Manage day-to-day investor relations: draft investor communications and pitch materials, maintain investor CRM and data rooms, support fundraising and due diligence, analyze market and peer performance, prepare Q&A and briefings, and align cross-functional teams to ensure consistent external financial messaging.
About Harbinger
Harbinger is an American commercial electric vehicle (EV) company on a mission to transform an industry starving for innovation. Harbinger’s best-in-class team of EV, battery, and drivetrain experts have pooled their deep experience to bring a first-of-its-kind EV platform to support the growing demand for medium-duty EVs and Hybrids. Harbinger: Familiar Form, Revolutionary Foundation.
We are looking for a highly analytical and articulate Investor Relations Manager to manage our day-to-day interactions with the investment community. As a key member of the finance team, you will act as a vital bridge between Harbinger and our stakeholders, ensuring our financial narrative, business milestones, and growth strategies are clearly communicated.
In this role, you will take ownership of the investor relations pipeline, draft critical investor communications, manage data rooms for fundraising, and track market intelligence. This is an incredible opportunity for a proactive finance professional to manage the IR function at a high-growth, hardware-focused startup.
Key Responsibilities- Communications & Materials: Draft and design high-quality investor materials, including quarterly update letters, board presentations, and fundraising pitch decks.
- Investor Pipeline Management: Maintain the investor CRM, track interactions with current and prospective investors, and ensure timely follow-ups. Coordinate logistics for investor meetings, roadshows, and site visits.
- Financial & Market Analysis: Monitor macroeconomic trends, competitor financial performance, and capital markets activity within the EV and commercial automotive sectors. Build peer benchmarking reports to share with the executive team.
- Fundraising Execution: Support the CFO in executing future capital raises (equity and debt). Take the lead on managing the due diligence data room, organizing files, and fielding analytical requests from prospective investors.
- Cross-Functional Alignment: Partner with FP&A, Accounting, Engineering, and PR teams to ensure external metrics align perfectly with internal reporting and that all communications are consistent and compliant.
- Q&A Preparation: Anticipate investor questions and prepare comprehensive Q&A documents and briefing materials for the CEO and CFO ahead of major investor engagements.
- Experience: 4–7 years of experience in Investor Relations, Investment Banking, Equity Research, Corporate Development, or Corporate Finance. (Experience with hardware, automotive, or deep-tech startups is a significant plus).
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or a related field.
- Technical Skills: Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint. You must be comfortable navigating financial models, understanding cap tables, and translating complex data into visually compelling presentations.
- Communication: Flawless written and verbal communication skills. You know how to distill complex engineering and financial concepts into clear, concise business narratives.
- Attention to Detail: Hyper-organized and capable of managing highly sensitive, confidential information with absolute discretion.
- Adaptability: A self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, ambiguous startup environment and is willing to roll up their sleeves to get the job done.
Key Benefits & Perks:
- Comprehensive Health, Dental & Vision (HDV) – 100% employee covered
- Early-stage Stock Options
- Robust Retirement Savings (401k, HSA, FSA)
- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) & Parental Leave
- Annual Vacation Bonus
- Wellness & Fertility Benefits
- Cell Phone Stipend
- Complimentary Meals & Stocked Kitchens
California Pay Range
$140,000—$180,000 USD
Equal Opportunity
Harbinger is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Harbinger is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at [email protected].
Candidate Data Privacy
Harbinger may collect, use and disclose your personal information or personal data (within the meaning of the applicable data protection laws) when you apply for employment and/or participate in our recruitment processes (“Candidate Personal Data”). This data includes contact, demographic, communications, educational, professional, employment, social media/website, network/device, recruiting system usage/interaction, security and preference information. Harbinger may use your Candidate Personal Data for the purposes of (i) tracking interactions with our recruiting system; (ii) carrying out, analyzing and improving our application and recruitment process, including assessing you and your application and conducting employment, background and reference checks; (iii) establishing an employment relationship or entering into an employment contract with you; (iv) complying with our legal, regulatory and corporate governance obligations; (v) recordkeeping; (vi) ensuring network and information security and preventing fraud; and (vii) as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law.
Harbinger may share your Candidate Personal Data with (i) internal personnel who have a need to know such information in order to perform their duties, including individuals on our HR, legal, and finance teams, and the team(s) with the position(s) for which you are applying; (ii) Harbinger affiliates; and (iii) Harbinger’s service providers, including providers of background checks, staffing services, and cloud services.
Harbinger may transfer or store internationally your Candidate Personal Data, including to or in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the European Union and in the cloud, and this data may be subject to the laws and accessible to the courts, law enforcement and national security authorities of such jurisdictions.
Please note that we are currently not accepting applications from third party application services. Any unsolicited resumes or candidate profiles submitted in response to our job posting shall be considered the property of Harbinger and are not subject to payment of referral or placement fees if any such candidate is later hired by Harbinger unless you have a signed written agreement in place with us which covers the applicable job posting.
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