AlphaSense is looking to solve the problem of providing clients with actionable insights from channel and customer research by hiring a Sector Lead for Consumer to drive the execution of vertical-specific research projects and enhance their research product.
Requirements
- You possess exceptional analytical and critical-thinking skills and are proficient in leveraging tools like AlphaSense and Tableau.
- You excel in managing multiple complex projects simultaneously, maintaining high standards of organization, quality, and attention to detail.
- You maintain a robust understanding of compliance, MNPI, and confidentiality requirements, ensuring adherence across all projects.
Responsibilities
- Define project scope, ensuring alignment with the goals of our channel and customer research offering for your sector, and clearly outlining expert profiles and critical lines of inquiry.
- Guide analyst teams through expert recruitment, coaching them to consistently source high-value, relevant, and compliant experts.
- Lead rigorous expert vetting processes, applying deep industry expertise to ensure superior quality and relevance.
- Implement quality assurance and feedback loops to continuously enhance the quality and impact of research deliverables.
- Manage analyst teams, setting clear performance goals, tracking KPIs, and ensuring accountability.
- Regularly collaborate with internal stakeholders—including Directors of Research, Product Managers, and Compliance teams—to integrate feedback and drive ongoing improvements.
- Develop and maintain detailed industry knowledge resources, such as competitive landscapes and buyer personas, to streamline analyst onboarding and improve sourcing accuracy.
Other
- You have 5-7 years of experience in buy-side proprietary research, sell-side research, channel-check consulting, or a related industry-specific research role.
- You have significant experience (4+ years) researching or working directly within Consumer Goods, with strong insights into consumer behavior, retail dynamics, brand strategies, distribution channels, and key competitive forces impacting sectors such as retail, consumer staples, luxury goods, and direct-to-consumer brands.
- You have strong people management experience, effectively mentoring, coaching, and developing teams of analysts.
- You are recognized as an industry expert who intuitively understands the nuances, drivers, and key players within your vertical.
- You are client-focused and adept at translating investor and corporate client questions into actionable research projects.
