Corp Dev Associate Salary Range?
What is a fair salary (broken apart into base / any bonus) expectation for a corp dev associate role at a large public company? Does:
Base: 115-120k
Bonus: 25%
Is this reasonable? Too high? Too low?
What is a fair salary (broken apart into base / any bonus) expectation for a corp dev associate role at a large public company? Does:
Base: 115-120k
Bonus: 25%
Is this reasonable? Too high? Too low?
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Obviously depends on geography and industry, but tech seems to pay the most then maybe healthcare after that from what i have seen. That base and bonus might be a touch on the high side outside of those two industries but not too far off. This is closer to a Manager level comp I would say.
Location: US Northeast
Industry: Healthcare
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Corp Dev, as well as title "Associate", are too broad and different across different orgs. Whats your total YoE after UG? In what position(s)? What prereq experiences did the job posting state?
At a glance, the numbers look ok if it's an experienced role requiring ~2 years of IB or something. If the role is for fresh outta college, numbers look too high although there are exceptions
Yeah, agreed let me clarify. By corp dev, it seems the team is purely focused on driving inorganic growth strategies, and associate seems like the second rung up (there is an analyst level at this org)
I have ~2.5 YoE after UG - all in strategic finance. Posting says 2+ years in various roles, including banking and consulting.
Thanks!
Bonus seems high but base sounds about right for someone with 2.5 years of prior experience.
Thanks - what would you say is a reasonable bonus then? 15%?
10-15%, but lot of tech companies pushing the envelope on comp recently, so 25% isn't unheard of.
I'd agree with this. Base might be 5-10k more than typical at non-tech for that experience, but definitely in the right zip code. Bonus target most likely to be closer to 15% (10-20% range probably; 25% more common with >5 years of experience).
Sorry could you clarify your comment - what is a fair base expectation in HC with 2.5 YoE?
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