At PitchBook, we are always looking forward. We continue to innovate, evolve, and invest in ourselves to bring out the best in everyone. We’re deeply collaborative and thrive on the excitement, energy, and fun that reverberates throughout the company.
Our extensive learning programs and mentorship opportunities help us create a culture of curiosity that pushes us to always find new solutions and better ways of doing things. The combination of a rapidly evolving industry and our high ambitions means there’s going to be some ambiguity along the way, but we excel when we challenge ourselves. We’re willing to take risks, fail fast, and do it all over again in the pursuit of excellence.
If you have a good attitude and are willing to roll up your sleeves to get things done, PitchBook is the place for you.
About the Role:
As a member of the Editorial team, you will spend each day immersed in the private markets, aiming to help our customers be better investors, advisors, and market participants. The work you will do plays a direct role in the evolution of the industry!
Everyone on our team is supported by a flexible work environment and a culture that promotes curiosity, collaboration, and professional development. We prioritize recognition and respect across all roles and have a high level of camaraderie. The fast-growing nature of our organization provides ample opportunity to advance in your career and explore what interests you.
As we continue investing in the talent of our group, our coverage has evolved rapidly over multiple industries and geographies. Our insights are routinely cited by top-tier publications and sought after by prominent players in the financial markets. In addition to publishing timely market insights, we also partner closely with our Product, Engineering, and Data Operations teams to continually enhance our datasets and develop unique tools that have a material impact on our customers’ workflows. There is no better time to join us!
As a PitchBook Industry Research Analyst, you’ll join a growing research team focused on creating best-in-class private equity and middle market research utilized by PitchBook’s global clientele of private capital investors, investment banks, corporations, and other service providers. Our team is creative, driven, and focused on providing actionable and differentiated industry research to our readers and clients. Specifically, we are looking for a senior analyst to help expand our coverage of private markets investment in the industrials sector.
Primary Job Responsibilities:
- Help develop and lead PitchBook’s coverage of the industrials space, which consists primarily of providing proprietary data-driven research to elucidate funding and investing trends across the middle-market landscape
- Engage with investor and corporate clients to support thesis development, due diligence, competitive intelligence, market mapping, business development, and other use cases
- Create an industrials taxonomy and industry categorization that enables PitchBook clients to quickly locate companies and follow trends within specific segments of the industrials landscape
- Consistently publish research that provides clients with up-to-date industry overviews, market trend analysis, subsector landscapes and ecosystems, independent commentary, and outlooks related to potential threats and opportunities
- Utilize proprietary PitchBook data and a variety of other resources including third-party research and industry contacts to inform and develop actionable analysis
- Support research-driven sales efforts to help new and existing clients use and discover PitchBook’s research offerings
- Manage direct-to-client distribution channels for published notes and reports
- Contribute to internal platform development efforts to enhance how research is discovered and distributed within PitchBook’s proprietary research platform
- Work closely with data analysis team to identify unique data points to support research, while also creating visual analyses that clearly illustrate the information
- Manage and respond to inquiries from clients, press, internal colleagues, and the public regarding published research
- Support and mentor junior and associate analysts through their development
- Serve as research point of contact for various speaking engagements and press requests
- Support the vision and values of the company through role modeling and encouraging desired behaviors
- Participate in various company initiatives and projects as requested
Skills and Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, or another related subject preferred
- Strong understanding of financial concepts such as valuation techniques (discounted cash flow, comps, etc.), internal rate of return, asset allocations, fund benchmarks, KPIs, and more
- 3+ years of research experience, either in equity research, investment banking, private equity, or other related financial services or business development role
- Strong interest in or knowledge of private market transaction activities
- Strong interest in or knowledge of the industrials landscape (i.e., infrastructure, manufacturing, packaging, transportation, etc.)
- Ability to work with other research analysts to share ideas, create joint research, and build a culture of collaboration
- Detail oriented/analytical mindset
- Strong communication skills and proven ability to write clear and insightful research reports
- Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite including in-depth knowledge of Outlook, Word, and Excel with the ability to pick up new systems and software easily
Benefits + Compensation at PitchBook:
Physical Health
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Additional medical wellness incentives
- STD, LTD, AD&D, and life insurance
Emotional Health
- Paid sabbatical program after four years
- Paid family and paternity leave
- Annual educational stipend
- Ability to apply for tuition reimbursement
- CFA exam stipend
- Robust training programs on industry and soft skills
- Employee assistance program
- Generous allotment of vacation days, sick days, and volunteer days
Social Health
- Matching gifts program
- Employee resource groups
- Subsidized emergency childcare
- Dependent Care FSA
- Company-wide events
- Employee referral bonus program
- Quarterly team building events
Financial Health
- 401k match
- Shared ownership employee stock program
- Monthly transportation stipend
*Please be aware the above PitchBook benefit and perk offerings are subject to corresponding plan and policy documents and may change during the course of your employment.
Compensation
- Annual base salary: $150,000-$200,000
- Target annual bonus percentage: 10%
*Starting pay will be based on several factors and commensurate with qualifications & experience. We also have a location-based compensation structure; there may be different ranges for candidates by location.
Working Conditions:
The job conditions for this position are in a standard office setting. Employees in this position use PC and phone on an on-going basis throughout the day. Limited corporate travel may be required to remote offices or other business meetings and events.
Life At PB:
We are consistently recognized as a Best Place to Work and our culture is at the heart of our success. It’s our fundamental belief that people do and create great things and that people are the cornerstone of prosperity. We believe that proactively seeking out different points of view, listening to others, learning, and reflecting on what we’ve heard creates a sense of belonging within PitchBook and strengthens the PitchBook community.
We are excited to get to know you and your background. Concerned that you might not meet every requirement? We encourage you to still apply as you might be the right candidate for the role or other roles at PitchBook.
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