Director of Corporate Development, Capital Strategy & Investor Relations

Overview

Axle Informatics is a bioscience and information technology company that offers advancements in translational research, biomedical informatics, and data science applications to research centers and healthcare organizations around the globe. With experts in biomedical science, software engineering, and program management, we focus on developing and applying research tools and techniques to empower decision-making and accelerate research discoveries. We work with premier research organizations and facilities including multiple institutes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other public and private organizations.

Benefits We

Offer:

• Educational Benefits for Career Growth
• Paid Time Off (Including Holidays)
• Employee Referral Bonus
• 401K Matching
• Flexible Spending Accounts:
  Healthcare (FSA);
  Parking Reimbursement Account (PRK);
  Dependent Care Assistant Program (DCAP);
  Transportation Reimbursement Account (TRN)

Axle is currently hiring a Director of Corporate Development, Capital Strategy & Investor Relations in our Tysons, VA office. This individual will lead Axle’s efforts to develop, articulate, and fund its long-term platform strategy through partnerships with institutional investors, family offices, lenders, and capital advisors. The position bridges corporate strategy, financial planning, and external relations, driving confidence in the organization’s capital strength, growth trajectory, and long-term value creation.

This Director of Corporate Development, Capital Strategy and Investor Relations will serve as the key architect of Axle’s capital formation roadmap and will be responsible for representing Axle’s investment story, including its "Axle Platform" strategy — a differentiated thesis focused on acquisition-led growth, operational leverage, and strategic integration across research, healthcare, and technology. This individual will serve as a strategic partner to executive leadership, ensuring financial resources are aligned with growth objectives, while also managing relationships with investors, lenders, and key stakeholders.

This role will report to the VP of Corporate Development and requires the ability to work in our Tysons, VA office 5 days/week.

• Define Axle’s capital strategy to support acquisitions, organic growth, incubation investments, and working capital needs.
• Design equity, debt, or hybrid capital approaches that match different deal types or scaling phases while continuously assessing optimal capital structures to support value creation and investor alignment.
• Develop and maintain the organization’s capital allocation framework, balancing growth initiatives, operating needs, and shareholder value.
• Lead financial modeling, scenario analysis, and investment evaluations to inform executive decision-making.
• Serve as the internal owner of Axle’s evolving platform investment strategy, with a clear understanding of its role as an integrator of complementary assets across Axle’s domains.
• Translate the Axle Platform vision into compelling investment narratives, with a focus on thesis-driven growth, M&A-led scale, and long-term enterprise value.
• Develop messaging around the "platform operator" role Axle plays — distinct from traditional PE or federal holding companies.
• Act as the lead liaison with capital partners including private equity firms, family offices, venture capital, and lenders, partnering to align capital strategy with growth and innovation priorities.
• Own the development of investor materials, including Axle’s pitch deck, financial models, executive summaries, and Q&A prep.
• Maintain a structured cadence of investor engagement, status updates, and follow-ups.
• Lead outreach to prospective capital partners and manage ongoing fundraising efforts.
• Drive investor diligence processes, data room management, and coordination with advisors.
• Own negotiation and execution of investment terms, including capital stack structuring.
• Partner with Finance, Legal, and senior executives to ensure capital planning aligns with operating forecasts, deal pipeline, and strategic roadmap.
• Develop internal dashboards to track capital initiatives, investor interest, and…