About International Farming
International Farming (“I.F.” or the “Firm”), founded in 2009, is a global agricultural investment manager with over $2 billion of assets under management across private investment funds, institutional separate accounts, and co-investment vehicles. The Firm partners with a global base of institutional investors—including pension funds, insurance companies, endowments, and family offices—providing diversified exposure to farmland and the broader agribusiness value chain.
I.F. combines multi-generational farming expertise with institutional investment discipline, operating across a footprint of 25 million gross acres in 66 countries, producing more than 80 crop types. The Firm’s operating platform extends beyond investment management to include FarmAdvisor™, an AI-native farm management and agricultural data platform, and CropTrak®, a digital supply chain integrity platform that has managed data across 25 million acres and facilitated over $1 billion in grower payments.
Artificial intelligence is embedded into how the Firm operates. I.F. views AI not as a feature, but as a foundational capability—one that gives its teams, growers, and investors a meaningful edge in an industry where data and speed increasingly determine outcomes.
About the Role
The Associate, Capital Formation & Investor Relations is the operational and communications backbone of the IR function. The role is production-oriented by design—the Analyst produces the writing, maintains the data, builds the materials, and sustains the reporting cadence that makes every investor interaction possible, enabling senior leadership to engage with consistency and confidence.
The position reports to the Vice President, Investor Relations, and works closely with senior leadership across Investment, Finance, and Agricultural Services. You will be embedded in a lean, high-output function where the work is tangible and the learning curve is steep—by design.
The ideal candidate is a strong writer first. You think clearly, you communicate with precision, and you understand that every word sent to an institutional investor reflects on the Firm. You are also comfortable pulling and organizing data, building slides, managing a production schedule, and using AI tools to produce better work faster. Relocation assistance may be available for highly qualified candidates.
Key ResponsibilitiesWriting & Drafting
This is the core of the role. The Analyst is expected to produce clean, investor-grade written work across a wide range of formats—and to do so consistently, at volume, and under deadline.
· Draft first versions of quarterly investor reports, LP update letters, performance narratives, and fund commentary for review and refinement by the Director and senior leadership.
· Write responses to LP inquiries, due diligence questionnaire (DDQ) items, and one-off investor requests—ensuring accuracy, consistency with prior communications, and alignment with the Firm’s positioning.
· Produce meeting preparation materials, including briefing memos, agenda summaries, and LP-specific talking point notes ahead of investor calls and diligence visits.
· Draft content for pitchbooks, fund presentations, and strategy overviews under direction from the Director—writing clearly about complex investment strategies for a sophisticated institutional audience.
· Maintain a consistent editorial voice across all outgoing communications; proofread and quality-check materials before they leave the team.
Materials Production & Slide Building
· Build, update, and maintain investor-facing presentations, pitchbooks, and fund decks—translating input from the Director and investment team into polished, on-brand slide content.
· Update track record analyses, portfolio summaries, and performance exhibits each reporting cycle, pulling data from internal systems and ensuring accuracy before distribution.
· Apply basic design judgment when building materials—clean layouts, consistent formatting, and on-brand visual presentation. Canva or comparable tool proficiency is a plus.
· Manage version control and file organization across all investor materials so the team always has the right version in hand.
· Use AI-assisted drafting and formatting tools to accelerate production timelines without sacrificing quality.
Data & Reporting Operations
· Pull, clean, and organize portfolio data from internal systems each quarter using Excel—pivot tables, structured formatting, and clean model hygiene are expected, not optional.
· Maintain data trackers, performance tables, and reporting templates that the team relies on to operate efficiently across multiple funds and reporting periods.
· Flag inconsistencies or anomalies in the data and escalate to the Director before materials go out.
· Support the operational cadence of quarterly reporting cycles—tracking deadlines, coordinating data requests, and ensuring deliverables move through review on schedule.
Investor Meeting & Event Support
· Coordinate logistics for investor meetings, LP due diligence visits, and the Firm’s Annual Investor Meeting, including scheduling, agenda preparation, and material distribution.
· Own scheduling and logistics for senior leadership’s investor calendar—coordinating meetings across time zones, managing prep timelines, tracking RSVPs, and ensuring the right materials are distributed and confirmed in advance of every engagement.
· Maintain CRM and contact records for the LP base using Notion or equivalent tools—logging interactions, tracking follow-up items, and ensuring the Director has current context before every engagement.
· Take notes during investor calls and meetings; produce clean, accurate meeting summaries and action item logs for the team.
· Conduct background research on institutional investors and prospects to ensure the team is well-prepared before every engagement.
LinkedIn & External Communications
The Analyst will support the Firm’s presence on LinkedIn as a drafting and coordination function. All content is subject to review and approval before publication—the Analyst drafts; leadership decides.
· Draft LinkedIn content—including thought leadership posts, fund announcements, portfolio highlights, and event recaps—that reflects the Firm’s voice: measured, substantive, and rooted in stewardship.
· Maintain a content calendar and publishing cadence, coordinating with leadership to ensure approvals happen on schedule.
· Monitor post performance and provide brief periodic summaries on engagement trends; recommend adjustments based on what is resonating with the institutional audience.
· Support broader external communications tasks as needed, including event announcements, conference materials, and industry submissions.
Research & Competitive Intelligence
· Monitor market developments, competitor strategies, and LP sentiment across real assets, farmland, and private markets—synthesizing findings into short briefing notes for the team.
· Research institutional investor profiles, mandate parameters, and recent allocation activity to support capital formation targeting.
· Assist with ad-hoc research projects related to product development, fund structuring, and market positioning as directed by the Director.
What You’ll Gain
This role is a deliberate accelerant for an ambitious early-career professional. The Analyst who thrives here will develop faster than they would in a larger, more compartmentalized organization—because the work is real, the exposure is direct, and the feedback loop is short.
· Deep fluency in private markets fund structures, institutional LP relationships, and real assets investment strategy.
· A sophisticated working understanding of global agriculture and farmland as an institutional asset class.
· Direct exposure to senior investment professionals, fund managers, and institutional investors from day one.
· Advanced proficiency with agentic AI platforms, Excel, and modern operational tools as daily production habits—not resume line items.
· A strong foundation for progression into a senior IR, capital formation, or investment management role—at I.F. or beyond.
Qualifications
· Undergraduate degree with strong academic credentials required.
· 0–2 years of professional experience. Internship experience in capital markets, investment banking, consulting, institutional IR, or a writing-intensive role is a meaningful plus.
· Exceptional written communication skills.
· Advanced Excel proficiency: pivot tables, structured data organization, and clean model hygiene.
· Comfort with Notion or a comparable tool for operational tracking, CRM-lite functions, and project management.
· Basic design sensibility—familiarity with Canva, PowerPoint, or equivalent tools sufficient to build clean, professional-looking materials without a designer in the loop.
· Demonstrated proficiency with agentic AI platforms (Claude, Claude Cowork, ChatGPT, or equivalent) as a working tool—used daily for drafting, research, and synthesis, with sound judgment about where human review is required.
· High attention to detail.
· Genuine intellectual curiosity about agriculture, global food systems, and institutional investment management.
· Self-starter mentality.
· A collaborative, low-ego approach.
Equal Opportunity Employer
- International Farming provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
