Strategy & Business Development - Associate / Manager

Company Background

HyAxiom Inc., A Doosan Company (Formerly Doosan Fuel Cell America, Inc.) is a global leader in clean energy solutions founded on the strength of the people and technology developed at United Technologies over the past fifty years, paired with the unparalleled support from the Doosan Group, our parent company. We are committed to advancing a hydrogen-led future of clean and sustainable energy in the United States and elsewhere around the world.

Come join our Team!

Job Information

As an Associate or Manager, Strategy & Business Development, you will help drive the company’s highest-priority strategic and growth initiatives.

Working closely with senior leaders across the organization, the Associate or Manager will operate at the intersection of corporate strategy, strategic finance and business development. The role will combine rigorous financial and market analysis with hands-on execution of strategic initiatives, new business opportunities, and partnerships. Depending on experience, the successful candidate will either support or independently lead key analyses and workstreams, with increasing responsibility for developing recommendations, coordinating cross-functional stakeholders and driving initiatives from analysis through execution.

This is an opportunity for an individual with a strong foundation in investment banking, investing, management consulting, corporate development, or a similarly rigorous analytical environment to transition into a broad operating role with exposure to executive decision-making, energy markets, customers and major corporate initiatives.

Level will be determined based on the candidate’s experience, capabilities, and demonstrated scope of responsibility.

Location: Onsite or Remote, with approximately 10-20% travel, including occasional trips to HyAxiom’s headquarters in Connecticut and conferences.

*If onsite: South Windsor office, CT

Role & Responsibility

• Corporate Strategy & Strategic Initiatives (40%) 
  • Drive or support, depending on experience, execution and performance management of the company’s portfolio of strategic initiatives, including annual and long-term KPI establishment, performance monitoring, cross-functional coordination and identification of areas requiring management action.

• • Partner with Finance and other functions to translate the company’s strategic priorities, market outlook and competitive positioning into fact-based analyses supporting major strategic and capital-markets decisions.
  • Conduct scenario, sensitivity, valuation and investment analyses to support executive decision-making and capital-markets readiness.
  • Develop recommendations on the strategic and economic implications of major growth opportunities, investments and commercial decisions.
  • Develop concise, executive-ready analyses and recommendations for senior leadership.

• Market & Competitive Intelligence (20%)          
  • Conduct market research, market sizing and industry trend analysis across technologies, customers, competitors and potential growth markets.
  • Analyze public companies using financial statements, SEC filings, earnings materials, investor presentations and valuation frameworks; perform comparablecompany and competitive benchmarking analyses.
  • Develop investment-style perspectives on competitors and relevant public-market peers, including business model, growth, profitability, valuation and investor positioning.
  • Translate market and competitive intelligence into implications and recommendations for company strategy.

• Business Development & Strategic Partnerships (40%) 
  • Support and, depending on experience, lead early-stage engagement with prospective customers and strategic partners.
  • Develop financial and commercial models to evaluate potential opportunities and partnerships.
  • Assess customer economics, project economics, pricing structures and alternative commercial models.
  • Support the structuring, negotiation and evaluation of strategic partnerships and other growth opportunities.
  • Prepare customer and partner presentations, proposals, and other commercial materials.

Eligibility & Job Requirements

Education & Professional Credentials

• • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, Business or another quantitative discipline
  • Master’s or additional coursework / certifications in strategy, analytics, or finance are a plus.

Experience Required

• • Associate: typically, ~3-5 years of relevant experience; Manager: typically, ~5-8 years of relevant experience in -- investment banking, investment management, private equity, management consulting, corporate strategy, corporate development or a similarly rigorous analytical environment. Level and title will be determined based on experience, capabilities and demonstrated scope of responsibility.
  • Strong financial modeling, valuation and financial statement analysis skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to analyze public companies and synthesize financial, strategic and market information into an investment or strategic point of view.
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Ability to structure and solve complex, ambiguous business problems.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complex analyses into concise, executive-ready insights.
  • High level of ownership, attention to detail and execution discipline; ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively across functions.

Preferred

1. • Investment banking or investing experience, particularly within Power & Utilities, Energy, Industrials, Infrastructure, Technology or related sectors.
   • Strong familiarity with public markets, capital markets, public-company financial reporting and investor perspectives.
   • Exposure to IPOs, equity capital markets transactions, investor-facing work or public-company readiness initiatives.
   • Experience conducting company, industry and investment analysis and developing comparable company / valuation frameworks.
   • Familiarity with Capital IQ, AlphaSense, FactSet, Bloomberg or similar platforms.
   • Interest in energy, power infrastructure, data centers and emerging energy technologies.

Other

Why Join HyAxiom?

This role provides an opportunity to move beyond advising or analyzing businesses and help shape and execute strategy within one.

The Associate or Manager will gain broad exposure to corporate strategy, public markets, business development, capital markets, customers and partnerships while working on initiatives important to the company’s long-term growth across rapidly evolving energy, power infrastructure and data center markets.

The role is designed for someone who wants to combine the analytical rigor developed in banking, investing, consulting or a similar environment with greater ownership, broader business exposure and the opportunity to see strategic decisions through to execution in a high-growth energy technology company.

All personal information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Questions can be addressed through the HR department at (860) 727-2200 or HR@hyaxiom.com