For Talent/Open roles

Lead - Original Research

Name: Lagrange Point
Price range: $$$

Technology

Bangalore

Marketing

About the Company

Our client is a B2B technology company operating in the global supply chain and logistics ecosystem. The business works with enterprise customers and has access to proprietary data across areas such as shipping, freight rates, transit times, procurement benchmarks and global trade flows.
The company is looking to strengthen its position as an authoritative voice in the industry by building original research, frameworks, insights and data-backed thought leadership for senior decision-makers across global supply chains.

Own the company’s research, data and thought leadership strategy across supply chain, logistics and global trade.
Develop distinctive industry POVs, frameworks and mental models that shape the wider content strategy.
Produce journalistic-grade, research-backed content aimed at senior supply chain and logistics executives.
Lead original research initiatives from defining the question and methodology through to analysis and publication.
Analyse proprietary platform data including shipping activity, freight rates, transit times, procurement benchmarks and trade flows.
Combine proprietary data with external market research, customer insights, sales conversations and internal signals.
Turn complex datasets into clear, actionable and compelling insights for senior executive audiences.
Develop flagship reports, industry benchmarks, indexes, trackers and other citable research assets.
Work with product teams to develop free tools such as calculators, benchmarks and data-driven resources.
Conduct interviews, develop sources and identify meaningful stories from complex or unstructured information.
Feed research insights and frameworks into broader SEO, content and editorial programs.
Maintain a high standard of editorial quality, ensuring every major piece is supported by credible evidence and a defensible point of view.

5+ years of experience in journalism, data journalism, analyst roles or research-heavy editorial positions.
Strong preference for experience from a newsroom, business publication, research desk or similar environment.
Experience within supply chain, logistics, finance, B2B or SaaS is advantageous.
Strong portfolio of published work including research reports, investigations, data stories or analytical articles.
Ability to independently conduct research, develop sources and run interviews.
Strong quantitative reasoning and confidence working with complex datasets.
Ability to frame research questions, understand data limitations and uncover non-obvious insights.
Excellent writing and storytelling skills, particularly for senior executive audiences.
Strong editorial judgement and the ability to develop and defend a clear point of view.
Comfortable using AI tools for research, querying, drafting and visualisation, while applying independent editorial judgement.
Understanding of on-page SEO and content discoverability is useful, although this is fundamentally a research and editorial role rather than an SEO role.

Opportunity to build and lead the research and thought leadership engine for a B2B technology company.
Ownership over the organisation’s core industry POVs, research agenda and flagship content.
Access to proprietary data across global trade, freight, procurement and supply-chain activity.