AlphaSense

Project Manager, Credit Research

AlphaSense$75K — $95K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of project management experience in a research or analytical setting
  • Strong understanding of market trends and sector dynamics
  • Proficiency in research tools like AlphaSense and Tableau
  • Exceptional organizational and multitasking skills
  • Proven ability to coach and mentor team members
  • Self-motivated with a proactive approach to process improvement
  • Experience in collaborative cross-functional environments

Responsibilities

  • Define research scope and project angles for the Directed Content team
  • Create and oversee new research projects based on team guidance
  • Vet expert profiles for relevance and quality assurance
  • Run daily team check-ins to assess project progress
  • Monitor project schedules and compliance metrics
  • Balance workloads among Analysts based on team capacity
  • Provide coaching and feedback to Analysts on project work

Benefits

  • Performance-based bonuses
  • Equity options
  • Generous benefits package
  • Support for hiring and onboarding new team members
  • Ongoing training and development resources
Full Job Description
About the Team:

The Directed Content Team is an integral part of the Expert Insights group, generating thousands of calls each quarter on high-value and strategic content targets - ensuring that the AlphaSense Expert Transcript Library (ETL) delivers comprehensive coverage to our users. The Directed Content team is responsible for identifying, recruiting, and onboarding the best possible experts from around the world based on the targets and topics we are looking to generate content against - ensuring that the interviews with those experts are of the highest-possible quality and relevance.

About the Role:

Reporting to the Sector Lead, Directed Content, our Project Managers are the process and project management lynchpins of the Directed Content engine - responsible for defining the research scope and angles of Directed Content projects that guide the work of our Analysts. Project Managers are accountable for understanding what expert profiles are most relevant to client interest in their sectors of coverage - leveraging Director of Research insights, Client Contributor feedback, user engagement data, and the AlphaSense platform itself to guide an understanding of what will deliver the deepest and most relevant insights to Expert Transcript Library clients. Project Managers are also responsible for ensuring the day-to-day productivity of Analysts on their team, coaching Analysts on their sourcing strategies and ensuring that Analysts efforts are yielding high-quality results.
Who You Are:
  • Customer mindset: You are driven to understand what insights are of greatest relevance and value to our customers - and place delivering great content against those needs at the center of your work
  • Critical thinker: You work to connect your understanding of client needs to sector and company context, linking customer use cases to expert profiles and vetting questions that ensure best fit for priority topics and targets
  • Research oriented: You leverage a variety quantitative and qualitative inputs to inform your decision making, and are adept at using tools like AlphaSense and Tableau to gain insights
  • Sector subject matter expertise: You are passionate about developing a deep understanding of industry verticals and trends - and ideally already have cultivated a foundational understanding of one or more of our industries of coverage.
  • Highly organized: You have an exceptional ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously
  • Self motivated: You consistently spot opportunities to add value to the team or the business and have a demonstrated track record of seizing those opportunities proactively to deliver results
  • Efficiency minded: You identify ways to bring scale and efficiency to your Analysts' work - ensuring they are leveraging their valuable time and efforts to deliver consistent and high-quality results
  • Natural coach: You are passionate about the success of your team, and are willing to roll up your sleeves to make sure everyone is equipped with the feedback, knowhow, and tools they need to deliver their best
  • Collaborative: You are an empathetic collaborator and are comfortable working cross-functionally with Directors of Research, Client Contributors, and others to drive execution

What You'll Do:
  • Cultivate and maintain an understanding of the investable topics, themes, and trends that are driving your assigned industry verticals of ownership
  • Create new research projects based on Sector Lead guidance and ETL platform demand - and informed by your industry understanding and research
  • Populate project angles and expert vetting questions, leveraging an informed understanding of your sector dynamics and client interest
  • Vet and QA expert profiles sourced by your Analysts, passing those that are best-fit to our call takers and providing feedback where profiles are irrelevant or expertise is inadequately documented
  • Run daily pod huddles to evaluate project statuses and progress toward weekly and monthly goals
  • Monitor scheduling, compliance, expert rates, and call numbers for each project
  • Manage load-balancing across pod, assigning projects to analysts based on current capacity
  • Cultivate and maintain a deep understanding of the relevant expertise for different topics and targets that are germane to your sector of coverage - deploying that understanding to guide project scope and Analyst sourcing
  • Monitor Client Contributor feedback and incorporate into ongoing project work and Analyst coaching
  • Coach Analysts, providing guidance and feedback on project work
  • Meet regularly with Directors of Research, Sector Leads, and Client Contributors to understand sector trends and emerging client research interests
  • Partner closely with Contributor Relations Managers on two-way feedback to ensure optimal matching of expert profiles with call takers
  • Support the hiring and onboarding of new Analysts
  • Support the ongoing maintenance of sector knowledge resources that support Analyst onboarding and sourcing


For base compensation, we set standard ranges for all roles based on function and level benchmarked against similar stage growth companies and internal comparables. In order to be compliant with local legislation, as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, we share salary ranges on all job postings regardless of desired hiring location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience/expertise and may vary from the amounts listed below.

You may also be offered a performance-based bonus, equity, and a generous benefits program.

Base Compensation Range

$75,000-$95,000 USD

About AlphaSense

AlphaSense is a software company that provides an AI-powered search engine for business professionals. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in New York City. AlphaSense's search engine allows users to search across a wide range of sources, including company filings, news articles, and research reports. The company's platform is used by a variety of industries, including finance, consulting, and legal. AlphaSense has received numerous awards for its innovative technology and has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing companies in the United States.
Learn more about AlphaSense
Size
200 employees
Industry
Founded
2011

Similar Jobs

More Jobs at AlphaSense

More Finance & Insurance Jobs

Find similar Project Manager, Credit Research jobs: