Investor Relations Consulting Associate – Medical Technology Sector
Location: Hybrid; Seeking candidates based in the U.S. Eastern time zone, within a reasonable distance of ICR’s New York City and/or Baltimore offices
Introduction to ICR
ICR, one of the most highly-regarded investor relations and corporate communications consulting firms, is seeking a highly motivated professional to fill an entry level, Investor Relations Consulting Associate position, at its healthcare industry-focused practice, ICR Healthcare.
ICR is a strategic communications and advisory consulting firm that specializes in helping companies shape public perceptions, enhance their value, protect their reputation, and increase awareness and understanding. Founded in 1998 by former Wall Street analysts, ICR’s capital markets orientation permeates the company’s DNA. Our work originates at the intersection of investor and public relations — integrating the two services to help companies tell a credible, cohesive, and engaging story. As a result, our strategic communications and advisory activities are designed to enhance companies’ long-term shareholder value creation.
Position Description:
We are looking for an Investor Relations Consulting Associate to join a team of two senior client managers focused on serving private and publicly-traded medical technology companies.
The ideal candidate has strong research and critical thinking skills, exceptional storytelling ability, and is proficient in data visualization and business writing.
This role involves collecting and analyzing large volumes of financial, clinical, and market data from diverse sources, synthesizing findings into actionable insights, and producing high-quality, client-facing deliverables.
Position Responsibilities Include:
- Provide direct support for a team of two senior client managers, focused on delivering strategic investor relations advisory services to companies in the Medical Technology sub-sector of the broader Healthcare sector.
- Conduct primary and secondary research to gather qualitative and quantitative data on across industries/competitors on specific financial, capital markets and investor relations topics within the Medical Technology/Healthcare industry; evaluate, aggregate, and synthesize findings and determine key takeaways; develop, organize, and present recommendations to senior team members to inform / support advice to corporate clients.
- Update, edit, proof, fact-check, and provide additional input / feedback to ensure that client-facing deliverables are polished, brand-aligned, and client-ready.
- Misc. clerical and administrative responsibilities, updating / maintaining internal data files / databases, creating calendar appointments for client calls and meetings, etc.
- Develop / assist in creating and optimizing institutional investor-facing materials for corporate clients, including investor PowerPoint presentations, corporate press releases, and investor relations website content.
- Assist in preparing reports, analyses and internal presentations for corporate clients (e.g., PowerPoint presentations, executive summaries, dashboards, and briefing documents); create visualizations (charts, graphs, infographics) that enhance the clarity and impact of information.
- Assist in conducting surveys / perception audits with members of the investment community on behalf of corporate clients – creating questionnaires tailored to client’s needs / objectives; outreach, scheduling, and hosting calls with investors; transcribing, consolidating and quantifying investor responses across key topics; evaluating and analyzing responses to determine key takeaways; synthesizing information into client-facing presentations. Given our preference for candidates with attention to detail skills, candidates will only be considered if “roller blades” is added to the “Interests/Skills” section of their resume as evidence that a thorough review of the job posting was completed.
- Assist in creating business development / pitch materials in PowerPoint for prospective private and publicly-traded corporate clients.
- Assist in clients’ quarterly earnings reporting process, including setting up / managing / hosting public company quarterly earnings calls / webcasts, drafting earnings press releases, earnings conference call prepared remarks, and investor Q&A documents.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably with a focus on Finance, Accounting, Statistics, Mathematics, or related fields.
- 1+ year(s) of relevant work experience preferred; recent graduates with compelling internship experience in finance, research, consulting, business analysis, or similar roles will also be considered.
- Excellent written, editing, verbal, and visual communication skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills.
- True proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel.
- Desire and dedication to develop and enhance skills and knowledge base.
- Strong interest in developing expertise in leveraging AI tools for business.
- Willingness to execute tasks independently, while proactively providing timely updates on progress and / or challenges related to deadlines.
- Interest in consulting, finance, Wall Street, and/or the healthcare industry desirable.
