Macro Research & Content Strategy Associate
FT Partners is an investment banking firm focused exclusively on financial technology. It provides strategic and financial advisory services, including M&A, capital raising, IPO advisory, valuations, and restructuring, to FinTech companies, founders, CEOs, boards, investors, and financial institutions.
About FT Partners
Financial Technology Partners, also known as FT Partners, is a global investment banking firm focused exclusively on the FinTech sector. The firm provides strategic advisory services such as mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, fairness opinions, and anti-raid advisory, as well as financial advisory services including private capital raising, private equity, restructuring and LBOs, IPO advisory, and valuations. FT Partners also operates a FinTech equity research and strategic insights platform, publishing market reports, transaction analysis, and research for institutional investors and industry executives. Its clients include early-stage startups, high-growth private companies, public companies, financial institutions, investors, CEOs, and boards of directors across the financial technology ecosystem.
Skills
About the Role
You will conduct primary and secondary research, analyze large datasets to identify trends and investment themes, and produce professional research reports for executive audiences. You will create high-quality content across multiple formats, build and execute targeted email marketing campaigns, and leverage leading AI platforms to improve research quality and productivity. You will transform complex technical topics into clear, compelling narratives while continuously evaluating new AI tools and identifying opportunities to automate repetitive knowledge work.
Requirements
- 3-7+ years of experience in research, consulting, market intelligence, equity research, investment banking, journalism, strategy, or a related analytical role
- Exceptional writing and communication skills
- Experience producing polished research reports for executive audiences
- Strong analytical and critical thinking abilities
- Excellent attention to detail
- Comfortable working with large amounts of information and synthesizing complex topics quickly
- Highly organized and able to manage multiple projects simultaneously
Responsibilities
- Conduct primary research through surveys, interviews, outreach campaigns, and expert conversations
- Perform secondary research across industry reports, financial filings, news sources, academic publications, and proprietary datasets
- Develop research methodologies that produce differentiated market intelligence
- Validate findings through multiple independent sources
- Analyze large datasets to identify trends, patterns, and investment themes
- Synthesize quantitative and qualitative information into actionable insights
- Build dashboards, visualizations, and supporting analysis
- Identify emerging technologies, competitive dynamics, and market shifts
- Produce professional-quality research reports suitable for executive audiences
- Write market landscapes, industry analyses, company profiles, white papers, and thought leadership
- Transform complex technical topics into clear, compelling narratives
- Ensure exceptional editorial quality, accuracy, and visual presentation
- Create high-quality content across multiple formats including articles, blog posts, white papers, case studies, LinkedIn content, website copy, presentation materials, and sales collateral
- Repurpose long-form research into shorter, high-impact marketing assets
- Maintain a consistent editorial voice and brand quality
- Build and execute targeted email marketing campaigns
- Develop audience segmentation strategies
- Create compelling email copy that drives engagement
- Measure campaign performance and continuously optimize results
- A/B test messaging, subject lines, and content formats
- Leverage leading AI platforms to significantly improve research quality and productivity
- Build AI-assisted workflows for research, writing, data synthesis, and content generation
- Continuously evaluate new AI tools and incorporate them into daily workflows
- Help identify opportunities to automate repetitive knowledge work across the organization
