Private Equity Intelligence : Data Management Group Associate

Gain; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,100,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working model

Career growth opportunities

Coaching and feedback culture

Job summary

Gain is seeking a DMG Associate within its Data Management Group to manage and scale a global updates process for multiple regions. You will oversee a sizeable team of junior and senior analysts under the DMG Team Lead, ensuring high-quality financial and market research on our platform.

You will drive improvements, recruit and coach the team, and lead strategic data initiatives with a hands-on, execution-focused mindset in a fast-growing SaaS scale-up environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a shared services/competence centre for Strategy Consultant, Global IBD, Big 4 or research centre in India.
• Affinity with PE & VC market is a plus.
• Experience in financial/professional services industry.
• Managed a team size of ~10 or more FTEs.
• Detail-oriented in company analysis and research.
• Bias to action with a proactive management style.
• Empathic, decisive leadership with growth mindset.

Responsibilities

• Deliver updates for multiple regions globally with high quality standards.
• Regularly review team outputs to identify quality issues and provide corrective training.
• Support hiring and onboarding of DMG analysts to meet targets.
• Train, develop and motivate team members for continuous growth.
• Identify and drive data improvement initiatives within the DMG group.
• Identify and drive technical initiatives to automate workflows.

Skills

Team leadership

Research & analysis

Knowledge management

Data quality

Project management

Tools

MS Excel

Data management tools

Job description

Gain is the Private Markets Super App, a connected global platform transforming how leading investors, advisors, and corporates source, evaluate, and execute deals. By combining investment-grade intelligence, AI-powered workflows, and proprietary data in one unified platform, Gain enables top deal teams to move faster, reduce risk, and build conviction with confidence.

Gain is trusted across more than $1 trillion of private capital, used by 100% of MBB and Big Four firms, and by 80% of the world’s top 20 M&A advisory houses.

Recognized for fast innovation and impact, Gain has been named both US and EU Data Provider of the Year by PE Wire, awarded Global Financial Market Review’s Best Use of AI in Finance, and ranked in Sifted’s Top 100 Fastest-Growing Companies, the Forbes 1000, and the Deloitte Technology Fast 50. Gain operates globally with offices in New York, London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Warsaw, and Bangalore.

Overview of the Data Management Group (DMG

DMG is a highly strategic pillar of Gain’s research vertical (Private Equity Intelligence), responsible for maintaining and enhancing the quality and accuracy of our research content, by regularly updating outdated company profiles and other data sets. Our ambition is to scale up this team to 150+ FTE in ~3 years. We are looking to add high calibre, experienced individuals, motivated for a high growth career path in a relatively new and highly strategic part of our organization.

What does the role entail

As a DMG Associate, you will be responsible to manage and scale a best-in-class research team with a remit to own the updates process for multiple regions globally.

Reporting to the DMG Team Lead, you will be responsible for managing a sizeable team of DMG junior analysts, analysts and senior analysts who are involved in the updates process.

Your role will entail:

• Research and Knowledge management: you deliver on the updates targets for your regions, always ensuring the highest quality standards of financial, market and business research on our platform. Identify best practices to drive continuous efficiency and process improvements.
• Quality guardianship: you regularly carry out reviews of the updates executed by your team, identify quality issues and address them e.g. via trainings.
• Recruitment: you will actively support the hiring of research analysts to meet the group’s headcount and content targets.
• Team management: you train, develop and motivate team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and personal and professional growth.
• Strategic initiatives: you continuously identify and own improvement opportunities and execute data improvement initiatives in the DMG group.
• Technology: you identify and drive technical initiatives to automate our workflow even further. Your ownership mindset will be equally important as your hands-on/getting things done attitude.

What do you need to join us?

• 5+ years of experience; latest in a mid-level role for a shared services/competence centre for Strategy Consultant, Global IBD, Big 4 or research centre based in India. Previous experience and affinity with the PE & VC market is a plus
• You have worked in the financial/professional services industry and have a strong interest in this area
• Successfully managed a team size of ~10 or more FTEs
• Intrigued by and experienced in detailed company analysis and research
• Bias to action – you get a lot done with minimal effort
• A positive, decisive and empathic management style

What do we offer?

• Competitive base salary with annual bonus linked to your performance/OKRs
• Chance to grow with the company gaining increasing responsibilities, supported by lots of coaching and a feedback-driven approach
• Flexible hybrid working model
• Opportunity to carve your signature in a fast-growing SaaS scale-up and contribute to building the local research team
• Culture of trust, ownership and standard of excellence
• Fun working atmosphere with regular outings and events
• We are the European leader with global aspirations, working towards unicorn status; this is the right time to come onboard and take that ride with us

Gain is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics.