Strategy Associate

Are you a structured problem-solver with real operating experience - ready to accelerate your trajectory in strategy? This is an apprenticeship-style role for high-performers who already have strong business fundamentals and want to deepen their judgement, client presence, and strategic depth inside a live advisory environment.

As as Strategy Associate, you'll partner with our Business Advisors to diagnose real businesses, uncover root constraints, and shape high-leverage growth strategies. You'll prepare and pressure-test recommendations ahead of boardroom-style advisory sessions, participate in live workshops, and translate strategic direction into clear, execution-ready plans and consulting-quality assets.

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  Business Insights and Data Analysis:

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    Conduct client discovery calls and business diagnostics.

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    Interpret data from consulting sessions, market research, and client materials to determine best growth trajectory for each client.

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    Gather and analyze data from various internal sources and market research.

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    Leverage insights and pattern recognition across clients to enhance playbooks and frameworks.

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  Framework Development:

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    Design, test, and refine scalable business frameworks and playbooks to address recurring challenges.

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    Continuously update these materials to reflect industry trends, best practices from winning portfolio companies, and evolving business needs.

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    Monitor industry trends and integrate best practices into ongoing project development.

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  Consulting Deliverables:

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    Own preparation and refinement of high-quality consulting memos and decks tailored to client needs.

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    Ensure deliverables are in line with best practices, methodologies, and frameworks.

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  Project Coordination & Support

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    Execute project-based tasks under the direction of senior team members and leadership.

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    Develop structured deliverables—including spreadsheets, memos, and presentations—to support ongoing initiatives.

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    Coordinating with members of the advisory team to communicate findings, determine recommendations, and finalize client deliverables.

• 1-4 years of business experience, with a proven track record of solving complex business challenges.

• B.A or B.S. in business, economics, engineering, computer science, mathematics, marketing, or communications is preferred

• Demonstrable ability to analyze data, think critically, and communicate results or analysis effectively

• Entrepreneurial or intrapreneurial experience building a business or organization is preferred.

• Strong understanding of business operations, strategy, and frameworks, with the ability to learn and adapt rapidly.

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with an emphasis on clarity and precision. Ability to present to key stakeholders.

• Demonstrable curiosity and growth mindset, willing and able to quickly learn new concepts, industries, and business models from scratch.

• Maintain a professional demeanor, be able to represent our brand in front of thoughtful, highly discerning clients.

• Eagerness to do the 'boring work' needed to deliver great results such as taking notes, creating slides, writing memos.

• Familiarity with key consulting deliverables such as client decks, spreadsheets, and memos preferred.

• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality results on time or early.

• A strong commitment to excellence and an eagerness to learn in a fast-paced, feedback-driven environment.

• High self-awareness, adaptability, and a feedback-driven mindset.

• Kindness, empathy, and humility.

• Best-In-Class Consulting: Consistently deliver high-quality, actionable consulting materials that meet or exceed client expectations, delivered within 48 business hours of final review, and contributing to a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 80% or higher.

• Process Ownership: Ensure seamless and high quality consulting experience by owning client discovery calls, data analysis, deliverable creation, and client engagement resulting in renewal rates of 80% or higher

• Strategic Eminence: Identify overarching themes and trends across clients, portfolio companies, and industry leaders to develop strategic insights and market research materials to leverage for guests and portfolio companies

• High-Quality Deliverables: Produce clear, data-driven materials that align with established frameworks and timelines.

• Client handling: represent the Acquisition.com brand with clients through every interaction, enabling our team to deliver superior results and a superior client experience

• Able to work M-F onsite at the Acquisition.com Las Vegas headquarters with the goal of being available during all events PST (hours may vary)

• Must be flexible and able to work additional hours/weekends before workshop events/holidays if the situation warrants it.

• Las Vegas, NV (Onsite)

Our core values are the heart and soul of this incredible company. The right person for this role will appreciate each of these values, personally subscribe to them, and understand why each is critical to having a great business.

Be at your best when your best is needed. Enjoyment of a hard challenge. Those who have the drive to constantly improve, the superior intellect and long term commitment to see incremental improvements become compounding returns.

Have the self awareness to accurately perceive and communicate hard truths that improve others and self, the courage to do so, and the humility to accept them, even when it hurts. Nothing great can be built without feedback: internally or externally.

Be the type of person with whom people are always proud to associate, personally and professionally. We look for true alignment of thoughts, words, and actions towards a goal worth pursuing.