Associate to CEO - Strategy & Intelligence

Summary

Join Sword Health's CEO team and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of AI-powered pain management. As a key member, you will support strategic decision-making, lead high-impact initiatives, and drive cross-functional projects. You will contribute to competitive intelligence efforts, investor relations, and corporate development. This role demands strong analytical and synthesis skills, the ability to manage multiple projects, and excellent communication. Sword Health offers a stimulating, fast-paced environment, career development opportunities, competitive salary, flexible work arrangements, and various benefits. The position requires 2+ years of experience in strategy consulting, corporate strategy, VC/PE, or business development. Based in Portugal, this role requires a valid EU visa and does not offer relocation assistance.

Requirements

• 2+ years of strategy consulting, corporate strategy, VC/PE or business development
• Excellent analytical and synthesis skills
• Curios, proactive and resourceful
• Ability to successfully manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Capacity to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, with high ownership and accountability
• Organization and planning skills
• Highly proficient in spoken and written English

Responsibilities

• Support our competitive intelligence efforts: structure, monitor and analyze the competitive landscape across products, markets, and go-to-market strategies
• Assist in high-priority initiatives including investor & board relations, and corporate development
• Support in decision-making, communication, project management, and implementation of cross functional projects for Sword’s leadership
• Build and maintain strategic assets such as battlecards, competitor profiles, and strategic comparisons to inform key teams including Sales, Product, and Leadership
• Distill complex, fast-changing information into clear, actionable insights
• Monitor industry trends, emerging players, partnerships, and M&A activity to support leadership’s strategic view

Preferred Qualifications

• Entrepreneurial spirit
• Capacity to communicate effectively with different stakeholders in a structured manner
• Ability to create trusting relationships at all levels of an organization
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Economics, Management or related areas

Benefits

• A stimulating, fast-paced environment with lots of room for creativity
• A bright future at a promising high-tech startup company
• Career development and growth, with a competitive salary
• The opportunity to work with a talented team and to add real value to an innovative solution with the potential to change the future of healthcare
• A flexible environment where you can control your hours (remotely) with unlimited vacation
• Access to our health and well-being program (digital therapist sessions)
• Remote or Hybrid work policy
• Health, dental and vision insurance
• Meal allowance
• Equity shares
• Remote work allowance
• Flexible working hours
• Work from home
• Discretionary vacation
• Snacks and beverages
• English class