Senior Investor Relations Manager

Ardelyx is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on redefining treatment approaches for patients with significant unmet medical needs. By combining scientific innovation with a collaborative, purpose-driven culture, we strive to create meaningful impact for patients.
Team Ardelyx is united by a shared mission and guided by our core values:
Passionate, Fearless, Dedicated, and Inclusive.
We foster an inclusive environment where employees are respected, supported, and empowered to make an impact — both within our company and in the lives of patients we serve.

The Senior Investor Relations Manager contributes to the development, execution, and ongoing management of the Company’s investor relations and corporate communications program. This is an internally high-visible role working directly with the Investor Relations and Corporate Communications team, senior leadership, as well as the Company’s external IR and communications service providers to support effective engagement with investors, analysts, and other key stakeholders.

Reporting directly to the Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications, this role sits at the intersection of investor relations and corporate communications and helps shape and execute the Company's external narrative and long-term shareholder engagement strategy.

• Collaborate with members of the IR & Corporate Communications team on the development and execution of investor relations and corporate communications strategies, annual priorities, internal and external messaging and budgeting
• Draft and prepare quarterly earnings materials, including coordinating logistics, preparation sessions and external service providers; drafting earnings releases, conference call scripts, Q&A documents, and investor presentations; and conducting supportive market research and analysis
• Manage and coordinate responses to investor, shareholder, and analyst inquiries, partnering with senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders as appropriate
• Analyze institutional investor ownership and relationship management, including 13F analysis and shareholder engagement
• Draft and manage investor communications, including press releases, earnings materials, investor presentations, and IR website content, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and alignment with the Company’s external narrative and disclosure requirements
• Manage and own the IR and Corporate Communications calendars and collaborate cross-functionally to identify and capture relevant activities including, earnings cadence, NDR scheduling, investor conferences, medical conferences, Board meetings, and other internal/external events
• Manage investor relations CRM to track investor engagement, generate analytics and reports, identify engagement trends, develop target lists, and prepare investor profiles and executive briefing materials
• Coordinate planning, scheduling and support execution of investor events, including meetings, roadshows, investor conferences, analyst days, and annual shareholder meetings
• Partner cross-functionally with Finance, Legal, Regulatory, Commercial, and other business functions to gather and synthesize information for investor communications and support accurate, timely, and consistent external disclosures

• Bachelor’s degree with 6 to 8 years of progressive investor relations, corporate communications, finance, equity research, or related experience within the biotech or pharma industry or equivalent experience
• Strong understanding of the public markets, SEC disclosure requirements, and the investor relations function
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate complex financial, scientific, and operational…