internal stakeholders to enhance corporate storytelling.
• Develop and maintain KPI dashboard to track and optimize Kailera’s media coverage, web and social media presence.
• Partner with the People and Culture team to support internal communications initiatives, including All Hands meetings and recruitment and culture-focused social media content.
• Assist teams across the organization in preparing for external presentations and/or conference…