Executive Director, Investor Relations

The Executive Director (ED), Investor Relations, will play a critical role in supporting the overall investor relations strategy and function of The New York Times Company, working closely with the Senior Vice President of Investor Relations (Head of IR) and senior leadership to educate and build credibility with the investment community. The ED will help manage the day-to-day operations of the IR program and ensure consistent and compelling communication of the company's business and mission to external stakeholders.

This is a hybrid role based in our New York City headquarters, reporting to the SVP, Head of Investor Relations. You can typically expect to come into the office 3+ days per week. 

Responsibilities:

Strategy and Communications Development

• Collaborate with the SVP of IR to refine the company's investment relations materials and investor relations presentation, ensuring regular updates.
• Collaborate with the SVP of IR to continue to clearly articulate the IR strategy to the executive management team and Board of Directors.
• Assist in managing narrative for quarterly financial results, conference appearances, and key news announcements.
• Develop communications materials, including the press release, conference call script and slides, and Q&A documents for quarterly earnings.
• Maintain the master Q&A document and actively ensure consistent messaging among executives, identifying any areas of unclarity or inconsistency.
• Contribute to the development, writing, and production of all investor relations communications, ensuring accuracy of financial and non-financial data.

Financial Analysis and Investment Community Engagement

• Work with the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team to assist in performing some financial analysis, aggregating data for financial disclosures, and providing support on financial issues.
• Refine and improve externally reported financial metrics and disclosures for accuracy and transparency regarding underlying business trends.
• In partnership with the SVP of IR, conduct calls/meetings with sell-side analysts (current and prospective) and institutional investors (shareholders and targets).
• Track and analyze sell-side consensus estimates and financial models, alerting the SVP of IR and CFO of any discrepancies versus guidance.
• Internally distribute sell-side analyst reports and shareholder ownership research reports to management and the Board of Directors, including updates on investor sentiment.
• Track quarterly performance and daily stock movement of NYT and its peers.
• Monitor news flow and sentiment regarding the company and its stock.

Event and Internal Management

• Help prepare the executive team for investor events, including conferences and meetings, and provide feedback on messaging and meetings.
• Work with the SVP of IR to develop the annual IR calendar of events and oversee the event schedule and logistics, including conference registration and meeting schedules.
• Support governance outreach during proxy season and throughout the year.
• Collaborate with the SEC reporting and legal departments on the creation of 10Ks, 10Qs, and other reporting.
• Maintain the IR website, ensuring new information is posted accurately and in a timely fashion.
• Help develop internal materials and deliver presentations to select employee groups summarizing quarterly results, investor sentiment, and IR strategy.

• Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.
• Ability to forge long-term trusted relationships quickly and effectively and establish credibility with senior leaders, particularly the executive team.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
• 5+ years of experience, including prior experience in investor relations or investment research positions or media specific industry experience
• Proven financial analysis skills, broad industry knowledge, and an understanding of investor relations, with the ability to interpret information for the investment community and management.
• Hands-on experience managing a proactive corporate and financial communications strategy, with a solid reputation for integrity, transparency, and follow-through.
• Outstanding financial and investment analysis skills, and strong oral and written communication and presentation abilities.
• Strong working knowledge of Excel (ability to create complex spreadsheets) and PowerPoint.
• An understanding of the financial modeling techniques used by security analysts to project a company's performance and resulting stock value.
• A demonstrated understanding of the financial and investment markets.

Preferred Qualifications:

• CFA or MBA

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