Also called: Head of IR
The link between a public company and the investors who own its stock.
You write the script for the CEO's earnings call, rehearse answers to hard questions and fly to Boston to meet the company's biggest shareholders.
Financial managers' BLS median is about $166k (May 2025), with high earners top-coded; large-company executives earn far more through bonuses and stock.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 10 years after high school. Bachelor's in finance or communications; often banking or analyst experience.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Finance, Communications, Economics.
Growing about average. Every public company needs IR.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. AI drafts earnings scripts and tracks investor sentiment; meeting investors and keeping their trust stays a human job.
Classes: Speech, AP English Language, Accounting, AP Macroeconomics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-3031.
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