Senior Researcher

WireScreen • Full-time • New York, NY, US • 2w ago

WireScreen is the leading Corporate Intelligence platform specializing in comprehensive business, risk, and financial insights, focusing on China and the intricate landscape of global supply chains. Our leadership team includes a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and senior staff who have helped scale multiple prominent tech companies.

Backed by leading VC firm Sequoia Capital, WireScreen works with multinationals, law firms, government agencies, and financial firms to better understand the network of people & companies powering global commerce. Our sophisticated corporate intelligence platform provides unrivaled insights to private and public entities in China, building vast relationship networks with valuable context and topical risk flags to help our customers make more informed decisions.

WireScreen’s Research team sits at the heart of our business. It’s where data comes to life. Research Associates work with our talented engineers to enrich WireScreen data with industry intelligence, Chinese market insights, and relevant Global Supply Chain risk information based on a rapidly evolving geopolitical landscape.

This team owns our curated WireScreen Collections, a fundamental differentiator for WireScreen and highly valued by our customers. Collections can highlight risks embedded within ownership chains, investors, partners & suppliers (such as Military connections) or provide business insights such as a companies role such as Electric Vehicle Supply Chains, or Quantum Industry Companies and Institutes.

Success in this role positions you to develop unique insights into Global Supply Chains, and the connections between key businesses, governments & people powering global commerce today.

What You'll Do

Collection Development: Collaborate with our product & go-to-market teams to conceptualize and launch new collections
Collection & Profile Maintenance: Regularly update and refine WireScreen Collections based on rigorous criteria and user feedback
Data Pipeline & Quality: Partner with engineers & product experts to assess & leverage data sources
Customer Support: Partner with go-to-market & customer relationship teams to educate, demystify, and derive value from WireScreen’s data & political expertise
Document Analysis: Analyze a range of corporate documents in both Chinese and English to verify and ensure data integrity

Who You Are

4+ Years of Work Experience; Including Think Tanks, Research Institutions, or Investigation Firms
High business acumen, and interest in global trade, business relationships & data
Excited to join a collaborative, intellectually curious & low-ego Research team
Ability to read and interpret Chinese language content (websites, documents, etc)
Other professional language skills are nice to have (Russian, Spanish)
Proven analytical abilities and meticulous attention to detail
Technological proficiency and the ability to adapt to new tools and software swiftly