# Strategy Associate

**Company:** [Rain](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/rain)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Business Operations
**Salary:** $50k – $999k/yr
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** Market Research, Competitive Analysis, Financial Modeling, Strategic Planning, Pitch Deck Creation, Cross-Functional Coordination, Regulatory Mapping, Go-to-Market Strategy, Executive Communication, Project Management
**Posted:** 2026-06-08

> Lead strategic initiatives including market entry analysis, partnership development, and financial modeling for a fintech infrastructure company. Requires 3-5 years at MBB or equivalent fintech strategy experience.

## Job Description

## What you'll do
- Lead preparation for high-impact commercial opportunities, including market research, competitive analysis, value proposition development, and pitch construction
- Develop strategic narratives, supporting analysis, and materials to support key partnerships
- Build and pressure-test the analytical case for entering new geographic markets, including market sizing, regulatory mapping, competitive dynamics, and go-to-market sequencing
- Partner with product, engineering, and commercial leadership to shape and evaluate product expansion strategy, translating market signals into prioritized opportunities
- Build financial and operating models to size opportunities, evaluate trade-offs, and inform investment decisions
- Coordinate cross-functional workstreams across legal, finance, product, and commercial teams to move strategic initiatives from concept to execution
- Represent the team in external meetings with prospective partners, advisors, and counterparties
- Stay close to industry trends, competitive moves, and regulatory developments across relevant markets

## You are likely to succeed if you have
- 3-5 years of experience at a top-tier management consulting firm (MBB or equivalent), with strategy work in financial services, payments, or technology preferred
- Alternatively, comparable experience in a corporate strategy, strategic finance, or growth role at a high-performing fintech, payments, or technology company
- A track record of structuring ambiguous problems, driving to clear answers, and translating analysis into decisions
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to make complex topics accessible to executive audiences
- Advanced proficiency in building executive-quality decks and analytical models
- Comfort operating with limited oversight in a fast-moving, high-stakes environment
- Strong project management instincts and the ability to drive cross-functional execution
- Intellectual curiosity, commercial judgment, and a bias toward action

## Bonus attributes
- Direct exposure to financial technology, payments, stablecoins, or digital assets
- Experience with B2B sales strategy or partnerships in a financial services context
- International or cross-border professional experience, multiple languages is a plus
- Prior experience in a high-growth startup environment

## Things that enable a fulfilling, healthy and happy experience at Rain
- Unlimited time off 🌴 (minimum 10 days required)
- Flexible working ☕
- Comprehensive health, dental and vision plans; 100% company subsidized life insurance
- 401(k) with 4% company match
- Equity option plan
- Rain Cards for product testing and eligible health/wellness spending
- Team summits and offsites (domestic and international)

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