Manager, Director or Vice President of Investor Relations, BLADE
$100-200k
Plus potential for cash and/or equity bonus
5 days a week in office (Manhattan, NY)
Global air mobility platform
Job no longer available
Global air mobility platform
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$100-200k
Plus potential for cash and/or equity bonus
5 days a week in office (Manhattan, NY)
201-500 employees
Company mission
To provide cost-effective air transport alternatives to highly congested routes around the U.S. and abroad.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Corporate Communications, Economics, or related fields
- 4+ years of related experience in investor relations, (buy- or sell-side) equity research, or capital markets experience IS A MUST
- Prefer 2-3 years Investor Relations at a public company
- Prefer prior experience working in a dynamic, high growth organization
- Familiarity and comfort level with financial statements and reports (income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, 10-K’s, 10-Q’s, and proxy statements)
- High proficiency with the MS Office Suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
- Self-starter with ability to take on ownership of initiatives with limited oversight
- Strong interpersonal skills that are used to develop trusted relationships within and outside the Company
- Excellent organization and time management skills with ability to manage multiple priorities, breaking large projects into manageable pieces
- Exceptionally strong written and verbal communications skills (including speaking publicly with confidence)
- Exceptional self-awareness and conflict negotiation skills
What the job involves
- Blade is looking for a seasoned Investor Relations hire, reporting to our CFO, to engage in managing communications between the Company’s corporate management and its investors, shareholders, analysts and Board members
- This role will articulate Blade’s mission, strategies, financial and operational results, as well as communicate feedback and perceptions to Blade executive team, as appropriate
- This role will also manage the executive support and assist in the planning and execution of investor relations tasks that may include financial modeling and analysis; company-sponsored analyst/investor meetings; analyst/investor site visits, conference calls, investor conferences, as well as assisting in the development of conference presentations and quarterly Board materials
- Become an expert on Blade’s financial and operating results, as well as on its products and services
- Drive and own the creation of quarterly Board materials and communications, project managing across the organization to complete materials in a proactive manner
- Build deep, cross-functional relationships across the Company to achieve this goal
- Manage all logistical aspects of Board meetings
- Assist with the preparation of quarterly earnings materials, conference call scripts, Q&A, and other communications to the external financial community
- Contribute to the planning and management of both virtual and in-person investor conferences
- Monitor and internally report on industry trends, peer news and financial results by continuously tracking sell-side research, financial news, transcripts, and press releases. Collect and analyze models from the sell-side
- Identify and communicate strategic and tactical ideas for the continuous improvement of the IR program; and document the requisite processes for recurring events, such as Board meetings
- Act as the point of contact with external counterparts in the investment community - potentially fielding calls and Q&A on your own
- Own preparations for conferences, fireside chats and all (potential or current) Investor calls
Our take
BLADE is a carbon-neutral urban air transport provider working with partners to provide jet, seaplane, and SUV travel to the leisure, business, and medical markets. The company has partnered with Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions to shift their air-taxi services onto electrical vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL) for all future flights, starting in 2026.
BLADE are long-standing participants in the air-taxi business, but eVTOL could prove a real gamechanger. With the likes of Boeing, Hyundai, and Toyota pouring investment into developing eVTOL vehicles, air taxi services look set to soon become an economically viable and attractive prospect.
A company that has the infrastructure in place to deploy these vehicles could stand to lead a pioneering new field. BLADE’s public merger with Experience Investment has helped it continue expanding in this direction. Post-IPO investment from RedBird Capital in 2023 will further bolster the company as it develops its brand and strengthens its core routes.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
35% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Oct 2019
$33m
EARLY VC
Mar 2018
$38m
SERIES B
Total funding: $82.2m
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
Leadership
Rob Wiesenthal
(CEO)Rob was Executive CP and CFO at Sony for 12 years. He went on to become Director at TripAdvisor for 8 years before founding Blade.
Steve Martocci
(Executive Chairman & Chief of Strategy)Steve has founded 4 companies including GroupMe, a communications app. He now sits as a Board Member for Blade whist also acting as CEO for his other company, Splice.
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