Senior Associate – Corporate Development

Responsibilities

• Support strategic OEM partnerships from opportunity identification through execution.
• Identify, evaluate, and develop new partnership opportunities across vehicle programs, propulsion systems, batteries, sourcing, purchasing, and other strategic business initiatives.
• Build business cases and perform strategic and financial analysis to support partnership decisions.
• Coordinate cross‑functional stakeholders across Planning, Engineering, Legal, Finance, Purchasing, Program Management, Sales, and After Sales.
• Prepare executive presentations, meeting materials, agendas, and decision documents.
• Support partnership negotiations and development of definitive agreements.
• Lead assigned work‑streams and drive projects to completion while ensuring alignment across internal and external stakeholders.
• Build and maintain relationships with external OEM partners and internal business leaders.
• Coordinate meetings with internal teams and external partners.
• Develop executive‑ready presentations and business recommendations.
• Willingness to work a regular schedule that may include evening hours.

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in an automotive or related industry.
• Be self‑motivated, action‑oriented doers unafraid to act, decide, and lead in ambiguous contexts.
• Anticipate issues, evaluate potential solutions and distill complex problems efficiently.
• Leverage sharp financial acumen and computer skills to perform fundamental financial modeling and analysis with ability to clearly and concisely convey messaging to various audiences.
• Manage multiple, competing priorities, often within tight timing expectation.
• Effectively delegate, influence and indirectly manage the work of others, with focus on coaching and development towards success.

• financial analysis
• financial modeling
• strategic analysis
• business case development
• project management
• partnership negotiation
• data analysis

• self‑motivated
• action‑oriented
• problem‑solving
• communication
• influencing
• delegation
• coaching
• relationship building

• Bachelor’s degree