Mercor is partnering with a leading AI research company to improve how AI systems generate executive-level business reports and strategic recommendations. We're looking for experienced market research specialists to help define what excellent business research and reporting look like, create high-quality reports that address complex business questions, and evaluate AI-generated reasoning and outputs. This is a chance to apply expertise in research methodology to the development of next-generation AI systems that support business decision-making.
Responsibilities
Report Framework Development
- Define standards for high-quality business research reports and executive communications
- Establish best practices for evidence interpretation, research synthesis, insight generation, and recommendation development
- Help create evaluation rubrics that distinguish exceptional, average, and poor-quality outputs
Report Writing
- Analyse business questions generated by AI systems
- Synthesise research findings from multiple sources into clear, actionable recommendations
- Produce decision-ready reports comparable to research and insights deliverables presented to executive leadership
Session Scoring & Evaluation
Review AI-generated research and reporting workflows across:
- Consistency of reasoning and recommendations
- Accuracy of analyses and interpretations
- Appropriateness of confidence assessments
- Quality of logical reasoning
- Executive readiness of final outputs
Provide detailed feedback and scoring rationale.
Requirements
Must Have
- 3+ years of experience in market research, consumer insights, or customer research
- Experience at Kantar, NielsenIQ, GfK, Gartner, Forrester, Circana (IRI), Mintel, Euromonitor, or a comparable research organisation
- Expertise in survey methodology and questionnaire design
- Experience conducting concept tests, message tests, brand tracking, or customer research studies
- Experience producing executive-facing presentations and reports
- Excellent written communication skills
Preferred
- Experience across CPG, healthcare/pharma, financial services, retail, or consumer sectors
- Experience presenting findings and recommendations directly to senior executives
- Experience evaluating research quality, methodologies, and deliverables
- Experience managing large-scale research programs
Engagement Details
- Engagement Length: 1 month initially, with potential extension
- Commitment: 40 hours during the first week (training, calibration, and framework development), followed by approximately 15 hours per week for the remainder of the engagement
Why Join
- Help shape how future AI systems perform business research and insight generation
- Apply research expertise to cutting-edge AI evaluation work
- Work alongside senior consultants, researchers, and industry leaders
We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.
Contract and Payment Terms
- You will be engaged as an independent contractor.
- This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.
- Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance.
- Your work at Mercor will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution.
- Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered.
- Please note: We are unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.
About Mercor
Mercor partners with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise. You will work on projects that focus on training and enhancing AI systems. You will be paid competitively, collaborate with leading researchers, and help shape the next generation of AI systems in your area of expertise.
