What are the responsibilities and job description for the Research Analyst, Data & Intelligence Products position at The Information?
About The Information
The Information is a proprietary news and intelligence platform trusted by over one million technology and finance leaders. Our newsroom produces exclusive, deeply reported data on private companies, dealmaking, executive moves, and industry trends that don't exist anywhere else. We're building a new business line to package this intelligence into products for enterprises, investors, and advisory firms — and we need a sharp, curious analyst to help turn raw editorial intelligence into structured, sellable data.
The Opportunity
Every day, our reporters and surveys generate intelligence that hedge funds, corp dev teams, consultants, and venture firms would pay real money for. Your job is to work at the intersection of the newsroom and the product team — extracting, structuring, and enriching the proprietary data that powers our intelligence products. Think: company profiles built from exclusive reporting, deal activity timelines, sentiment data from our leadership network, and sector benchmarks drawn from original survey research.
This is a ground-floor role on a small team building something new. You'll have more ownership and visibility than you'd get in three years at a large data or research firm.
What You'll Do
We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support the well-being of our employees and their families, including:
Salary Range: $95,000-$125,000 USD Annually Bonus Benefits
The salary range posted is based on the company's good faith belief at the time of the posting. Actual compensation may vary above or below this range based on factors such as location, work experience, and skill level.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We are committed to diversity and to building an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and ages.
How To Apply
Apply with your resume and a short cover letter on what interests you about this role and how you think about structuring messy data into useful products.
The Information is a proprietary news and intelligence platform trusted by over one million technology and finance leaders. Our newsroom produces exclusive, deeply reported data on private companies, dealmaking, executive moves, and industry trends that don't exist anywhere else. We're building a new business line to package this intelligence into products for enterprises, investors, and advisory firms — and we need a sharp, curious analyst to help turn raw editorial intelligence into structured, sellable data.
The Opportunity
Every day, our reporters and surveys generate intelligence that hedge funds, corp dev teams, consultants, and venture firms would pay real money for. Your job is to work at the intersection of the newsroom and the product team — extracting, structuring, and enriching the proprietary data that powers our intelligence products. Think: company profiles built from exclusive reporting, deal activity timelines, sentiment data from our leadership network, and sector benchmarks drawn from original survey research.
This is a ground-floor role on a small team building something new. You'll have more ownership and visibility than you'd get in three years at a large data or research firm.
What You'll Do
- Extract and structure intelligence from editorial reporting, surveys, and proprietary datasets into clean, consistent formats (company profiles, deal timelines, executive moves, sector benchmarks).
- Build and maintain taxonomies, tagging systems, and data schemas that make our intelligence searchable and usable at scale.
- Enrich and validate proprietary data — cross-referencing our reporting against public filings, funding databases, and industry sources.
- Help develop new intelligence offerings with survey data from our network of senior tech and finance leaders, identifying trends and signals that feed into intelligence products. By month four you will have launched a new recurring data feed for enterprise clients.
- Work closely with reporters and editors to identify which stories and datasets have the highest commercial value and ensure data quality.
- Support product development by preparing datasets, building prototypes (dashboards, reports, data feeds), and helping define what buyers actually need.
- 1–3 years of experience in a research, data, or analyst role — at a data/intelligence company, consulting firm, investment firm, media research team, or similar environment. Internships count if the work was substantive.
- Strong data skills. You're comfortable working with messy, semi-structured data and turning it into something clean and usable. Proficiency in Excel is a given; experience with SQL, Python, or similar tools is a plus.
- Fluency with AI and LLM tools. You use ChatGPT, Claude, or similar tools as part of your daily workflow — for research, data extraction, summarization, or prototyping. You have good instincts for where AI accelerates the work and where human judgment is essential.
- Research rigor. You know how to find, verify, and contextualize information. You care about accuracy and can tell when something doesn't add up.
- Familiarity with the tech and business landscape. You follow the industry — you know the difference between a Series B and a growth round, you can name the major players in enterprise AI, and you understand why proprietary intelligence about private companies is valuable.
- Clear communication. You can write a concise summary, explain a dataset to a non-technical stakeholder, and flag issues without being asked.
- Builder mentality. You want to be early at something, not plugged into an existing machine. You're comfortable with ambiguity and motivated by the prospect of shaping a new product from the ground up.
- Unmatched data. You'll work with intelligence that can't be scraped, crowdsourced, or generated by AI — sourced directly from original reporting and a network of over a million senior leaders.
- Outsized ownership. On a small team, your work directly shapes the product. You won't be formatting slides for someone else's presentation.
- Learn the business. You'll get exposure to enterprise product development, go-to-market strategy, and how intelligence companies operate — a career accelerator whether you stay in data, move into product, or go the investor route.
- A proven market. AlphaSense, PitchBook, and CB Insights have built multi-billion-dollar businesses selling intelligence to enterprises. You'll help build the version built on truly proprietary, editorially sourced data.
We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support the well-being of our employees and their families, including:
- Company-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their dependents
- Medical coverage that includes fertility care and $0 copays for in-office mental health visits with in-network providers
- Paid parental leave to support and empower new parents
- Generous paid time off (PTO) that increases with tenure
- 401(k) plan with employer matching contributions
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) for healthcare and dependent care expenses
- Fitness and wellness stipend to encourage a healthy lifestyle
- Monthly cell phone reimbursement
- Company-sponsored lunches in the office every Monday
- Commuter benefits
- A supportive, inclusive, and diverse work environment with a zero-tolerance policy for harassment
Salary Range: $95,000-$125,000 USD Annually Bonus Benefits
The salary range posted is based on the company's good faith belief at the time of the posting. Actual compensation may vary above or below this range based on factors such as location, work experience, and skill level.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We are committed to diversity and to building an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and ages.
How To Apply
Apply with your resume and a short cover letter on what interests you about this role and how you think about structuring messy data into useful products.
Salary : $95,000 - $125,000