We’re hiring a researcher with direct experience quantitatively modeling businesses and markets. You will complement our existing research, product, and engineering skills, and level up our investment diligence and portfolio reporting.
We’re highly opinionated about what good research looks like. If this role is right for you, these should resonate:
- You love researching startups, and think most VCs don’t know how.
- You can build the perfect model, and know when it makes no difference.
- You take deep satisfaction in being right, and love to be proven wrong.
- You appreciate good answers, and believe good questions matter more.
Requirements
If the above describes a role you’ve been searching for your entire career, we’d love to hear from you. We’ll be looking for these foundational skills:
- 2+ years experience in consulting, venture, investment banking, private equity, or other roles with a heavy emphasis on financial analysis. We’re looking for demonstrated familiarity with financial modeling, capital markets, and a learned intuition around business metrics and performance.
- Fluent in spreadsheet modeling and data visualization. Experience working in Python and/or SQL is a strong plus.
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills.
- Able to scope and deliver work on time.
- Comfortable shifting focus quickly as our investment pipeline updates.
- Ability to self-start as well as work closely with the rest of the research and investment team.
- Familiarity with the startup environment is a strong plus - from experience as an employee, founder, or at another venture firm.
You don’t need to match every line item. We care more about how you think than what you know. We can’t teach the basics, but would be excited to shape the role around your level of experience and skill set.
Location & Details
This is an in-person position based out of New York City, where the rest of the Positive Sum research team is based. You will occasionally be required to travel to our office in Connecticut (several blocks from the Greenwich Metro North station). Some additional travel will also be required.
The annual base salary for this role is $123,000 to $219,000, not including variable compensation and our benefits package. Actual compensation offers may vary from posted hiring range based upon work experience, education, and skill level, among other things.
