Director of Investor Relations

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Purpose:

The Director of Investor Relations will co-lead the execution of Bright Horizons' investor relations strategy with the GVP of Strategic Finance, serving as a frontline representative to the investment community. This role is essential in fostering and maintaining effective relationships with current and prospective shareholders, ensuring a timely, relevant, visible, and accessible presence. By collaborating closely with the CEO, CFO, and cross-functional teams, the Director will enhance market awareness and strengthen the Company's engagement with key external stakeholders.

This is an onsite role located at Bright Horizons headquarters in Newton, MA.

Bright Horizons is a leading education and care company that helps employees thrive at work and at home by partnering with employers to offer high-quality child care, elder care, and educational support. Our workplace reflects this commitment-with collaborative environments, meaningful benefits, and a culture that supports both career growth and personal well-being. Whether you're caring for children or powering the systems and partnerships that make it all possible, at Bright Horizons, you're the difference.

At this time, Bright Horizons will not sponsor an applicant for employment authorization/visa for this position.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary day-to-day point of contact for inbound investor calls and meetings, ensuring accurate, consistent and timely responses to external inquiries.

• Develop and maintain a strong understanding of all business metrics and trends to effectively address and anticipate investor and analyst questions.

• Co-lead the planning and execution of an effective investor relations marketing and outreach plan, including organizing non-deal roadshows, in-office meetings, video conferences and investor conferences.

• Own the investor relationship map and access plan; orchestrate and prioritize CEO/CFO and senior leadership interactions toward the highest-value opportunities.

• Lead the development of corporate and financial communications, including quarterly earnings press releases, scripts, Q&A documents and content for investor presentations and conferences.

• Maintain and regularly enhance investor presentations to reflect corporate strategy and messaging. Develop and manage supporting performance KPIs, fact sheets and related business performance details for shareholder and stakeholder communications. Develop pertinent analysis and market/investor information to communicate to the Board of Directors and senior management.

• Coordinate cross-functionally with internal teams such as Financial Planning & Analysis, Treasury, Tax, Communication and Legal to align messaging and ensure consistency.

• Ensure compliance with securities laws and regulatory requirements in collaboration with the Legal team, including disclosures in quarterly and annual reports, earning releases and SEC filings.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, Business, Economics, or a related field

• Minimum 7 years of demonstrated experience, including 3+ years in investor relations, equity research (buy- or sell-side), FP&A/Corporate Finance or investment banking.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills; able to distill complex financial information into clear, compelling narratives for diverse audiences.

• Executive presence and persuasive leadership; engages Wall Street effectively, instills confidence in company strategy and communications, and sustains multiple investor/analyst relationships.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with proven success as an independent contributor working efficiently in a fast-paced environment.

• Unquestionable honesty, ethics and personal integrity.

• Broad, strategic thinker with a bias for action, urgency, and the willingness to confront challenges directly.

• Deep understanding of capital markets, valuation methods, and financial modeling.

• Highly organized, with the capability to manage numerous episodic relationships, exercise discerning judgment and prioritization, and adapt to changing conditions internally and externally.

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