Growth Strategy & Partnerships Associate

Watershed Ventures; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Tonal is seeking a strategic, analytics-driven Associate to join the Strategy & Corporate Development team. You will work directly with senior leadership on initiatives shaping the company—from market expansion to partnership evaluation and new business opportunities.

The ideal candidate is a strong, independent thinker, highly analytical, and able to operate in ambiguity with a fast-paced work ethic. This high-visibility role offers exposure to executive leadership and cross-functional

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in a highly analytical and strategic role (investment banking, private equity, growth equity, management consulting, corporate strategy, or corporate development).
• Proficient in financial modeling, valuation and financial analysis.
• Demonstrated experience solving complex, ambiguous, and analytically challenging problems.
• Excellent verbal and written communicator, able to distill complex analysis into clear, executive-ready narratives.

Responsibilities

• Assist in data- and research-driven strategic initiatives to develop Tonal's short- and long-term strategy.
• Synthesize and analyze quantitative and qualitative research and data sets into insights, hypotheses, implications, and recommendations.
• Conduct market and competitive research across consumer hardware, fitness, wellness, and adjacent tech, to inform executive-level strategy discussions.
• Build financial models and business cases to evaluate strategic options, new market opportunities, and investment decisions.
• Synthesize and analyze quantitative & qualitative research and data sets into insights and/or hypotheses that support initiatives, implications and/or recommendations
• Create key analyses and negotiation support, working closely with internal and external partners to structure and execute transactions.
• Support strategic partnership processes end-to-end: sourcing, evaluation, financial modeling, and internal recommendation materials.
• Partner on a range of projects spanning product development, product pricing, evaluation of new revenue opportunities, and identification of acquisition/investment targets.
• Work cross-functionally with Finance, Product, Revenue, Operations and other teams to develop and pressure-test strategic frameworks.
• Projects could range from partnering on product development, product pricing, evaluation of new revenue opportunities, and identifying acquisition/investment targets
• Assist in framing and communicating key conclusions, including board materials, executive presentations, and strategic memos.

Skills

Financial modeling

Valuation

Strategic planning

Market analysis

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

Looker

DataBricks

Job description

Tonal is seeking a strategic, analytics-driven Associate to join the Strategy & Corporate Development team. You will work directly with senior leadership on initiatives shaping the company—from market expansion to partnership evaluation and new business opportunities.

The ideal candidate is a strong, independent thinker, highly analytical, and able to operate in ambiguity with a fast-paced work ethic. This high-visibility role offers exposure to executive leadership and cross-functional