Corporate Development & Strategy Associate

Company Description

Nexthink is the leader in digital employee experience management software. The company provides IT leaders with unprecedented insight allowing them to see, diagnose and fix issues at scale impacting employees anywhere, with any application or network, before employees notice the issue. As the first solution to allow IT to progress from reactive problem solving to proactive optimization, Nexthink enables its more than 1,200 customers to provide better digital experiences to more than 15 million employees. Dual headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland and Boston, Massachusetts, Nexthink has 9 offices worldwide.

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Job Description

You’ll help shape and accelerate Nexthink’s growth by supporting executive-level strategic initiatives across M&A, Strategic Partnerships, Product and Market strategy. You will work cross-functionally with Product, Sales, Marketing, Operations, Finance, and Executive Leadership to turn data into clear recommendations and executive-ready narratives. 

Key Responsibilities:

Strategy & Exec-level projects 

• Drive structured analysis for top-priority strategic initiatives (e.g., M&A, Market Entry, Growth levers, Competitive Positioning). 
• Build Executive-ready deliverables: clear narratives, decision memos, and presentations. 
• Collaborate with RevOps/Sales Ops and Finance to quantify revenue impact and operational implications of new business initiatives. 
• Build strong working relationships across teams to gather inputs, validate assumptions, and align stakeholders. 
• Operate effectively under shifting priorities with high responsiveness and low ego. 

What Success Looks Like (6-12 months) 

• Strategic Projects: Recognized as a substantial contributor on multiple leadership-level strategic initiatives. 
• M&A Support: Consistently delivers high-quality diligence materials that speed communication around decision-making and improve confidence in targets. 
• Executive Storytelling: Earns trust for clear, compelling narratives – synthesizes messy inputs into a sharp “so what.” 
• Cross-functional Influence: Builds durable partnerships across the business, reliably getting to the right data and alignment quickly. 

Qualifications

• 2+ years’ experience in top-tier consulting or investment banking, ideally with Tech/SaaS exposure. 
• Strong business acumen: Market Sizing, Business Case modeling, KPI analysis, ROI frameworks. 
• Comfort working with ambiguity and fast-changing priorities. 
• Exceptional written and verbal communication; strong executive presence. 
• High learning agility and curiosity. 
• Exposure to SaaS metrics (ARR, NRR, CAC/LTV, pipeline, retention) and product/GTМ motion preferred, but not necessary. 
• Experience building Board and Executive level materials. 
• Familiarity with latest Technology trends and ability to communicate implications effectively. 

Additional Information

We are the pioneers and trailblazers of a global IT Market Category (DEX) that is shaping the future of how the world works, giving our customers’ IT Teams total digital visibility across their enterprise. Our innovative solutions integrate real-time analytics, automation, and employee feedback across all endpoints. This enables our IT teams to solve complex technical challenges, create ever more productive workplaces, and deliver happy, satisfied employees in the digital workplace.

Total Rewards @ Nexthink

At Nexthink, we offer one of the most comprehensive and generous benefits plans.  Your total rewards compensation package includes base salary and may also include a commission or performance bonus plan.  We provide our US employees with 100% covered company benefits that consist of health, dental, vision as well as access to life insurance, long-term disability, and accidental death/personal loss coverage. 

In addition, we offer: 

• 🏖️ Flexible Hours and unlimited vacation (employees have unlimited paid time off on top of the 15 days of holidays we offer), 11 company-paid holidays, and 3 extra days for volunteering.
• 🏡 Hybrid work model that balances office and remote work, with structured onboarding to foster connections and team integration.
• 📚 Free access to professional training platforms to explore your interests and enhance your skills.
• 🍼 Up to 16 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents/primary caregivers, 6 weeks for secondary caregivers.
• 💰 Plan for the future with a 401(k) plan featuring up to 4% company matching contributions, vesting immediately, to grow your retirement savings.
• 📣 Bonuses for referring successful hires after three months of continuous employment.

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