Job Title: Senior Research Associate (Intelligence Team)
Company: Stears, a Pan-African data company that provides data and insights to global funds investing in Africa.
Job Type: Full-time
Location: Remote (Lagos, Nigeria listed)
Salary/Pay: Competitive, not specified. Benefits include comprehensive health insurance, 25 days paid leave (pro-rated), compassionate, parental and unlimited sick leave, a company laptop, and learning and development support.
Experience: Senior level, 4+ years in consulting, banking, equity or industry research, economic research, or a related analytical role.
Skills Required:
- Genuine domain depth in one or more sectors relevant to African private capital
- Primary research experience: sourcing and interviewing experts and running structured stakeholder engagement
- Strong structured writing (precise, sourced records)
- Discipline in working to schemas, tags, and SOPs
- Finance knowledge, research, and financial data analytics
- Curiosity about new tools, including reviewing and correcting LLM output
Preferred: Master's or PhD in economics, finance, or a related field; multi-market African coverage experience; expert-network experience; working knowledge of SQL or Python.
Application Deadline: Not specified
Description:
Stears is hiring a Senior Research Associate to join its Intelligence Team, within Research Operations. You will build the expert-grade qualitative dataset that powers Stears' Deep Research product, starting with industries and later expanding to other asset classes. You won't write finished reports. Instead, you will:
- Source and conduct expert calls and interviews (~35%)
- Turn them into typed, tagged records (~30%)
- Review AI-generated outputs against the quality bar (~20%)
- Spot and close coverage gaps (~15%)
You will report to the Research Operations Lead, work to the quality bar set by the Head of Research, and collaborate with senior analysts and the engineering team. The role is built for people who are comfortable with ambiguity and fast-changing priorities.
How to Apply: Apply directly through the Stears job page by entering your email and clicking "Apply."