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Social Networking, Local Services, Internet

Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Development

New York, New York, United StatesRemoteFull TimeManager / Head$300,000–$350,000 /yrPosted 2 months agoVisa sponsorship available

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Nextdoor (NYSE: NXDR) is the essential neighborhood network. Neighbors, public agencies, and businesses use Nextdoor to connect around local information that matters in more than 350,000 neighborhoods across 11 countries. Nextdoor builds innovative technology to foster local community, share important news, and create neighborhood connections at scale. Download the app and join the neighborhood at nextdoor.com.

Meet Your Future Neighbors

As the Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Development, you will serve as a key strategic partner to the CFO and CEO. This leader will own and evolve Nextdoor’s equity narrative, deepen engagement with the investment community, and play a central role in evaluating and executing strategic initiatives that enhance long-term shareholder value.

At Nextdoor, we operate in an AI-first environment and expect every team member to actively use AI tools as part of their workflow. We aren't looking for prompt engineers; we’re looking for people who use tools like Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT, and Glean to challenge their own thinking and take full ownership of AI-assisted outputs.

We also offer a warm and inclusive work environment that embraces a hybrid employment model, blending an in office presence and work from home experience for our valued employees. The hiring team will go over these expectations with you if you are being considered for a role near one of our offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, New York, and London.

The Impact You’ll Make

This role is ideal for a leader who combines strong public-company investor relations experience with deep financial acumen and strategic judgment in consumer internet, marketplace, or advertising-driven businesses.

Your responsibilities will include:

Investor Relations Leadership

Lead all aspects of Nextdoor’s investor relations strategy and execution

Shape and articulate a clear, differentiated long-term equity narrative aligned with company strategy

Prepare and guide senior leadership for earnings calls, investor conferences, roadshows, and shareholder engagement

Develop strong relationships with investors, analysts, and key market stakeholders

Analyze shareholder composition, investor feedback, peer performance, valuation dynamics, and market sentiment

Ensure consistency and credibility across earnings materials, investor presentations, and public disclosures

Partner closely with Legal, Communications and Finance to ensure best-in-class disclosure practices and compliance

Corporate Development & Strategic Initiatives

Serve as a trusted advisor to the CEO and CFO on long-term business model optimization and strategic priorities

Identify and evaluate 3rd party growth opportunities, including acquisitions, partnerships, and strategic investments

Lead high-impact transactions end-to-end, including strategic assessment, valuation, financial modeling, due diligence, and negotiation

Partner cross-functionally with key teams to assess the value-creation potential of new initiatives, support integration planning, and ensure accountability for post-transaction value realization

Translate strategic initiatives into clear investor messaging and measurable KPIs

Capital Allocation & Value Creation

Partner with the CFO and executive team on capital allocation strategy across growth investments, operating discipline, and balance sheet management

Provide analytical support on return frameworks and long-term financial targets

Support Board materials related to strategy, capital allocation, and corporate development

Help build and mentor talent within the broader Finance organization

What You’ll Bring To The Team

12 to 15+ years of experience across Investor Relations, investment banking, equity research, corporate strategy, private equity, or corporate development

Direct experience leading a senior role in Investor Relations at a publicly traded company

Strong understanding of consumer internet, digital advertising, marketplace, or platform business models

Ideally, strong familiarity with SaaS and advertising KPIs and public market valuation frameworks

Demonstrated experience evaluating corporate development opportunities

Exceptional financial modeling and valuation skills

Executive presence and ability to engage credibly with sophisticated public market investors

Strong judgment, communication skills, and cross-functional influence

High integrity and ability to operate with discretion in a public-company environment

Rewards

Compensation, benefits, perks, and recognition programs at Nextdoor come together to create our total rewards package. Compensation will vary depending on your relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

The starting salary for this role is expected to range from $300,000 to $350,000 on an annualized basis, or potentially greater in the event that your 'level' of proficiency exceeds the level expected for the role. The salary range will be determined by the candidate’s geographic location.

We expect to award a meaningful equity grant for this role. With quarterly vesting, your first vest date will take place within 3 months of your start date.

When it comes to benefits, we have you covered! Nextdoor employees can choose between a variety of health plans, including a 100% covered employee only plan option, and we also provide a OneMedical membership for concierge care.

At Nextdoor, we empower our employees to build stronger local communities. To create a platform where all feel welcome, we want our workforce to reflect the diversity of the neighbors we serve. We encourage everyone interested in our mission to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, or any other trait that unfairly targets a group of people. In accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we always consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

For information about our collection and use of applicants’ personal information, please see Nextdoor's Personnel Privacy Notice, found here.

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