Head of Investor Relations

About Rokt

Rokt is the global leader in ecommerce technology, helping companies seize the full potential of every transaction moment to grow revenue and acquire new customers at scale. Fanatics, Live Nation, AMC Theatres, PayPal, Uber, Hulu, Staples, Lands’ End, and HelloFresh are among the more than 2,500 leading global businesses and advertisers that use Rokt's solutions to drive more value through every transaction by offering highly relevant messages to their customers at the moment they are most likely to convert.

With our December 2022 secondary transaction, Rokt’s valuation increased to $2.4 Billion. We are expanding rapidly and globally – operating in 14 countries across North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region with the largest office in NYC and a major R&D hub in Sydney. With 50% annual growth and a vibrant company culture, Rokt has been listed in ‘Great Places to Work’ in the US and Australia. Our award-winning culture is guided by our eight core values: smart with humility, own the outcomes, force for good, conquer new frontiers, enjoy the ride, raise the bar, communicate with impact, and disagree then commit. These values help us attract, engage, and develop the right talent around the globe and ensure we foster an environment that helps us all do our best work. Keen to join a fast-growing company and a vibrant culture? Learn more at rokt.com.

Requirements

About the role

Reporting to the CFO, the Head of IR will be responsible for developing Rokt’s investor relations strategy and driving delivery through the Company’s IPO and beyond as a public company. You will craft Rokt’s investor presentations and partner with bankers/advisors to hone how we position the business. You will cultivate positive relationships and own communication with the investment community, including investors and research analysts. And you will drive Rokt’s engagement with the investment community including non-deal roadshows, investor conferences, and analyst teach-ins. The ideal candidate is a very strong communicator with excellent analytical and financial skills, established relationships with the investment community in the software industry, and the ability to thrive in fast-paced and dynamic environments.

This is a great opportunity to join a high-growth business at scale to establish the vision and strategy for the investor relations function leading into an IPO.

Responsibilities

Pre IPO:

• Partner with bankers, advisors, and internal stakeholders to craft Rokt’s investor facing presentations and narratives. Continuously refine to reflect market feedback.
• Create and maintain a target investor / research analyst engagement plan.
• Plan and execute key investor-facing activities including non-deal roadshows, analyst teach-ins, and other investor meetings. Build trusted relationships and confidence with investors and research analysts.
• Develop and maintain strong company and sector expertise, including managing coverage of comparable companies, benchmarking, and peer earnings reviews.
• Drive the drafting of the business section of the S-1 registration statement.

Post IPO:

• Lead the quarterly earnings process, including preparation of scripts, press releases, and Q&A in close partnership with CEO, CFO, Finance, Legal, and PR teams.
• Develop Rokt’s communications strategy and cadence with the investment community educating them on the business and financial story.
• Distill insight from investors, analysts, and exchanges to Rokt’s leadership and Board to help shape how the business can drive improved valuation.
• Lead all aspects of the company’s investor relations website.
• Serve as primary liaison to the investor and analyst community for daily inquiries.
• Lead ongoing investor engagement strategy including conferences and investor days.

Requirements

• 10+ years of relevant and progressive experience in investor-facing roles in public software / tech companies and/or within the investment community (including buy-side / sell-side / advisory)
• Bachelor’s Degree required, CFA/MBA preferred.
• Sector experience in software, marketing technology, ecommerce, and/or two-sided marketplaces.
• Demonstrated ability to think and communicate strategically. Strong presence, and interpersonal communication skills. Proven history of relationship-building with internal stakeholders and the investment community.
• Excellent analytical skills, attention to detail, and financial acumen including an understanding of financial statements, key metrics and valuation conventions in the tech industry.
• Ability to successfully plan, manage and influence peers to execute work streams efficiently across various levels and functions.
• Results-oriented, self-starter and able to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment balancing multiple priorities.

Benefits

• Safety is our highest priority. We actively invest in the growth of our people and the strengthening of our communities. Our NYC office is 100% vaccinated to keep our employees and community safe and healthy. We require all Rokt’stars and anyone else who will be onsite at the Rokt NYC office–clients, contractors, vendors, and suppliers–to show proof of vaccination and their booster shot.
• Work with the greatest talent in town. Our recruitment process is tough but diligent. We’re constantly aiming to implement our value of “raise the bar” and set high standards for our Rokt’stars. This is essential in our high-performing, high-grow culture where we strive to bring in the brightest and best talent. Our teams thrive by challenging the status quo and we encourage all of our teams to unleash their desire to achieve something bigger.
• Join a community. At Rokt we’re a community of curious explorers. We’re not afraid of venturing into uncharted territories. We work together as one single, aligned team. We value diversity and transparency which is why we support a number of internal employee resource groups including an EDI steering committee, Rainbow Rokts that empowers our LGBTQIA+ Rokt’stars, Womxn who Rokt that promotes gender equality in tech, and more.
• Accelerate your career. We want you to unleash your full potential. This is why we have an annual ‘Level Up’ allowance of $5,000 that gives Rokt’stars the ability to take courses, attend events, go to training, and more to help our great employees become even better leaders.
• Take a break. When you work hard, we know you also need to rest. We offer generous time off and parental leave policies, as well as mental health and wellness days for all employees. We even incentivize individuals to utilize their PTO with “High 5” days, an additional 5 days of PTO when you’ve used 75% of your allotted annual paid leave. We also offer a paid Rokt’star Sabbatical for employees who have been with us for 3 years or more.
• Stay happy and healthy. In order to unleash our potential, we want to ensure you’re able to keep your wellbeing a priority. This means you can enjoy a well-balanced, catered lunch 5x a week in the office along with healthy snacks. We also want you to feel at home when coming into work which is why we’re a dog-friendly office so you can bring your furry friend to work with you. As part of your wellbeing benefits, we offer a wellness stipend so you can enjoy the gym on us! In the US, access generous retirement plans like a 4% dollar-for-dollar 401K matching plan and get fully funded premium health insurance for your entire family!
• Become a shareholder. All Rokt’stars have stock options. If we succeed, everyone is rewarded.
• See the world! We want our Rokt’stars to enjoy the ride. As we aim to bring meaning and fun to our everyday work, we host global all-staff events in amazing locations (Phuket, Thailand in January 2020, Hawaii in May 2022, and Whistler in 2023). As we strive to build a community of curious explorers, we also offer generous relocation packages for those interested in moving to another Rokt office. We have bustling offices in great cities including: New York, Sydney, London, Singapore, and Tokyo.
• We believe we’re better together. We love spending time together and are in the office most days (most teams are in the office 3-4 days per week). We also get that you need to balance your life and your commitments so you have flexibility to manage your own hours and can spend up to a week of every quarter working from anywhere.
• We believe in equality. Rokt is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we know our collective strength comes from how different we all are. We encourage you to apply for one of our open roles—irrespective of socio-economic status or background, age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, color, pregnancy, carer/family responsibilities, national and social origin, political opinion, marital, veteran, or disability status.

Salary Range: $250,000 - 275,000/ year + equity + (great) benefits!

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