Cleo · 10 hours ago
Head of Investor Relations
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$212K/yr - $246K/yr
7+ years expCleo is a fast-growing fintech company on a mission to change humanity's relationship with money. They are seeking a Head of Investor Relations to enhance investor engagement, manage communications, and prepare for potential public market activities.
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Responsibilities
Own and elevate Cleo's investor relations function - from board and shareholder engagement today to building public-market readiness standards
You'll run our board reporting and shareholder communications, lead investor engagement and liquidity processes, and keep Cleo well positioned for future private-market activity - while progressively building the capabilities and relationships to engage the public markets ahead of a future listing
Shape Cleo’s long-term equity story, anchored in durable Consumer FinTech growth, customer engagement, product performance, unit economics and profitability
Lead the development of investor presentations, shareholder materials, business overviews and roadshow-style content
Build the reporting standards, disclosure discipline and investor-relations infrastructure that can evolve naturally from a late-stage private company into a public-company environment
Own relationships across Cleo’s board, existing shareholders, prospective private investors and future public-market investors
Run the board and shareholder communication cadence, including meetings, updates and high-stakes investor interactions. Maintain a clear view of the cap table, shareholder rights and ownership dynamics
Develop a proactive engagement programme across current investors, growth funds, public-market investors, sell-side analysts, banks and advisers
Lead the IR workstream for private capital raises, secondary transactions and other strategic capital-markets activity - investor targeting, transaction positioning, diligence and management materials
Lead liquidity processes for employees and other shareholders, balancing pricing, allocation and shareholder needs against valuation strategy and long-term cap-table quality
Monitor private and public comparables, valuation frameworks, investor sentiment and the narratives shaping consumer fintech
Translate market feedback into clear insights for the executive team and board. Identify gaps between Cleo’s trajectory and investor expectations, and help management communicate the business with clarity and credibility
Over time, help define Cleo’s approach to guidance, KPI disclosure and expectations management as the company prepares for the public markets
Continue to improve Cleo’s IR processes, systems and operating cadence while keeping the function lean and commercially focused
Introduce the tooling, dashboards and automation needed to manage reporting, investor targeting and engagement at greater scale. Define how the function should evolve and where future headcount or external support will add value
Qualification
Required
7+ years of experience across investor relations, investment banking, equity research, growth investing or strategic finance
Deep familiarity with consumer and fintech business models
Experience leading or supporting multiple private financing rounds and secondary transactions
Credibility with sophisticated private-market investors, board members and senior executives
Strong financial fluency across operating metrics, financial statements, valuation and capital structure
Exceptional written, verbal and visual communication
Bias to action and zero ego. The ability to operate independently, exercise strong judgment and remain close to the work
Preferred
Experience on both sides of the IPO line
Experience building or materially improving an investor-relations function
Experience in consumer lending, credit, subscriptions, payments or regulated financial products
Existing relationships across US & European growth investors, public-market investors, analysts and investment banks
Benefits
A competitive compensation package (base + equity) with bi-annual reviews, aligned to our quarterly OKR planning cycles.
Work at one of the fastest-growing tech startups, backed by top VC firms, Balderton & EQT Ventures
A clear progression plan.
Flexibility. We work with everyone to make sure they have the balance they need to do their best work
Work where you work best. Our US team works fully remotely, but we host virtual socials and an annual company offsite in Europe with all expenses paid.
Company-wide performance reviews every 6 months
Generous pay increases for high-performing team members
Equity top-ups for team members getting promoted
15 days annual leave a year + 5 additional floating flexible days per year + public holidays (+ an additional day for every year you spend at Cleo)
1 extra day a year to be used for learning and 1 extra day for volunteering
401k matching
Medical Insurance, Dental and Vision care
Generous Parental Leave
1 month paid sabbatical after 4 years at Cleo
Regular socials and activities, online and in-person
We'll pay for your OpenAI subscription
Online mental health support via Spill
And many more!
Company
Cleo
Changing the world’s relationship with money.
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Cleo has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
71%
Represents job field similar to this job
Accounting and Finance
Engineering and Development
Trends of Total Sponsorships
*2025 (3)
2023 (1)
2022 (2)
2021 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$137.5MKey Investors
SofinaEQT VenturesTriplePoint Capital
2022-06-16Series C· $80M
2020-12-10Series B· $44M
2019-06-17Debt Financing
Leadership Team
Barnaby Hussey-Yeo
Founder & CEO
Recent News
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