Autonomous Research Assistant — Own Impact (Flexible Schedule)

QuantumLeap Inc

Richmond (VA)

On-site

USD 85,000 - 113,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship program
Generous benefits
Family-friendly schedules

Job summary

QuantumLeap Inc in Richmond, VA is hiring a Senior Research Assistant to take on ownership of key projects with autonomy. The role emphasizes results over appearances, requiring strong judgment, collaboration, and a willingness to challenge briefs when needed.

The position comes with mentorship, generous benefits, and family-friendly schedules, and sits at a fast-moving company focused on turning complex problems into elegant solutions. This is a mid-search, apply now to claim the chair.

Qualifications

  • Ownership mindset and accountability for outcomes.
  • Ability to collaborate across teams and share credit when due.
  • Proven judgment to challenge briefs when reality diverges from the brief.
  • Comfort with unglamorous work and ownership of mid-project tasks.
  • Willingness to revise opinions when data argues back.

Responsibilities

  • Keep VA reporting accurate enough to bet decisions on
  • Question the brief when the brief doesn't match reality
  • Follow safety protocols and best practices at all times
  • Keep the VA engine running while you rebuild parts of it
  • Read QuantumLeap Inc's general signals and reprioritize without being asked
  • Write the Cultural Awareness runbook the next hire wishes they had
  • Surface risks early, loudly, and with a proposed fix attached
  • Support daily operations at our Richmond site and keep workflows moving

Skills

Ownership
Collaborative teamwork
Accountability
Adaptability
Humility

Job description

QuantumLeap Inc in Richmond, VA is hiring a Senior Research Assistant to take on ownership of key projects with autonomy. The role emphasizes results over appearances, requiring strong judgment, collaboration, and a willingness to challenge briefs when needed.

The position comes with mentorship, generous benefits, and family-friendly schedules, and sits at a fast-moving company focused on turning complex problems into elegant solutions. This is a mid-search, apply now to claim the chair.

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