Senior Corporate Development & Strategy Associate
Required skills
- M&A
- strategic partnerships
- new product development
- go-to-market strategy
- business development
- financial modeling
- SaaS metrics
- investment banking
- three-statement modeling
- Excel
Nice to have
- AI tools
- Claude
- Coworker
- Replit
- dataroom review
Role summary
RapidSOS is seeking a Senior Corporate Development & Strategy Associate to work directly with the CEO and COO on fundraising, M&A, strategic partnerships, and new vertical opportunities. This high-visibility individual contributor role involves creating financial models, business cases, and presentations to inform leadership and board decisions. The role leverages AI tools for efficiency in tasks like dataroom review, allowing focus on critical judgment calls. The ideal candidate has 3-4 years of experience in investment banking or a similar field, with strong financial modeling, SaaS metrics, and presentation skills. Based in NYC, the role requires a pioneering spirit, strong work ethic, and comfort working with senior executives.
In the time it takes you to read this job description, RapidSOS will have handled ~1,380 emergencies.
Saving lives depends on the right information reaching the right people at the right moment. RapidSOS builds the technology that makes that possible, and people around the world are joining a mission-driven, ambitious and inclusive team to do that work. Four values guide how we work: purpose over pride, trust & safety, pioneering, urgency. Together they support a culture where people innovate, collaborate, grow and, above all, make an impact.
RapidSOS is the leading public safety AI company that unlocks mission-critical intelligence for emergency response. It pairs AI with human expertise to turn data from the world’s largest Safety Network into life-saving intelligence. The network includes more than 730 million connected devices and more than 325 global technology companies. That intelligence reaches more than 23,600 federal, state and local agencies, serving 1.2 million first responders. RapidSOS has supported more than 1.1 billion emergencies in 16 countries. That experience informs RapidSOS Harmony AI, the first purpose-built AI for public safety, designed to save critical time by detecting emergencies, unifying real-time data and video, and coordinating a faster response. Learn more at www.RapidSOS.com.
What this role is about:
As our Senior Corporate Development & Strategy Associate, you'll work directly alongside our CEO and COO on the decisions that shape where RapidSOS goes next. This is a high-visibility individual contributor role spanning fundraising, M&A, strategic partnerships, and the commercial opportunities leadership is chasing in new verticals. You'll turn complex analysis into clear narratives, through sharp financial models and polished presentations, that land with senior executives and our board. You'll also work in an AI-forward way: AI tools handle first-pass work like dataroom review, so your time goes to the judgment calls that matter most.
What you'll do:
What we're looking for in our ideal candidate:
What we offer:
If you're curious to learn more about RapidSOS, you can check out https://rapidsos.com/blog/
Starting pay for a successful applicant will depend on a variety of job-related factors, which may include experience, relevant skills, training, education, location, business needs, or market demands. The salary range for this role is $120,000 - $140,000. This role will also be eligible to receive equity options and performance bonus.
RapidSOS is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or Veteran status.
Interested in the role but you don’t meet 100% of the requirements? We’d love to hear from you! We encourage you to apply; we’d be excited to see if your unique skill set and experience could be a match.
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