Director of Research

OVERVIEW:

The Insights product is a new offering for Guidepoint’s Institutional investment and corporate clients, that offers teleconferences, surveys, and in-person events. The teleconferences live in a transcript library portal, which covers a wide of industries/topics that enable our clients to make informed decisions. All content features experts from Guidepoint’s proprietary global network and is conceptualized and hosted by former investment professionals (i.e., private equity/hedge fund), sell-side equity research analysts, and industry professionals. Visit Insights team biographies at https://www.guidepoint.com/insights/#team.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

Content Creation and Research Coverage:

• Monitor a coverage universe of public and private companies within a specific sector in the EMEA region. You will cover the sector across multiple asset classes and structures
• Track key industry trends, material news flows, earnings releases, investor presentations, and research in key coverage markets.
• Identify and maintain a robust pipeline of company and industry-specific topics — generate original ideas for discussion, covering business updates, event studies, channel checks, hot topics and other investment narratives
• Liaise with and report to global leadership on the OUS library coverage universe. Maintain a seamless coverage universe and address any gaps in conjunction with the existing team
• Create and moderate teleconferences on the pipeline featuring an expert from Guidepoint’s network to produce actionable insights for clients; Summarize key discussion points
• Review of other moderator’s teleconference transcripts’ quality of content; Direct and manage research associates to ensure standards and quality of expert recruitment network; Monitor and address content quality and quantity requirements, as needed.
• Ensure Guidepoint compliance policies and protocols are adhered to
• Exhibit ‘ownership’ for the call by vetting experts’ relevance to Insights Teleconferences and ensuring their profiles’ accuracy.
• Work with research teams to identify and recruit additional industry experts to our Expert Network; Manage and further develop relationships with both experts and clients
• Work closely with Global Heads to create and execute marketing campaigns to ensure relevant content is visible to clients

Team & Process Management:

• Build and manage a team of Analysts and Researchers for the Insights product
• Direct the team in terms of market trends and research approach angles to ensure the relevancy of the topic/ content coverage
• Ensure Guidepoint compliance policies and custom client compliance protocols are adhered to.
• Collaborate with business development teams to develop tools and collaterals that will increase utilization of the Insights products
• Attend prospect/client meetings to support sales and CRM teams

WHAT YOU HAVE:

• Master’s degree
• 12+ years of work experience at financial services, buy-side institutions, or research firm with a focus on EMEA markets. Coverage or Knowledge of Global Markets will be a plus
• Understanding of the institutional buy-side / sell-side research and investing workflows in the EMEA region
• Experience in dealing with portfolio managers at hedge funds, institutional asset managers preferred
• Ability to work in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment; Effective time management and organizational skills
• Outgoing personality with the ability to speak with people at all professional levels
• Intellectual curiosity and desire to learn
• Demonstrated ability to work both individually and as part of a team; must be willing to train and mentor junior professionals
• Fluent in English, both written and verbal.

WHAT WE HAVE:

• Competitive salary, bonus and benefits
• Excellent medical coverage through BUPA
• Excellent professional development opportunities
• Supportive culture that celebrates and rewards success
• Friday happy hour and “Summer Fridays”
• Year round company sponsored sports and team building events
• Informal work environment
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Volunteer days

All applicants must have the right to work in the UK. 

 ABOUT GUIDEPOINT:

Guidepoint is a leading research enablement platform designed to advance understanding and empower our clients’ decision-making process. Powered by innovative technology, real-time data, and hard-to-source expertise, we help our clients to turn answers into action. Backed by a network of nearly 1.5 million experts, and Guidepoint’s 1,300 employees worldwide we inform leading organizations’ research by delivering on-demand intelligence and research on request. With Guidepoint, companies and investors can better navigate the abundance of information available today, making it both more useful and more powerful. At Guidepoint, our success relies on the diversity of our employees, advisors, and client base, which allows us to create connections that offer a wealth of perspectives. We are committed to upholding policies that contribute to an equitable and welcoming environment for our community, regardless of background, identity, or experience.

At Guidepoint, our success relies on the diversity of our employees, advisors, and client base, which allows us to create connections that offer a wealth of perspectives. We are committed to upholding policies that contribute to an equitable and welcoming environment for our community, regardless of background, identity, or experience.

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