Director Investor Relation, BizDev

Job Description: Director, Investor Relations and Business Development

Summary:

Sakuu develops and sells advanced manufacturing equipment to energy storage manufacturers. The Director of Investor Relations and Business Development will lead engagement with current and prospective investors, cultivate strategic commercial relationships, and help position Sakuu’s equipment and capabilities in the energy storage market.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

Develop and execute Sakuu’s investor relations and business development strategy. Communicate the company’s vision, progress, market opportunity, and value proposition clearly to investors and external stakeholders. Build a qualified pipeline of investors, strategic partners, and financing relationships while supporting the commercial growth of Sakuu’s manufacturing equipment business.

Success in this role requires experience across investor relations, business development, and marketing; strong financial, strategic, and technical communication skills; and relevant experience in energy storage or the broader energy sector.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a comprehensive investor relations strategy aligned with Sakuu’s corporate and financing objectives
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with current and prospective investors, analysts, lenders, and other financial stakeholders
• Prepare investor presentations, company updates, management talking points, data-room materials, and responses to investor inquiries
• Partner with executive leadership and Finance to communicate company performance, milestones, market opportunity, risks, and strategic priorities accurately and consistently
• Lead business development for Sakuu’s manufacturing equipment, including market segmentation, target-account development, opportunity qualification, and commercial pipeline management
• Identify and cultivate relationships with energy storage manufacturers, strategic partners, channel partners, and ecosystem participants
• Develop compelling value propositions, proposals, partnership structures, and commercial presentations for prospective customers and partners
• Coordinate customer and partner engagements from initial outreach through evaluation, negotiation, contracting, and handoff to execution teams
• Conduct market, customer, competitor, and industry analysis to inform corporate strategy, product positioning, pricing, and go-to-market priorities
• Work with Marketing to develop thought leadership, external communications, events, and campaigns that strengthen Sakuu’s market visibility and credibility
• Maintain investor and business development reporting, forecasts, CRM records, key performance indicators, and executive-level updates
• Represent Sakuu at investor meetings, industry conferences, customer meetings, and strategic-partner events
• Ensure external communications and commercial activities comply with company policies, confidentiality obligations, and applicable regulations

Requirements, Qualifications, and Skills

• Demonstrated experience in investor relations, business development, and marketing
• Relevant experience in energy storage, energy technology, advanced manufacturing, industrial equipment, or a closely related energy sector
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in business, finance, engineering, science, or another relevant business or technical field
• Strong understanding of investor communications, corporate finance concepts, capital markets, and stakeholder engagement
• Proven ability to originate, develop, negotiate, and close complex commercial or strategic opportunities
• Experience selling manufacturing equipment, capital equipment, technology platforms, or technical solutions to industrial customers is strongly preferred
• Ability to translate complex technical and commercial information into clear, compelling messages for financial and business audiences
• Strong market analysis, competitive intelligence, strategic planning, and go-to-market capabilities
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, relationship-building, and executive communication skills
• Experience using CRM systems, financial and presentation tools, and pipeline reporting processes
• Highly organized, analytical, collaborative, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced, interdisciplinary environment
• Willingness to travel for investor, customer, partner, and industry engagements as required