Channel and Customer Research Associate (German Speaking)

Alphasense; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

AlphaSense is seeking an Associate for Channel and Customer Research in London to execute our structured interviews and primary research program. You will map the expert universe, source and vet channel partners, and build lasting relationships while coordinating and monitoring interviews.

The role blends investigative research with stakeholder management and fast-paced project execution inside a high-growth, AI-driven organization. German language proficiency at C1/C2 levels is required.

Qualifications

• German language proficiency at C1/C2 levels.
• Early-career professional eager to accelerate learning.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Expert Sourcing & Outreach: Drive email, phone, and LinkedIn campaigns to recruit experts.
• Screening & Onboarding: Conduct vetting calls to confirm role, recency, and perspective; ensure compliance.
• Landscape Research: Develop and maintain target lists of distributors, resellers, customers, and other market participants.
• Interview Guide Creation: Build and maintain interview guides for each type of call, sector and profile.
• Interview Facilitation: Schedule sessions, monitor calls, and capture real-time highlights.
• Quality & Compliance: Uphold data-privacy standards and maintain records in CRM.

Skills

German language proficiency (C1/C2)

Job description

About AlphaSense:

The world’s most sophisticated companies rely on AlphaSense to remove uncertainty from decision-making. With market intelligence and search built on proven AI, AlphaSense delivers insights that matter from content you can trust. Our universe of public and private content includes equity research, company filings, event transcripts, expert calls, news, trade journals, and clients’ own research content.

The acquisition of Tegus by AlphaSense in 2024 advances our shared mission to empower professionals to make smarter decisions through AI-driven market intelligence. Together, AlphaSense and Tegus will accelerate growth, innovation, and content expansion, with complementary product and content capabilities that enable users to unearth even more comprehensive insights from thousands of content sets. Our platform is trusted by over 6,000 enterprise customers, including a majority of the S&P 500. Founded in 2011, AlphaSense is headquartered in New York City with more than 2,000 employees across the globe and offices in the U.S., U.K., Finland, India, Singapore, Canada, and Ireland. Come join us!

About the Team:

Working hand-in-hand with our Directed Content and 1x1 Call Services groups, this team provides timely channel checks and voice-of-customer interviews that reveal real-time demand signals, competitive dynamics, and purchasing behavior across priority industry verticals. By identifying the right operator, distributor, or end-customer profiles—and engaging them at the optimal moment in the quarter—we help investors surface differentiated, actionable insights.

Channel & Customer Research (CCR) delivers scalable primary research that provides real-time insight into company performance and industry conditions. Through structured interviews with distributors, resellers, suppliers, consultants, and other channel partners, CCR captures the perspectives of professionals directly involved in how products and services move through the market. Leveraging AlphaSense’s AI Interviewer technology, CCR is able to conduct and scale structured expert interviews continuously, expanding coverage while maintaining consistency and analytical rigor. Covering hundreds of companies across major sectors, CCR provides investors and corporate users with channel research that offers a continuous view of demand trends, competitive dynamics, and market conditions as they develop.

About the Role:

Associate's are the execution engine for our Channel and Customer Research offering. You will:

• Map the expert universe for assigned verticals
• Source and vet high-value channel partners and customers
• Build long-term relationships with key channel sources
• Coordinate and monitor interviews
• Form sector expertise through regular and consistent research to remain up-to-date on industry trends and news
• For this role, we are looking for proficient German speakers (C1/C2 levels).

This role blends investigative research, stakeholder management, and rapid-fire project execution—perfect for early-career professionals eager to accelerate their learning curve inside a high-growth, data-driven organization.

What You\'ll do

• Expert Sourcing & Outreach: Drive email, phone, and LinkedIn campaigns to recruit best-fit experts; negotiate honoraria that balance insight value with cost discipline.
• Screening & Onboarding: Conduct vetting calls to confirm role, recency, and perspective; ensure compliance with AlphaSense and client guidelines.
• Landscape Research: Develop and maintain target lists of distributors, resellers, customers, and other market participants aligned to quarterly coverage priorities.
• Interview Guide Creation: Build and maintain interview guides targeted to each type of call, industry sector, and expert profile - ensuring the best and most relevant insights are captured.
• Interview Facilitation: Schedule sessions at optimal times in the sell-side calendar; monitor calls, troubleshoot tech issues, and capture real-time highlights.
• Quality & Compliance: Uphold rigorous data-privacy standards and maintain accurate records in internal CRM and workflow tools.
• Continuous Improvement: Share feedback on talk tracks, sourcing tactics, and emerging themes to refine our playbooks and coverage roadmap.

Who You Are:

• Energetic Team Player: You have a proven ability to manage fast turnaround projects, meet deadlines and targets while maintaining a team-first mentality.
• Adaptable: You are a creative problem solver who is comfortable with changes and new challenges. You thrive in ambiguity and remain resilient when faced with adversity.
• Inquisitive: You are naturally interested in learning and quickly see patterns that help you to identify the best possible experts for a given research project.
• Organized: You have demonstrated an ability to handle and prioritize multiple tasks and deadlines simultaneously and autonomously
• Detail Oriented: You have a strong attention to detail, with the ability to discern and precisely document the core elements of an expert’s relevant skills or experience vis-a-vis a defined scope.
• Excellent Communicator: You\’ll regularly be engaging with industry experts to learn about their background and convey what it means to participate in our network. You are comfortable with all communication methods, including phone and email.
• Goal Oriented: You are motivated by the idea of identifying and delivering the best-possible expert profiles for each project scope quickly and efficiently.

AlphaSense is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals. All employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling AlphaSense’s commitment to equal employment opportunity. AlphaSense does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, military or veteran status, disability, or any other non-merit factor. This policy applies to every aspect of employment at AlphaSense, including recruitment, hiring, training, advancement, and termination.

In addition, it is the policy of AlphaSense to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances where a particular employee works.

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