Working closely with leadership, this individual will evaluate markets and competitors, help identify potential partners, and develop the strategic materials that inform major business decisions — including investment decks, business plans, market analyses, and commercialization strategies.
This is a role with broad exposure across product strategy, commercialization, partnerships, and new business development. It is well suited for a recent MBA graduate or early-career candidate with strong experience in consulting, strategy, finance, venture, or business development who is looking for meaningful ownership early in their career.
How You Will Make an Impact as a Business Strategy Associate:
- Help develop the strategic and commercial case for new products and technologies, from early concept through business proposal.
- Research markets, competitors, customers, and industry dynamics to assess opportunities and inform strategy.
- Distill complex research into clear insights, recommendations, and executive-level materials.
- Identify potential strategic partners, customers, investors, and other collaborators.
- Assist with the development of outreach strategies and materials and help lead early conversations with prospective partners.
- Support relationship-building with external organizations and manage follow-up on key opportunities.
- Build investment decks, strategic presentations, and other materials used in high-level internal and external discussions.
- Draft key components of business plans, including market opportunity, competitive positioning, business model, and go-to-market strategy.
- Build and refine financial models evaluating revenue potential, costs, economics, and business scenarios.
- Help drive strategic initiatives forward by managing priorities, follow-up, and next steps across multiple stakeholders.
- Recent MBA graduate with experience through internships or prior roles in strategy, consulting, finance, business development, or a related field; or a bachelor’s degree with 1–3 years of relevant experience.
- Strong analytical skills and demonstrated experience conducting market, competitive, and industry research.
- Ability to synthesize complex information and develop a clear, well-supported point of view.
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Experience developing high-quality executive presentations, analyses, briefings, or business cases.
- Strong financial and quantitative skills, including comfort building and interpreting Excel-based business models.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
- Exceptional organization, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
- High initiative, ownership, and follow-through, with the ability to independently drive work from question to recommendation to execution.
- Comfort working directly with senior leaders and engaging external partners and stakeholders.
- Impeccable judgment and discretion when handling confidential information.
- Adaptability and enthusiasm for tackling new, ambiguous, or rapidly evolving problems.
- Genuine interest in technology, engineering, innovation, and bringing new products to market.
- Must be able to work on-site at DEKA five days per week and respond to occasional time-sensitive requests outside standard business hours.
About DEKA:
One hour from the beach, Boston, and the mountains, the historic Amoskeag Millyard once housed the largest textile mills in the world. It is now home to DEKA Research and Development, where we are taking the same innovation and cutting-edge technology into the modern age.
Behind DEKA’s brick walls sits a team of professionals who strive to make a difference every day through thoughtful engineering, design, and manufacturing. Here at DEKA, some of the most innovative and life-changing products of our time are created, and new ideas are always welcome and explored.
Skills Required
- Recent MBA with experience through internships or prior roles in strategy, consulting, finance, business development, or a related field
- Bachelor’s degree with 1–3 years of relevant experience as an alternative to an MBA
- Strong analytical skills and experience conducting market, competitive, and industry research
- Ability to synthesize complex information into clear insights and recommendations
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
- Experience creating executive presentations, analyses, briefings, or business cases
- Strong financial and quantitative skills, including Excel-based business modeling
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to manage multiple priorities with strong organization and attention to detail
- Initiative, ownership, follow-through, and ability to independently drive work from question to execution
- Comfort working with senior leaders and external partners
- Judgment and discretion when handling confidential information
- Adaptability and enthusiasm for ambiguous or rapidly evolving problems
- Ability to work onsite at DEKA five days per week
- Interest in technology, engineering, innovation, and bringing new products to market
What We Do
DEKA is one of the leading research and development companies in the country and is the birthplace of some of the most innovative and life-changing products of our time. For over thirty years, DEKA Research & Development Corp. has made Manchester, New Hampshire home. Located about an hour from Boston, the beach, and the mountains, we are situated in the beautiful and historic Amoskeag Millyard buildings located in downtown Manchester. DEKA continues to be a place where no idea seems too big and where creativity and crazy cool gizmos reign supreme. The engineers, technicians, machinists, designers and all of the other folks who make up DEKA are some of the most creative and innovative professionals you could ever hope to meet. It's a place where one crazy idea can end up being the next greatest invention. At DEKA we embrace the spirit of innovation and constantly aim to turn the impossible into a reality. DEKA is filled with people who are driven to be among the best and brightest in their field of work. It’s a concentrated bunch of really smart thinkers, doers and problems solvers, who are driven to using innovative design solutions and state-of-the-art technology to improve lives. We all see endless possibilities in the power of technology to do good. Employees have the opportunity to work on diverse projects that have a positive, enduring impact on millions of people worldwide. We are growing! We're always seeking passionate individuals to join our growing team of evolved thinkers.
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