Associate, Corporate Development

Volta; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Retirement plan

Health benefits

Generous vacation

Job summary

Volta is seeking an Associate, Corporate Development to support M&A, strategic partnerships, and corporate strategy work. You will analyze opportunities, build the financial and strategic case for them, and support execution through to close, working closely with senior leadership.

This high-exposure role offers direct visibility to founders and executives, enabling you to shape key strategic decisions at Volta as the company scales in the AI infrastructure era.

Qualifications

• Experience in corporate development, investment banking, private equity, or strategy consulting.
• Strong financial modeling and valuation skills.
• Excellent analytical ability and capacity to solve ambiguous strategic problems.
• Comfortable working directly with senior leadership on high-stakes, confidential work.
• Strong written and verbal communication, including executive-level materials.
• Self-directed and detail-oriented, able to manage multiple workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Support evaluation of M&A, investment, and strategic partnership opportunities.
• Build financial models, valuation analyses, and business cases to support decision-making.
• Conduct market, competitor, and industry research to inform corporate strategy.
• Support due diligence processes across financial, commercial, and operational workstreams.
• Prepare materials and analysis for executive and board-level discussions.
• Coordinate with legal, finance, and other internal teams through deal execution.
• Track and report on the pipeline of strategic opportunities under evaluation.
• Support post-close integration planning where relevant.

Skills

Corporate development

Financial modeling

Analytical ability

Executive communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Time management

Job description

About Volta

Volta is the category-defining, fully vertically integrated AI infrastructure platform - from capital to clusters to software, under a founder-led enterprise. Our mission is The Utility of Compute™: AI infrastructure as dependable and available as electricity, for every organization that needs it. Launched with a $10B strategic partnership with one of the leading frontier AI labs, a Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, and a $5B AI Infrastructure Fund, Volta is building the infrastructure layer of the AI era from the ground up. We are 100+ people across London, Palo Alto, and New York, with rapid growth expectations to hundreds.

About The Role

The Associate, Corporate Development supports Volta's M&A, strategic partnerships, and corporate strategy work — the analysis and execution behind the deals and initiatives that shape where the company goes next. Working closely with senior leadership, you will help evaluate opportunities, build the financial and strategic case for them, and support execution through to close.

This is a high-exposure role for someone who wants to work directly on the strategic decisions defining a fast-scaling AI infrastructure company, with direct visibility to founders and executive leadership.

What You Will Be Doing

• Support evaluation of M&A, investment, and strategic partnership opportunities
• Build financial models, valuation analysis, and business cases to support decision-making
• Conduct market, competitor, and industry research to inform corporate strategy
• Support due diligence processes across financial, commercial, and operational workstreams
• Prepare materials and analysis for executive and board-level discussions
• Coordinate with legal, finance, and other internal teams through deal execution
• Track and report on the pipeline of strategic opportunities under evaluation
• Support post-close integration planning where relevant

What You Bring

• Experience in corporate development, investment banking, private equity, or strategy consulting is essential
• Strong financial modeling and valuation skills
• Excellent analytical ability, able to structure and solve ambiguous strategic problems
• Comfortable working directly with senior leadership on high-stakes, confidential work
• Strong written and verbal communication, including executive-level materials
• Self-directed and detail-oriented, able to manage multiple workstreams under time pressure

What We Offer

At Volta, we believe people do their best work when they feel supported, trusted and able to grow. We're building a company where you can make an impact, keep a healthy balance between work and life, and build a career you're proud of.
As a global team, we do our best to provide great benefits wherever you're based. While some benefits vary by country due to local regulations, we believe looking after our people is simply the right thing to do.

• Competitive salary based on the work you do here, not your previous salary
• Equity in Volta, giving you the opportunity to share in the company's long-term success
• Retirement/pension contributions
• Comprehensive health, wellbeing and insurance benefits
• Generous number of vacation days each year

Equal Opportunity

Volta is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and make employment decisions based on skills, qualifications, experience and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic.

Accessibility

Volta is committed to providing an accessible recruitment experience for all candidates. If you require accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the application or interview process, please contact us at [e-mail]. We will work with you to identify reasonable accommodations that enable you to participate fully in the hiring process.

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