Director of Investor Relations

Playground Global is a venture capital firm backing the most technically ambitious founders of working at the edge of engineering and science. With $1.2 billion under management, Playground invests in early-stage companies defining the future of next-generation compute, automation, energy, and engineered biology.

We’re hiring a Director of Investor Relations to manage and deepen relationships with our Limited Partners ("LPs"), while also playing a key role in expanding our global investor base. You’ll split your time between actively sourcing potential leads and future investors, leading fundraising roadshows, and supporting fundraising operations, including crafting due diligence materials and driving process improvements.

The position requires strong financial, written and oral communication. It is ideal if the candidate has venture capital experience.

What You’ll Do

Limited Partners Outreach

• Actively source, outreach, and build relationships with potential leads and future investors to ensure a diversified community of investors.
• Lead fundraising roadshows related to lead generation and geographic ecosystem development/maintenance.
• Analyze data and KPIs related to fund and investment performance to support fundraising efforts and ongoing communications with LPs.
• Represent the company, as appropriate, at investor forums to build and maintain relationships.
• Steward existing LPs to develop an enduring capital base capable of supporting future Playground Global funds.
• Contribute to an engaged, high-quality, and meaningful investor experience, including Playground Global's annual LP meeting, annual impact report, LP dinners, and additional events.
  
  
  

Fundraising Operations

• Support fundraising efforts, including crafting presentation materials and analyses for investor outreach that effectively tell the Playground Global story.
• Coauthor the data room materials, including but not limited to ILPA due diligence questionnaire presentation materials. Ensure all materials are updated on a monthly/quarterly basis.
• Assist in promptly addressing LP data inquiries/information requests. Respond to requests from external sources such as investors, consultants, and prospective investors, including data-related information and written materials.
• Collaborate across departments to ensure deliverables are produced in a timeline manner.
• Drive process improvements across fundraising and investor relations activities, including identifying ways to effectively scale fund and investment reporting to address LP data requests.
• Help create distribution lists, build the CRM, and create efficient operational policies and procedures.
• Support investor events including Playground’s Annual General Meeting, CEO Summit, and international roadshows.
• Conduct thorough research on prospective LPs, identify potential aligned, high-capacity investors, and prepare background briefs before meetings.
  
  
  

What Success Looks Like (6-12 Months In)

• Learn the Firm’s history, strategy, and current investor base
• Strategically market map potential investors and create a plan of engagement
• Build alignment with across departments including the investment team, capital formation, finance, marketing, and operations
• Build a strong working knowledge of internal tools such as Google Workspace, Altvia, and the investment tracking system.
• Support raising of future products: sourcing, leading due diligence, and closing capital
  
  
  

Skills & Traits

• You have 5 years of experience assisting in fundraising for a venture capital firm, deep-tech industry and startups, ideally in or other alternative asset management or investment management/investment banking.
• You are experienced in helping to secure significant investments from individuals, family offices, foundations, endowments, consultants, and other institutional investors.
• You created and managed a data room, CRM, and pipelines.
• You assisted in managing investor relationships with an existing network of potential investors.
• You have co-led events for investors, portfolio companies, and the broader network.
• You possess superb written and verbal communication skills, as well as the ability to convert complex financial information into engaging and impactful messages for current and prospective investors.
• You have an entrepreneurial spirit with a passion for building and crafting the evolving vision for this role.
• You can work independently and manage competing deadlines while valuing collaboration and input from others.
• You are a strategic thinker, effective communicator, and expert in startup fundraising.
  
  
  

The job is based in Palo Alto, California, and is not eligible for remote status. Travel is required for this position.

The annual base salary range is $300,000 to $350,000. This range represents the low and high end of this California-based position's anticipated base salary range. The base salary will depend on numerous factors such as experience, knowledge, and skills.

This role is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. The company will not sponsor applicants for work visas, nor will it transfer existing visas, for this position now or in the future.

We believe great ideas come from diverse perspectives, and we’re committed to building a team that reflects the world we live in. If you’re passionate about our work, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences and encourage individuals of all identities to apply.