Responsibilities Avient is seeking a strategic, business-minded, and externally focused Director of Investor Relations to join our team. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape and elevate how we communicate Avient's strategy, financial performance, and long-term value creation story to the investment community. Our leaders are instrumental in driving Avient's success by aligning strategy, execution, and stakeholder engagement. The Director of Investor Relations is a trusted advisor to senior executives, providing insights into market perception, investor sentiment, and industry dynamics. This role ensures our external messaging is clear, consistent, and compelling-supporting strong relationships with investors, analysts, and other key stakeholders while reinforcing confidence in our long-term strategy. Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, this role partners closely with Finance, Legal, Communications, and business/functional leaders, and serves as a key interface with the CEO, Operating Council, and Board as needed. This leader will have primary responsibility for developing and executing Avient's investor relations strategy, leading the quarterly earnings process, managing investor and analyst engagement, and providing market intelligence to inform executive decision-making. Balancing financial rigor, strategic storytelling, and regulatory compliance will be critical to success in this role. The ideal candidate is a collaborative, insight-driven, and highly credible leader with strong financial acumen and exceptional communication skills. They will have a proven ability to synthesize complex financial and operational information into relevant messaging, understand dynamic market conditions and the broader impact on the business, and build trusted relationships with both internal and external stakeholders. This individual will also bring a proactive, forward-looking mindset to continuously enhance Avient's investor engagement approach.

Qualifications Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, or related field or equivalent experience; MBA, CFA, or equivalent advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of 8+ years of progressive experience in investor relations, corporate finance, equity research, or investment banking, with a strong understanding of capital markets.
• Experience in a publicly traded company and / or global manufacturing or similarly complex, matrixed industry strongly preferred.
• Strong financial acumen, including deep understanding of financial statements, valuation methodologies, and key performance drivers.
• Exceptional communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to translate complex financial information into clear, concise, and compelling messages for external audiences.
• Strong executive presence and ability to effectively engage with senior leadership, Board members, and external stakeholders.
• Ability to work as par.

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