Director, Investor Relations
Adient
- Location
- Plymouth, MI
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Staff
- Posted
- Sep 2, 2026
About this role
JOB DESCRIPTION
Position Summary The Director of Investor Relations helps develop and execute the company’s investor relations strategy and serves as a key connection between the company and the investment community. The role combines capital-markets judgment, financial analysis, executive communications, investor engagement, digital-platform ownership, and disciplined execution of quarterly earnings and other investor events. The Director partners closely with executive leadership, Finance, Accounting, Legal, Communications, IT, and external service providers to clearly and consistently communicate financial performance, strategic priorities, growth opportunities, and capital allocation plans while maintaining strong disclosure controls and regulatory compliance.
Key Responsibilities
Investor and Analyst Engagement Build and maintain credible, long-term relationships with institutional investors, sell-side analysts, and other members of the investment community. Plan and coordinate investor meetings, conferences, roadshows, non-deal roadshows, site visits, and other engagement opportunities, including briefing materials, schedules, logistics, follow-up, and relationship records. Capture investor and analyst feedback, identify recurring themes, and provide concise, actionable market-perception insights to executive leadership and the Board of Directors. Support investor targeting, shareholder engagement, and efforts to broaden and strengthen the investor base. Quarterly Earnings, Disclosures, and Investor Events Manage the end-to-end administrative and operating calendar for quarterly earnings, investor conferences, and other external financial communications. Coordinate with the conference call and webcast provider on scheduling, event setup, speaker and operator details, rehearsals and production testing, dial-in and webcast information, scripts, presentation materials, replay availability, and post-event follow-up. Coordinate with IDX and internal stakeholders to publish and maintain earnings releases, presentations, webcast links, replays, transcripts, SEC filings, and related materials on the investor relations website. Partner with Communications, Legal, Finance, and Accounting on news-release preparation, review, approval, distribution, timing, web posting, and archival requirements. Maintain detailed earnings checklists, approval workflows, distribution lists, contact lists, calendars, and version control to support accurate and timely execution. Develop and review earnings presentations, scripts, Q&A materials, investor presentations, shareholder communications, conference materials, and other external disclosures. Support executive and Board-level materials related to investor messaging, shareholder composition, market perception, and valuation. IR Technology Platforms and Data Management Own the day-to-day administration, governance, and effective use of the IR technology stack, including Capital Access, AlphaSense, Bloomberg, IDX, and other market-data, shareholder-intelligence, CRM, website, webcast, and workflow platforms. Maintain platform data quality, user access, alerts, watchlists, investor and analyst contacts, meeting histories, targeting lists, dashboards, and standardized reporting outputs. Serve as the primary business contact for IR software and service providers; coordinate training, issue resolution, upgrades, renewals, user requirements, and ongoing optimization with Procurement, IT, Legal, and Finance as appropriate. Integrate data and insights across platforms to improve investor targeting, market monitoring, peer analysis, consensus tracking, engagement reporting, and management decision support. Establish repeatable processes and controls for retaining investor interaction records and supporting accurate, accessible IR information. Technology Enablement and AI Adoption Demonstrate strong technical systems aptitude and the ability to learn, configure, and optimize complex financial, research,