Market Research Methodologist - AI Trainer [Remote]

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

Position: Market Research Methodologist – Report Quality & Insights Evaluation Expert

Type: Contract

Compensation: $158/hour

Location: Remote

Duration: 1 month initially, with potential extension

Commitment: 40 hours during the first week, followed by approximately 15 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• 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. 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.
• Review AI-generated research and reporting workflows for consistency of reasoning and recommendations. Evaluate accuracy of analyses and interpretations.
• Assess appropriateness of confidence assessments and quality of logical reasoning. Ensure executive readiness of final outputs. Provide detailed feedback and scoring rationale.

Qualifications

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.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

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