Strategy Associate

Why This Role Exists

NexDiscovery is building a new category—Proactive Intelligence—and we are intentionally keeping the U.S. team small, senior, and founder-led.

This role exists for someone who wants direct exposure to how a real company is built—from category definition to enterprise GTM—before going on to found their own company.

You will work closely with the founders on strategy, decision-making, and live customer problems.

What You’ll Work On

This is a thinking role, not an execution-only role.

Strategy & Insight

• Analyze market structure, ICP evolution, and competitive positioning

• Pressure-test GTM hypotheses, pricing logic, and expansion paths

• Turn ambiguous inputs into clear strategic options

Founder Leverage

• Support real founder decisions across product, GTM, and positioning

• Prepare materials for executive-level customer and partner conversations

• Actively participate in customer calls, pilots, and internal decision discussions

GTM & Customer Learning

• Support early pilots across Sales, Finance, and Innovation use cases

• Identify patterns in customer behavior, objections, and outcomes

• Translate real-world signals into strategic direction

Special Projects

• Partner strategy and ecosystem analysis

• Category narrative and positioning work

• Internal strategy memos and decision frameworks

Who This Role Is For

You are likely a fit if you:

• Intend to found a company in the future

• Optimize for learning, exposure, and judgment—not comfort

• Think in systems, incentives, and second-order effects

• Are comfortable with ambiguity and founder-level tradeoffs

• Want proximity to real decisions, not simulations

Backgrounds that tend to fit:

• Strategy, investing, or early-stage startup roles

• Operators looking to sharpen founder-level thinking

• Strong written and verbal communicators with executive presence

This role is deliberately scoped for high-agency, founder-minded individuals.

Equity

• Equity reflects real contribution and ownership
  
  

How to Engage

We care less about credentials and more about:

• Why you want to build a company

• What you’re trying to learn before doing so

• How you think about leverage, risk, and decision-making

A short note explaining why this role makes sense for you is more useful than a traditional résumé.