Senior Equity Research Analyst, AI Platform

Senior Equity Research Analyst, AI Platform Full-time Business Segment: CNBC Compensation: USD 200000 - USD 235000 - yearly VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. We bringtogether powerhouse brands such as CNBC, MS NOW (formerly MSNBC), USA Network, Oxygen,E!,SYFY, and Golf Channel along with dynamic digital and direct-to-consumer brands such as Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes,GolfNow,GolfPass, andSportsEngine. StockStory, a newlyacquiredpart of CNBC, is building the next generation of AI-powered equity research for individual investors. We continueoperatinglike a startup: small team, high ownership, fast decisions, direct access to leadership, and a culture focused on building rather than managing. Our mission isto helpmillionsof investorsachieve better results in themarkets. This isyourchance to work at the intersection of investing, AI, and product,alongsideotherexceptionalengineersand investors,and help define what modern equity research looks like. We'relooking for a highly driven and intellectually curious equity analyst to join our team to build a new generation of AI-powered equity research.You will be working on a small, high-caliber team that brings together top-tier engineering, product, and buy-side talent, including senior analysts with prior experience at firms such as Millennium, Point72, and KKR. This role is designed for investors who still want to apply and sharpen their fundamental research judgment, but who are more excited by building scalable systems than by repeating the same research process company by company, quarter after quarter. It is especially well suited to people who want to future-proof their investing career by learning how great equity analysis gets translated into software, models, and AI-enabled products. You willbe instrumentaltothe team thatbuildsandoperatescore components of our AI equity research engine: LLM workflows that convert unstructured information into structured signals, and factor models that turn those signals into consistent, scalable outputs for individual investors. This role sits within a small and growing, high-caliberunitwhereteam leadersboastHedge Fund, Private Equity, and Investment Banking experience.Team membersare expected tooperatewith a high degree of ownership and autonomy, contributing directly to core research, product, and modeling decisions while working closely with engineering and senior leadership in a highly collaborative, low-bureaucracy environment with direct access to decision-makers. What We're Looking For Minimum of 4 years of buy-side public markets investing experience (hedge fund, long-only fund, family office, or endowment), with a focus on long-term, fundamental analysis. Experience contributing to a rigorous, process-driven strategy at a successful buy-side firm, including involvement in idea generation, research, and portfolio analysis Practical LLM workflow experience in equity research workflows (prompt/context engineering; structured extraction; error analysis) Experience programming,codingor working with data. You will closely collaborate with the Engineering team to design and build automated equity analysis features blending LLM-based agentic andquantamentalapproaches,leveraginga modern and evolving technology stack that is being actively expanded Systemic, data driven thinker with the ability to translate fundamental research into a repeatable, systematic strategy, with a strong bias toward building scalable solutions rather than one-off outputs Multi-sector experience and proven ability to independently perform fundamental research across sectors that has driven long-term investment decisions Strong forensic accounting knowledge, experience building three-statements and sector-wide models What You'll Do Convert equity research insights and conclusions into scalable AI equity research platform features that help individual investors with stock discovery, research, and selection Design and evaluate LLM-based workflows to process unstructured data, analyzeitand translate it into structured metrics and factors Develop and evaluate performance of sector-based factor models using a combination of traditional fundamental research, statistical techniques, and quantitative factor design Oversee stock-pickingmodelsalignment to surface the best opportunities to a large retail investor audience and produce structured reports supporting them Partner with Engineering to implement pipelines (APIs, DAGs, databases),establishreproducible back tests/evaluations, and ship analysis features/capabilities Hybrid 3 days in office At CNBC Headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, NJ,you’llhave access to greatperksand amenities: Sweat it out -- Free onsite fitness center withstate-of-the-artequipment, plus daily group classes Eat up -- Gourmet cafeteria with daily specials plus soup and salad bars Extras -- Dry cleaning,shoe shiningand sneak peeks Don’thave a car? No problem! We offer free shuttle transportation to and from multiple locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn,Hobokenand Jersey City In addition to these benefits, employees in this group will be joining at a time of meaningful and continued investment in data, technology, and product development, with the opportunity to contribute to a growing team within CNBC that is expected to scale significantly over time, offering meaningful exposure to senior leadership and the ability to influence how the platform evolves. Salary Range: $200,000-$235,000, bonus eligible. As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with a VERSANT Media employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. VERSANT Media's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [emailprotected] . VERSANT Media is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. We include a good faith pay range for each position to comply with applicable state and local pay transparency laws and to promote equity across our organization. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, experience, and location and may include additional forms of compensation and benefits such as health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, etc. #J-18808-Ljbffr Versant Media, LLC