If you are passionate about emerging trends in the fintech space, including everything from digital banking to cross border payments, then we have the role for you.
You will be given the opportunity to produce digestible and actionable insights and track technology markets as well as the industry competitors of tomorrow. In this role you will help identify which emerging tech markets will flourish and which will fade, by using data and not your gut.
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 Fintech. 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. Our analysts and editors come from backgrounds as diverse as investment banking, VC, consulting, equity research, journalism, and market research.
As you grow, you will have the opportunity to work with both startups and incumbents in your industry, and have the ear of senior decision makers.
- Publish digestible, differentiated, and incisive research on our client-only platform.
- Analyze the momentum of fintech startups, tech markets, and competitive dynamics.
- Develop forward-looking analyses and insights for public-facing reports across fintech topics.
- Develop and give client and prospect presentations to discuss tech markets and companies in fintech
- When required, mentor, coach, and supervise the work of one or two junior analysts
- Support PR and media requests with subject matter expertise.
- Proactively identify industry trends and customer needs to guide content planning.
- Must be passionate and knowledgeable about technology investment, venture capital, and early-stage innovation in financial services or banking.
- 5+ years professional experience working in a financial services or banking industry related position (fintech vendor, or related investment banking, equity research, consulting, or journalism experience).
- Writing experience within the above fields is a must - ability to synthesize complex concepts into digestible, forward looking insights.
- Demonstrate a contagious passion for the material: Should be a startup / tech geek passionate about all things fintech
- Strong communication and presentation skills and leadership abilities. You should feel comfortable speaking to Fortune 500 clients/prospects as an authority on the business and the category.
- Some startup experience is a plus, a thick skin and high tolerance for change required.
- BA/BS required; relevant graduate degrees a plus.
Please note this is a US-based role.
Compensation
$103,500—$131,100 USD
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