Director of Investor Relations

Playground Global

Director of Investor Relations managing and deepening relationships with Limited Partners at Playground Global. Involves fundraising and operational support to expand the global investor base.

Posted 5/8/2026full-timePalo Alto • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $300,000 - $350,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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.
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.

Requirements

What you’ll need

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.
Experienced in helping to secure significant investments from individuals, family offices, foundations, endowments, consultants, and other institutional investors.
Created and managed a data room, CRM, and pipelines.
Assisted in managing investor relationships with an existing network of potential investors.
Co-led events for investors, portfolio companies, and the broader network.
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.
Entrepreneurial spirit with a passion for building and crafting the evolving vision for this role.
Ability to work independently and manage competing deadlines while valuing collaboration and input from others.
Strategic thinker, effective communicator, and expert in startup fundraising.

Benefits

Comp & perks

🌐 Worldwide ❌ Jobs You've Hidden ⭐️ Saved Jobs ✅ Applied Jobs ✉️ Email Alerts 👤 Account Playground Global Website LinkedIn All Job Openings 11 - 50 employees 💰 Series A on 2015-04 Playground Global is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in entrepreneurs who have developed breakthroughs in frontier technologies that will transform existing industries and create entirely new verticals. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, Playground invests across deep tech and science, including automation, infrastructure, engineered biology, and decarbonization — all underpinned by the next generation of compute. Our initial investments range from $1M to $20M, providing crucial support to visionary startups at the forefront of innovation. Playground’s strong deep bench of technical and operational experts supports founders in developing their deep tech technical breakthroughs into transformational businesses. Playground has been an early, and frequently the first investor in companies like d-Matrix, Ideon, MosaicML, PsiQuantum, Relativity Space, Strand Therapeutics, Ultima Genomics, Universal Hydrogen, and more. Learn more at playground.vc and check out our Atoms & Bits newsletter at https://atomsbitsnewsletter.substack.com/ Director of Investor Relations 🔥 1 hour ago 🏢🏡 Palo Alto – Hybrid 💵 $300k - $350k / year ⏰ Full Time 🔴 Lead 👔 Director 🦅 H1B Visa Sponsor Apply Now Find Hiring Managers Customize resume + cover letter Report problem ☆ Save ☑️ Mark as applied ❌ Hide 📋 Description
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.
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. 🎯 Requirements
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.
Experienced in helping to secure significant investments from individuals, family offices, foundations, endowments, consultants, and other institutional investors.
Created and managed a data room, CRM, and pipelines.
Assisted in managing investor relationships with an existing network of potential investors.
Co-led events for investors, portfolio companies, and the broader network.
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.
Entrepreneurial spirit with a passion for building and crafting the evolving vision for this role.
Ability to work independently and manage competing deadlines while valuing collaboration and input from others.
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Hard Skills & Tools

fundraisingdata analysisKPI analysispresentation materials creationdue diligenceCRM managementdata room managementpipeline managementinvestor relationsevent coordination

Soft Skills

communication skillsrelationship buildingstrategic thinkingindependent workcollaborationentrepreneurial spirittime managementproblem-solvingimpactful messagingleadership