Principal, Investor Relations and Capital Formation

Job description

LLR Partners is hiring a Principal, Investor Relations and Capital Formation to partner with LLR’s Head of Investor Relations across fundraising strategy, execution, and team leverage. This is a senior, high trust role to help translate LLR’s investment approach and value-creation capabilities into clear fundraising strategy and compelling communications for current and prospective investors, while building the operating discipline required for a scalable IR function. The role combines complex project leadership and content development with direct Limited Partner (LP), consultant, and placement-agent engagement. ### Accountabilities - Partner with the Head of Investor Relations on the integrated plan for LLR’s next fundraising cycle, including priorities, workplans, milestones, and cross-functional execution. - Own a meaningful coverage lane with selected LPs, consultants, placement agents, and other capital partners; build trusted relationships and coordinate timely, tailored communications. - Oversee complex investor materials, fundraising narratives, presentations, DDQs and RFPs, analyses, and other content that requires sound judgment, strong writing, and careful synthesis. - Create a reliable operating cadence across Investor Relations, Finance, Legal, the investment team, Value Creation, and external providers, with clear ownership, deadlines, approvals, and version control. - Strengthen the team’s systems, CRM discipline, pipeline visibility, reporting, and repeatable processes as LLR continues to grow. - Help shape team priorities, ways of working, and development while concurrently supporting the quality and consistency of the firm’s investor-facing work. ### Skills and Requirements - 10+ years of experience in investor relations, capital formation, placement advisory, private-markets consulting, asset management, or a related private-markets role. - Experience working with institutional investors, LPs, consultants, fund managers, senior executives, or other sophisticated stakeholders. - Exceptional writing, editing, presentation, analytical, and project-management skills, with the ability to move from strategy to details without losing either. - Working fluency in private-markets concepts, including fund structures, commitments, capital calls and distributions, portfolio performance, and fundraising processes. - Sound judgment, discretion, responsiveness, and the ability to represent LLR credibly with senior internal and external audiences. - A collaborative, low-ego working style and the ability to lead through influence across a team and firm with multiple priorities. - Willingness to work in LLR’s Philadelphia office and up to 50% travel as required. LLR Partners is a lower middle market private equity firm focused on investing in software and tech-enabled companies within the knowledge economy. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Philadelphia, LLR has raised over $7.5 billion across seven funds and has partnered with over 130 companies. LLR believes in creating value through partnership by providing flexible capital, strategic guidance and sector insight to help companies grow every day. LLR Partners is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [hr@llrpartners.com](mailto:hr@llrpartners.com)