The Research Ops Manager owns the systems, processes and analytics to step-change our performance in all areas of CB Insights’ Intelligence Unit (IU). As a member of the department’s leadership, you’ll build and enhance our research and analytics capabilities.
Among other tasks, the manager leads cross-functional projects & workflows, designs analytics dashboards, delivers business analytics, and builds AI-enabled tools to empower the research team. The role suits versatile candidates interested in project management, strategy, research and analytics.
Working on the Intelligence Unit is like having a front row seat to the future. There is no team quite like ours anywhere, inside or outside of tech. It's a unique opportunity to spend your day analyzing the technology markets, business models, and companies of tomorrow in emerging tech. To do so, you will have full access to the CB Insights software platform and its billions of data points, which you will be immersed in every day.
You will be surrounded by some of the most curious and driven people you will ever meet and held up to the highest standards every day. We come from backgrounds as diverse as investment banking, VC, consulting, equity research, journalism, and market research.
- Project manage workflows for efficiency, top quality, and maximum impact.
- Drive new research initiatives with extreme focus, top speed, and rigorous quality.
- Design dashboards to monitor research performance and develop new analyses.
- Lead business intelligence reporting for the IU, and on an ad-hoc basis test hypotheses and develop recommendations for department leadership.
- Design and implement data-automation tools and resources; build AI-tools to supercharge analyst workflows.
- Think strategically about research to identify new ways to optimize & execute.
- 4+ years of experience in data science, business intelligence, operations research, or equivalent roles preferred.
- BS/BEng required (or equivalent education and work experience in an analytical role).
- Superior organization, project management, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
- Expert in SQL, Python, and BI tools, and a demonstrated capacity to learn technical skills quickly.
- Venture Capital industry or startup ecosystem knowledge
- Some startup experience
- Experience with prompt engineering
Please note this is a US-based role.
Compensation
$105,000—$133,000 USD
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