Research Associate

Research Associate

Are you passionate about bridging cutting-edge research with industry needs? Do you excel at connecting with experts, communicating with clarity, and collaborating across teams to deliver high-impact results for clients? If so, we'd love to have you join our team!

We're a fast-paced, venture-backed B2B SaaS company on a mission to revolutionize the way R&D professionals discover and leverage expertise. We operate a unique marketplace connecting innovators with a curated network of top-tier experts, powered by our core platform and supported by our AI tools: Research Compass, our citation-backed research assistant, and Atlas, our automated research and reporting engine.

We're seeking a highly motivated full-time Research Associate to join our growing Research team. In this role, you'll own the expert journey end-to-end, from first outreach through vetting, onboarding, and client introduction, working closely with clients, external experts, and internal stakeholders. This is a unique opportunity to combine scientific training with relationship management, strategic communication, and client engagement.

Role Description

This is a full-time, hybrid (NYC-based) role as a Research Associate. The Research Associate will be responsible for supporting client initiatives by identifying, engaging, vetting, and onboarding external research partners, keeping project pipelines current, and contributing to high-quality written outputs with support from senior team members.

What You'll Do

• Run expert outreach end-to-end: prepare project briefs, write and send outreach emails and LinkedIn messages, and conduct phone outreach with professionalism and care.
• Conduct expert vetting calls and manage the vetting pipeline, including scheduling, prep, and follow-up, ensuring the highest level of expertise and alignment with client needs.
• Manage expert onboarding, including profile creation and contracts.
• Provide context on vetted experts and add them to client review, helping clients make informed decisions about who to engage.
• Keep project trackers current across pipeline stages, outreach status, and project boards.
• Contribute to research-driven reports and client-facing write-ups, with support and mentorship from senior team members.
• Demo the NotedSource platform to experts and clients, representing the company as a knowledgeable, trusted point of contact.

Who You Are

Must-haves:

• You have recently completed (or are about to complete) a Master's degree in a technical field.
• You are a confident, comfortable speaker. You'll demo our product live and need to think on your feet with a wide variety of stakeholders, from academic experts to enterprise clients.
• You have exceptional communication and writing skills, with a demonstrated ability to explain complex concepts clearly and concisely.
• You are highly organized, proactive, and resourceful, capable of managing multiple priorities and stakeholders.

You'll thrive here if:

• You're excited to wear many hats and work cross-functionally with sales, product, customer success, and marketing to deliver holistic client value.
• You're a team player who's energized by the pace of a growing company and ready to get to work ensuring our clients are satisfied with the work.
• You embrace a data-driven approach to evaluate expertise and measure the impact of client initiatives.

Who We Are

NotedSource is an AI-powered platform providing access to research information, expertise, and partnerships. Our platform streamlines the process of working with research experts and partners, making it easy for R&D teams to manage projects, communicate with collaborators, and track progress. Alongside our core platform, we build AI research tools including Research Compass, which delivers citation-backed answers to research questions from a database of 220+ million academic papers, and Atlas, which produces literature reviews, company intelligence, and technology landscape reports for R&D teams. As a Research Associate, you'll work alongside these tools and help shape the research outputs our clients rely on.

Why Join Us?

This is a unique opportunity to make a tangible impact at a company poised for significant growth. As a Research Associate, you'll directly shape how enterprise clients discover and leverage expertise, and see the results of your work in every successful expert engagement. You'll join a collaborative, innovative team where your contributions are valued, your growth is supported, and your work has real-world impact.