Prospect Research Associate

VisionAlign; Islamabad; On-site; PKR 502,000 - 837,000; Full time

Job summary

aSimplify is seeking a Research Associate to help identify startups and software companies and the decision-makers who may need product-engineering support.

You will research the company’s product, market, team, and current stage, look for signals like funding or hiring, and prepare short notes with sources. Fresh graduates with strong English and attention to detail are welcome.

Qualifications

• Fresh graduates and final-year students are welcome.
• Strong reading comprehension and written English.
• Good attention to detail.
• Comfortable researching unfamiliar companies and industries.
• Able to write short, clear summaries.
• Comfortable using Google, LinkedIn, company websites, spreadsheets, and AI research tools.
• Able to verify information rather than copying the first result.
• Organized and consistent with repetitive but important work.
• Willing to ask questions when the research brief is unclear.
• Interest in startups, software products, and business models is helpful.

Responsibilities

• Research startups and growing software companies.
• Identify founders, CEOs, CTOs, Heads of Product, and other relevant decision-makers.
• Check whether aSimplify's target customer profile matches.
• Research the company's product, market, team, and current stage.
• Find signals such as funding, hiring, product launches, or customer growth.
• Prepare short research notes with source links.
• Record prospect information in the agreed spreadsheet or CRM.
• Remove duplicates, outdated, or poorly matched leads.
• Clearly separate verified information from assumptions.
• Prepare research briefs for the Outreach Coordinator.
• Continuously improve your research process based on feedback.

Skills

Reading comprehension

Written English

Attention to detail

Research mindset

Organized

Questioning when unclear

Education

Fresh graduates / final-year students

Tools

Google

LinkedIn

Company websites

Spreadsheets

AI research tools

Job description

We are looking for a Research Associate to help us identify companies and decision-makers who may need product-engineering support.

Your work will help the outreach team contact the right people with a relevant reason. Accuracy and judgment are more important than producing a large number of unverified leads.

Responsibilities

• Research startups and growing software companies.

• Identify founders, CEOs, CTOs, Heads of Product, and other relevant decision-makers.

• Check whether a company matches aSimplify's target customer profile.

• Research the company's product, market, team, and current stage.

• Find useful signals such as funding, hiring, product launches, customer growth, technical changes, or expansion.

• Prepare short research notes with source links.

• Record prospect information in the agreed spreadsheet or CRM.

• Remove duplicate, outdated, or poorly matched leads.

• Clearly separate verified information from assumptions.

• Prepare research briefs for the Outreach Coordinator.

• Continuously improve your research process based on feedback.

Requirements

• Fresh graduates and final-year students are welcome.

• Strong reading comprehension and written English.

• Good attention to detail.

• Comfortable researching unfamiliar companies and industries.

• Able to write short, clear summaries.

• Comfortable using Google, LinkedIn, company websites, spreadsheets, and AI research tools.

• Able to verify information rather than copying the first result.

• Organized and consistent with repetitive but important work.

• Willing to ask questions when the research brief is unclear.

• Interest in startups, software products, and business models is helpful.