Vice President, Investor Relations

Sonida Senior Living is one of the nation’s leading operators of independent living, assisted living and memory care communities for senior adults. The Company operates 96 communities that are home to nearly 12,000 residents across 20 states providing comfortable, safe, affordable communities where residents can form friendships, enjoy new experiences and receive personalized care from dedicated team members who treat them family.

Job Description

The Vice President of Investor Relations serves as the strategic leader responsible for shaping, communicating, and reinforcing the company’s investment narrative to the financial community. This role is critical in positioning the organization as a proven, scalable, senior living platform. This role will build trust with public market investors and private equity partners by articulating clear, confident, and forward-looking story grounded in performance, growth, and long-term value creation.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary point of contact for institutional investors, analysts, and private equity stakeholders
• Build and maintain strong, long-term relationships grounded in credibility, transparency, and performance
• Proactively engage the investment community to reinforce confidence in the company’s strategy and execution.
• Lead quarterly earnings processes, including preparation of scripts, presentations, and Q&A materials
• Translate complex financial and operational data into clear, concise insights for external audiences
• Monitor market trends, investor sentiment, and peer activity to inform messaging and strategy
• Provide executive leadership with insights on investor perceptions and potential risks or opportunities
• Evaluate and optimize the company’s investor base composition to align with its long-term strategy, targeting shareholders who value stable, acquisition-driven growth and reinforcing a durable, trust-based ownership profile
• Help shape the company’s long-term capital markets strategy to support sustained growth through acquisitions
• Partner closely with Finance, Strategy, Operations, and Legal teams to ensure alignment and accuracy in communications
• Oversee investor event strategies (roadshows, conferences, etc) to build visibility and engagement
• Ensure investor communications & financial reporting comply with appropriate regulations
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field; MBA or CFA preferred
• 10 years of experience in investor relations, investment banking, equity research, or corporate finance
• Experience in a publicly traded company; experience with private equity-backed organizations strongly preferred
• M&A and capital markets transaction experience
• Experience managing budgets, vendors, and external advisors
• Deep understanding of financial regulations & reporting
• Proven ability to craft and communicate a compelling investment narrative to sophisticated audiences
• Strong understanding of capital markets, financial modeling, and valuation frameworks
• Exceptional communication and executive presence, with the ability to influence at the highest levels
• Flexibility to travel up to 10%of time to support investor relations meetings & events