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United Kingdom · Investor Relations · Senior (5-8 years)

Senior Roadshow Specialist

Here is the whole job, in plain words. What it is, a real day, what you decide, how you're judged, how people get here and where they go next. Then the part no course gives you: twelve AI tutors who learn your work.

  • Experience bandSenior (5-8 years)
  • Direct reportsNo direct reports
  • Reports toRoadshow Manager
  • UK framework levelUsually a manager, or the deepest specialist in a team

Also advertised as Senior Investor Relations Coordinator · IR Roadshow Lead · Investor Events Manager (Logistics) · Senior Corporate Access Specialist

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1What this role really is

This isn't just about booking flights; it's about making sure our C-suite is exactly where they need to be, when they need to be there, feeling prepared and looking sharp, especially when meeting with our most important investors. You'll be the person making sure the wheels don't fall off the bus, even when the road gets bumpy. Think of yourself as the conductor of a very high-stakes, global orchestra of meetings.

2What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

Nasdaq IR Insight / Q4 Platform / Irwin (IR CRM)Advanced

Building custom dashboards for post-roadshow feedback, managing data import and hygiene for investor contacts, and training junior users on best practices.

SAP Concur / Navan (Travel & Expense)Expert

Managing complex multi-leg, multi-executive itineraries, negotiating with vendors for better rates, and resolving travel disruptions in real-time when things inevitably go wrong.

Microsoft Excel (Power Query, VBA)Expert

Using Power Query to clean and transform travel data, building basic VBA macros for itinerary automation, and creating dynamic dashboards for budget tracking and schedule optimisation.

Tableau / Power BIIntermediate

Connecting to IR CRM data to build post-roadshow feedback and engagement dashboards, helping the team visualise investor interactions and sentiment.

Diligent / Intralinks (Secure Document Sharing)Advanced

Setting up secure data rooms for sensitive briefing materials, managing user groups and complex permissions, and establishing communication protocols for roadshow teams.

3What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choiceComing inWhere you are nowThe step above
Itinerary Changes (Minor)Propose changes to supervisor for approval.Make routine changes within established guidelines; escalate exceptions.Execute changes independently, informing relevant parties; consult manager on significant strategic shifts.
Vendor Selection (within policy)Select from pre-approved vendors; supervisor reviews.Select independently from pre-approved vendors for routine bookings.Select preferred vendors for complex bookings (e.g., private car services), recommend new vendors up to £10K spend, with manager consultation.
Briefing Book ContentCompile content from provided sources; supervisor reviews for accuracy.Independently compile and proofread; manager reviews for completeness.Own content accuracy and completeness; make editorial suggestions for conciseness; final sign-off for IR-specific sections.
Crisis Management (e.g., missed flight)Immediately inform supervisor; follow pre-defined contingency plan.Independently action pre-defined contingency plan; inform manager.Independently assess situation, devise and execute solution; inform manager of resolution and impact.

4How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, honestly: the hard targets, how often each one is actually looked at, and the quiet human signals that never make it onto a dashboard.

Investor Schedule Fill Rate
The percentage of available C-suite time that's actually booked with qualified investors during a roadshow.
Target · 90%+ for all major roadshows

If the CEO has 20 hours allocated for investor meetings in London, you'll aim to have at least 18 hours booked with relevant funds.

Tier 1 Investor Meeting Success
Securing meetings with our most important, targeted institutional investors.
Target · 75% of designated Tier 1 targets met annually

If we've identified 20 top-tier funds we want to meet this year, you'll help secure meetings with at least 15 of them.

Logistical Error Rate (Zero-Miss)
The number of critical logistical errors (e.g., missed flights, incorrect meeting locations, incorrect time zones in invites) per roadshow.
Target · Zero critical errors on any roadshow

A CEO arriving at the wrong airport terminal is a critical error. A coffee order being wrong is not. We're aiming for zero of the former.

Briefing Book Accuracy & Timeliness
Ensuring all executive briefing materials are accurate, complete, and delivered well in advance of meetings.
Target · 100% accuracy; delivered 24 hours prior to first meeting

Every investor bio is correct, every link works, and the CEO has their book by Monday morning for a Tuesday start.

Executive Support & Trust
How effectively you anticipate and respond to executive needs, building trust in your ability to manage complex travel.
  • Executives proactively ask for your involvement in travel planning
  • they trust your judgement on itinerary changes
  • positive feedback during debriefs
  • fewer last-minute 'where am I going?' questions.
Stakeholder Communication & Diplomacy
Your ability to clearly communicate complex itineraries, manage expectations, and diplomatically resolve conflicts with internal and external partners.
  • Corporate Access teams consistently praise your organisation
  • executive assistants find you easy to work with
  • you can gently but firmly push back on unreasonable requests without causing friction.
Mentorship & Team Contribution
How well you guide and support junior team members, sharing your knowledge and helping them develop.
  • Junior colleagues seek your advice
  • you actively provide constructive feedback on their work
  • you help onboard new hires effectively
  • your team's overall quality of work improves.
Problem-Solving Under Pressure
Your capacity to remain calm, think clearly, and find effective solutions when unexpected challenges arise during a roadshow.
  • When a flight is cancelled, you already have alternative options ready
  • you can troubleshoot tech issues for execs on the go
  • you handle last-minute changes without panicking or escalating unnecessarily.

5Would you like it

The honest version. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy
Mastery of Complex Logistics

You genuinely enjoy the puzzle of optimising multi-city itineraries, finding satisfaction in every perfectly timed connection and smoothly executed transfer. It's about turning chaos into order.

You'll spend hours tweaking a schedule to shave 15 minutes off travel time, knowing that 15 minutes means an exec can grab a coffee or make a quick call.

Behind-the-Scenes Impact

You're not looking for the spotlight, but you thrive on knowing your meticulous planning directly enables the success of high-profile executive engagements. You're the engine, not the driver.

When a CEO thanks you for a seamless roadshow, you feel a deep sense of accomplishment, even if no one else sees the hundreds of tiny details you managed.

Problem-Solving & Crisis Management

The unexpected doesn't faze you; in fact, you get a thrill from quickly and calmly resolving travel disruptions or last-minute meeting changes. You see every hiccup as a challenge to overcome.

A blizzard hits, flights are grounded, and you're already re-routing the team via train and booking new hotels before anyone else has even finished their first cup of tea.

What frustrates people
  • The 11th-hour scramble: A CEO decides to bring their family on an international trip, forcing a complete re-booking of flights and hotels with 48 hours' notice.
  • CRM data garbage: Realising the contact info for a key portfolio manager is three years out of date, ten minutes before a meeting is supposed to begin.
  • The 24/7 time zone grind: Being on call at all hours because the team is constantly crossing time zones.
  • Budget vs. expectation mismatch: Being asked to deliver champagne service on a beer budget.
What this role does not give you
  • A predictable 9-to-5 schedule, especially during busy roadshow seasons.
  • Constant direct interaction with institutional investors (your role is behind-the-scenes support).
  • A role where every piece of your work is directly seen and praised by external parties.
  • Freedom from mundane administrative tasks; there's still a fair bit of grunt work.

6Who you work with

Your work directly impacts the efficiency and effectiveness of our executive team's engagement with the investment community. A well-run roadshow means our leadership can focus on communicating our story, not on logistics, which in turn influences investor perception and, ultimately, our share price. You're essentially safeguarding millions in market value through meticulous planning and execution.

Inside the business
  • CFO and CEO (for travel and scheduling)
  • Head of Investor Relations
  • Executive Assistants (for calendar co-ordination)
  • Legal and Compliance (for data security and 'the wall')
  • Finance (for budget and expenses)
Outside the business
  • Corporate Access teams at investment banks
  • Buy-side institutional investors (indirectly, through smooth logistics)
  • Sell-side analysts (indirectly, through smooth logistics)
  • Travel vendors (airlines, hotels, ground transport)

7What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

  • Proven track record of managing complex, multi-leg travel logistics, ideally for senior executives or high-profile individuals.
  • Demonstrable experience with an Investor Relations CRM platform (e.g., Nasdaq IR Insight, Q4, Irwin) for contact management and reporting.
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including Power Query and basic VBA, for data manipulation and itinerary building.
  • Experience working in a fast-paced corporate environment, preferably within financial services, technology, or a public company IR department.
  • A clear understanding of the 'Sell-Side vs. Buy-Side' ecosystem and the role of Corporate Access teams.
  • Experience mentoring or informally guiding junior team members.

8What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

Advanced IR Platform Customisation & Integration

As our IR CRM becomes the central hub for all investor data, knowing how to tailor it to our specific needs and connect it with other systems (like Salesforce or our internal reporting tools) will be crucial for efficiency and data integrity.

API Integrations · Custom Object & Field Creation · Workflow Automation within CRM · Data Governance & Hygiene

  • This week: Dive deep into your current IR platform's admin settings and documentation.
  • This month: Identify one manual data entry task that could be automated via an existing CRM feature or simple integration.
  • Month 2: Work with IT or the platform vendor to explore a small-scale integration project.
  • Month 3: Document current data hygiene issues and propose solutions for better data quality.

Quick win: Take ownership of a specific data clean-up project within the IR CRM. Even small improvements make a big difference to data reliability.

9Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up
  • Attending industry conferences focused on corporate access or investor events (e.g., IR Society events).
  • Participating in webinars or workshops on advanced travel logistics and crisis management.
  • Networking with peers in other IR or Executive Office teams to share best practices.
  • Staying up-to-date with new travel technology and AI tools that can streamline logistics.

10How the AI economy is changing work like this

Before we ask anything of you, here's what we can already say about AI and work of this kind:

The new skill this role is being asked for: AI-Powered Logistics Optimisation

Competitors are already using AI to draft reports and optimise itineraries in minutes, tasks that used to take hours. Analysts who figure this out will outproduce peers significantly. It's about working smarter, not just harder.

We'll only ever tell you what we can actually back up. No hype, no scare tactics.

Your PlanIllustration

Built for Senior Roadshow Specialist

2 units that map to this job, from the qualifications that cover it.

  1. Contribute to the advancing of tours, shows and eventsPearson EDI · covers 1 of 1 standardsLevel 3
  2. Support the organisation of business travel or accommodationAIM Qualifications · covers 1 of 1 standardsLevel 2
These are the real units behind this job, in the order they rank for it. Nothing here is marked done, because this plan has not been started by anyone yet. Yours would fill in as you go.

The rising capability

Zavmo analysis

What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

AI-Powered Logistics Optimisation

Competitors are already using AI to draft reports and optimise itineraries in minutes, tasks that used to take hours. Analysts who figure this out will outproduce peers significantly. It's about working smarter, not just harder.

  • Generative AI for Itinerary Drafting
  • Predictive Analytics for Travel Disruptions
  • Automated Vendor Negotiation
  • Natural Language Processing (NLP) for Feedback

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

  • Investor Targeting & Analysis
  • Complex Itinerary Architecture
  • C-Suite Handling & Preparation
  • NDR (Non-Deal Roadshow) Strategy
  • Perception Study & Feedback Synthesis

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

  1. 1

    Roadshow Specialist (L2)

    2-3 years

    Skills to master

    • Independently managing domestic roadshows, mastering IR CRM data entry, building strong relationships with internal executive assistants, and becoming an expert in our travel booking platforms.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Successfully managed at least 10-15 domestic roadshows with zero critical errors.
    • Consistently received positive feedback from executives on travel support.
    • Demonstrated proactive problem-solving for routine travel disruptions.
    • Actively mentored new joiners on basic tasks.
  2. 2

    Executive Assistant (supporting C-suite)

    3-5 years

    Skills to master

    • Managing complex executive calendars, handling sensitive and confidential information with discretion, coordinating multi-leg international travel, and anticipating executive needs before they arise.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Managed travel for multiple C-suite executives, including international trips.
    • Proven ability to handle highly confidential information with utmost discretion.
    • Strong organisational skills and attention to detail in a high-pressure environment.
    • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with senior leadership.
  3. 3

    Corporate Access Associate (Investment Bank)

    2-4 years

    Skills to master

    • Understanding the sell-side/buy-side ecosystem, building relationships with corporate IR teams, coordinating investor meetings, and managing event logistics from the bank's perspective.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Successfully coordinated numerous investor roadshows and conferences from the bank side.
    • Strong network within the corporate IR community.
    • Deep understanding of investor targeting and engagement strategies.
    • Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and deadlines.

11Where this role leads

The long view:This role is a fantastic launchpad for a career where operational excellence meets high-stakes financial communications. The path is clear, and we're committed to helping you get there, whatever your ambition.

Pay & demand

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The ten Future Fluencies

Zavmo analysis

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

A qualification proves you can do the job as it's defined today. These ten are what decide whether you're still the obvious person for it in five years. They're the capabilities employers are now writing into senior roles faster than people are learning them. Zavmo weaves them through whatever you study, so you come out with both: the credential and the fluency.

The highlighted ones are the Fluencies your role leans on hardest, from how Senior Roadshow Specialist is actually changing. In about two minutes, the free confidence check asks where you stand on each of the ten. That's the whole check, and it's what makes the plan yours rather than generic.

Where it leads

Roles this leads to

12The team that's yours

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

Zavmo is a hyper-personalised AI learning platform. Twelve virtual tutors, each with a different way of teaching, and one orchestration agent that picks the right one for the moment. So every single lesson is shaped around you, your role, and the way you learn. Not a course everyone sits through. A conversation built for you, and no one else.

…and nine more, matched to you after your first chat. Meet all twelve

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13What it feels like

A conversation, not a course

Because your tutor knows your role, your projects and your last session, learning sounds like this. And it's different for every single person:

Contribute to the advancing of tours, shows and eventsLevel 3

Applied to your work in Senior Roadshow Specialist

This unit aims to enable learners to contribute to the logistical advancement of tours, shows and events by sourcing travel and accommodation, creating itineraries, evaluating external services and maintaining accurate records.

How the thinking builds
  1. Remember
  2. Understand
  3. Apply
  4. Analyse
  5. Evaluate
  6. Create
An illustration of a Zavmo lesson, built from this role’s own route. The unit, its objective and every criterion above are the awarding body’s own words, not an example.

One to one, not one to many

No two people run this the same way

A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.

  1. Your actual work Every lesson is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
  2. What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
  3. The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
  4. How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
  5. Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.

See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.

DemonstrateIllustration

Evidenced on your work in Senior Roadshow Specialist

You do not finish by watching something. You finish by showing it on the work you already do, against the measures this job is judged on.

  • Investor Schedule Fill RateThe percentage of available C-suite time that's actually booked with qualified investors during a roadshow.If the CEO has 20 hours allocated for investor meetings in London, you'll aim to have at least 18 hours booked with relevant funds.90%+ for all major roadshows
  • Tier 1 Investor Meeting SuccessSecuring meetings with our most important, targeted institutional investors.If we've identified 20 top-tier funds we want to meet this year, you'll help secure meetings with at least 15 of them.75% of designated Tier 1 targets met annually
  • Logistical Error Rate (Zero-Miss)The number of critical logistical errors (e.g., missed flights, incorrect meeting locations, incorrect time zones in invites) per roadshow.A CEO arriving at the wrong airport terminal is a critical error. A coffee order being wrong is not. We're aiming for zero of the former.Zero critical errors on any roadshow
  • Briefing Book Accuracy & TimelinessEnsuring all executive briefing materials are accurate, complete, and delivered well in advance of meetings.Every investor bio is correct, every link works, and the CEO has their book by Monday morning for a Tuesday start.100% accuracy; delivered 24 hours prior to first meeting
These are this job's own measures, with its own targets. Nothing is marked evidenced, because nobody has started this yet. Yours would fill in from the work you bring.

Your passport

This isn't a certificate you file away. It's a passport to the life you're designing.

Every credit you earn and every fluency you build adds up: evidence where it counts, carried with you. Zavmo keeps the map: where you are, where you're heading, and the next step, at your pace, around your life. From Senior Roadshow Specialist to Lead Roadshow Strategist (L4), and whatever you decide comes after.

Level 5 · in progressAI Fluency→ Lead Roadshow Strategist (L4)→ your design
Where this takes you

This role is a fantastic launchpad for a career where operational excellence meets high-stakes financial communications. The path is clear, and we're committed to helping you get there, whatever your ambition.

See Your Progress GrowIllustration
Senior Roadshow Specialist
  • Investor Targeting & Analysis
  • Complex Itinerary Architecture
  • C-Suite Handling & Preparation
  • NDR (Non-Deal Roadshow) Strategy
  • Perception Study & Feedback Synthesis
This is your Mind Palace on learn.zavmo.ai. Every skill above comes from this role's own record, not an example borrowed from another job. A node lights up when you evidence it, and what you build stays yours between jobs. That is the part a course cannot do.

14The detail, folded away

Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

Senior Roadshow Specialist is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

  1. Lead Roadshow Strategist (L4)

    3-5 years

    One level up

    • Annual NDR Calendar Design: Architecting the full year's investor outreach plan.
    • Sell-Side Relationship Management: Cultivating deeper relationships with key corporate access teams.
    • Roadshow Effectiveness Analysis: Using data to measure the ROI of our investor engagement.
    • Budget Management: Managing a significant portion of the roadshow budget (£50K-£500K).
Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

Let's be honest: parts of managing investor roadshows are incredibly repetitive and time-consuming. Imagine if you could offload some of that grunt work to a smart assistant, freeing you up to focus on the really tricky, high-value stuff – like anticipating executive needs or building those crucial relationships.

We're building an AI Productivity Hub here at Zavmo, specifically tailored for roles like yours. It's not about replacing your job; it's about giving you superpowers. Think of it as having a tireless, detail-obsessed intern who never sleeps and can process information at lightning speed. Here's a peek at how AI could transform your day-to-day:

Itinerary Optimisation Engine

This AI tool analyses flight schedules, ground transport times, and meeting locations, then proposes the most efficient multi-day, multi-city itinerary. It minimises travel time and maximises meeting density, often finding connections you'd never spot manually. It's like having a super-smart travel agent on steroids.

Executive Pre-Briefing Generator

Forget spending 30 minutes per meeting compiling a briefing. This tool automatically pulls the investor's latest holdings, recent quotes, bio, and key topics from our CRM, then drafts a concise, one-page briefing document for each executive. You just review and tweak.

Sentiment Analysis Dashboard

After a roadshow, you're usually sifting through notes. This AI uses natural language processing to process transcripts from investor meetings and sell-side notes, automatically identifying key themes, positive/negative sentiment, and recurring questions. It gives you an instant pulse check on investor mood.

Automated Follow-up & Confirmation

Imagine AI drafting those 'thank you' emails to Corporate Access teams or sending automated confirmations to ground transport vendors. It handles the routine communication, making sure nothing falls through the cracks, and you can focus on the exceptions.

Common questions

Common questions

How do you become a Senior Roadshow Specialist?

Common routes in include Roadshow Specialist (L2) (2-3 years), Executive Assistant (supporting C-suite) (3-5 years) and Corporate Access Associate (Investment Bank) (2-4 years). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can a Senior Roadshow Specialist progress to?

This role can lead on to Lead Roadshow Strategist (L4) (3-5 years), depending on the skills you build.

What level is a Senior Roadshow Specialist in the UK?

This role aligns to RQF Level 5 on the UK framework, a guide to the depth of qualification it maps to, not a hard entry bar.

What new skills matter most for a Senior Roadshow Specialist?

Increasingly, AI-Powered Logistics Optimisation. These are the areas where the higher-paid, future-proof work is heading.

The honest bit

You’ve started things before

Most of them were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.

There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.

And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.

What it costs

Less than one coaching session. Every month.

A single career-coaching hour costs more than a month of this, and it ends when the hour does. Zavmo doesn't. It's £70 a month, about £2.30 a day, for a companion that knows a Senior Roadshow Specialist, works on the job you actually do, and keeps going at your pace rather than a timetable's.

  • Searching and planning stay free. You only pay when you start learning.
  • Your credits are yours. Regulated, and they don't vanish when a subscription ends.
  • Cancel any time and billing stops. No notice period, no minimum term.

Your path, personalised

You have the map. Walking it is the part we do together.

This route runs to 1 national skill standard. That is a real journey.

Zavmo shapes a learning experience as unique as you are. It fits how you learn, your pace and the work you already do. Every step stays benchmarked to recognised national standards. That’s the plan for becoming a Senior Roadshow Specialist: personal to you, and it still counts. The first steps are free.

Independent research finds well-designed intelligent tutoring performs nearly as well as one-to-one human tutoring: VanLehn (2011), Educational Psychologist.

A private tutor in the UK averages £35–40 an hour . Zavmo is £70/month.

A real plan on learn.zavmo.ai: Ofqual-regulated units, credits, and a three-month run at your own pace.
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15Where to go from here

Other roles at Level 5

Same depth of qualification, different job. Useful if the work appeals but this particular role does not.

Other roles in Investor Relations

Stay in the field you know and move sideways rather than up.

If you leave this industry

The skills you'll develop here – meticulous planning, crisis management, executive support, and diplomatic communication – are highly transferable. You could move into Executive Operations, Chief of Staff roles, High-Net-Worth Client Services, or even large-scale event management in other industries.

Not sure this is the right direction?

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This role profile is © 2026Growth Engineering Technologies Ltd. Built from UK occupational standards and regulated qualification data, and written for Zavmo.

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