# Corporate Strategist, Finance & Investment Strategy Pleasanton, California, United States at SparkCognition

- Company: SparkCognition
- What the company does: Physical AI for industrial operations. One knowledge graph of your assets, processes, people, and locations, with agents that return the plan rather than the alert.
- Company website: https://avathon.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Remote (US)
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $150K to $190K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-21
- Apply by: 2026-11-05
- Apply: https://avathon.com/company/careers/corporate-strategist-finance-investment-strategy-4736320005/
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/sparkcognition-corporate-strategist-finance-and-investment-strategy-pleasanton-c/

## About the role

Within your first few years at Avathon, you will develop a rare combination of AI fluency, investment judgment, financial acumen, and company-building experience. You will learn how a frontier technology company allocates capital, evaluates investments, enters new markets, finances growth, assesses strategic transactions, and makes the decisions that shape long-term enterprise value.

## What they're looking for

- MBA required from a leading global university, with a strong record of academic and professional achievement
- Approximately 3–5 years of pre-MBA experience in investment banking, private equity, growth equity, venture capital, management consulting, corporate development, corporate strategy or strategic finance
- Strong interest in AI, enterprise technology, industrial technology, investing, and the transformation of the physical economy
- Exceptional financial and analytical capabilities, including financial modeling, valuation, investment analysis, market sizing, scenario modeling, and business-case development
- Demonstrated ability to evaluate companies, markets, technologies, business models, and investment opportunities and develop clear perspectives on strategic and financial attractiveness
- Strong understanding of corporate finance, capital allocation, valuation, investment returns, financial statements, and transaction economics