The successful candidate must demonstrate exceptional judgment, discretion, attention to detail, and mastery of written and spoken English.
How You Will Make an Impact:
- Project Coordination and Administration — 30%
- Manage priorities, project plans, deadlines, and action items.
- Coordinate meetings, calendars, logistics, materials, and follow-up.
- Support communications with internal teams and external partners.
- Manage travel, events, expenses, and other administrative needs.
- Ensure commitments are completed and important details do not fall through the cracks.
- Market Analysis and Commercialization — 30%
- Conduct market, customer, competitor, business, and financial research.
- Support market sizing, business cases, reporting, and commercialization plans.
- Evaluate potential customers, use cases, partners, business models, and routes to market.
- Translate complex information into clear recommendations and executive presentations.
- Special Projects and Problem-Solving — 40%
- Take ownership of high-priority and often ambiguous projects.
- Quickly assess unfamiliar challenges and determine the path forward.
- Identify roadblocks, develop practical solutions, and coordinate execution.
- Support strategic partnerships, new business opportunities, events, and time-sensitive initiatives.
- Step into gaps and do what is needed to achieve the desired outcome.
- Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, computer science, engineering, or a related field.
- 0–3 years of experience in business operations, project coordination, market research, consulting, strategy, or a related role.
- Exceptional organizational and project-management skills.
- Strong analytical, research, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
- Impeccable judgment and discretion when handling confidential information.
- High initiative, accountability, and follow-through.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a complex, fast-moving environment.
- Genuine interest in technology, engineering, innovation, and commercialization.
- Must be able to work on-site at DEKA five days per week and respond to occasional urgent 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 & 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
- Bachelor's degree in business, economics, computer science, engineering, or related field
- 0-3 years of experience in business operations, project coordination, market research, consulting, strategy, or related role
- Exceptional organizational and project-management skills
- Strong analytical, research, and problem-solving capabilities
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
- Impeccable judgment and discretion when handling confidential information
- High initiative, accountability, and follow-through
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a complex, fast-moving environment
- Must be able to work on-site at DEKA five days per week and respond to occasional urgent requests outside standard business hours
- Genuine interest in technology, engineering, innovation, and commercialization
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.
