Senior Analyst, Strategy & Corporate Development

Axon Axon · Enterprise · Office, NY · 4503 Corporate Development

This role is in Strategy & Corporate Development, focusing on evaluating and executing acquisitions, investments, partnerships, and other strategic initiatives. It involves formulating long-term strategic direction, capital allocation, and developing informed positions on key business questions. The analyst will work closely with the executive team on high-impact projects, including M&A and investments, and manage the company's investment portfolio.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop deep understanding of Axon’s existing product offering and roadmap, competitive landscape, and broader ecosystem constituents
  2. Perform quantitative and qualitative analysis on potential M&A and investment areas and specific opportunities, including market analyses and financial modeling
  3. Partner with Axon’s executive leadership to formulate and articulate sound and objective theses, as well as determine relative prioritization, for M&A and investment opportunities
  4. Drive end-to-end M&A and investment diligence and execution processes, as well as help manage Axon’s growing investment portfolio
  5. Join forces with key stakeholders including Product, Sales, Supply Chain, Finance/Accounting, Legal, and People Operations to perform thorough diligence and seamless deal execution

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree
  • 3+ years of experience at a top-tier bulge bracket, boutique investment bank, or private equity firm with focus on M&A, investing and/or capital raising
  • Proven M&A and investment process execution experience
  • Expert Excel skills including advanced proficiency with financial modeling and valuation
  • Advanced PowerPoint skills including comfort with presenting to internal and external executive audiences
  • Excellent hypothesis-driven problem solving skills, bringing structure to quantitative and qualitative insights
  • Adept at quickly grasping software and business technology markets, trends, and dynamics
  • Ability to work across teams and with external partners to solve challenging problems
  • Strong understanding of markets, competition, and how to leverage core competencies to create defensible strategies
  • Experience in synthesizing and communicating complex analysis and ideas with ease both verbally and in writing
  • Ability to manage, prioritize and advance numerous mission critical projects simultaneously combined with exceptional organizational skills

Nice to have

  • Passion for Axon’s mission to Protect Life and having a meaningful positive impact on society
  • High energy with low ego and a “can-do” attitude

What the JD emphasized

  • M&A
  • investment
  • strategic initiatives
  • financial modeling
  • market analysis
  • diligence
  • execution