Remote Commerce Strategist (Applied Business Benchmark)

mercor; United States; Remote; USD 106,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor seeks an Applied Business & Commerce Benchmark Specialist for a remote contract role. You will craft rigorous business questions, rate difficulty, and supply correct answers with plausible distractors, focusing on deep conceptual understanding.

The position offers 10+ hours per week, competitive hourly compensation ($77–$98), and a chance to work with AI research labs and top-tier talent networks. Excellent written English and graduate-level business expertise are required.

Qualifications

• PhD/DBA or doctoral candidate in Business Administration, Management, Marketing, or closely related field.
• MBA or Master’s degree considered for exceptional depth in a specific subdomain.
• Strong command of graduate-level business strategy, organizational theory, and quantitative methods.
• Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely.

Responsibilities

• Author original business questions testing deep conceptual understanding.
• Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined.
• Rate each question's difficulty: Medium, Hard, or Expert.
• Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives.
• Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear reasoning.
• Supply 1–5 academic references per question from reputable sources.
• For verification tasks: flag clarity, completeness, precision, solvability and justify edits.

Skills

Business strategy

Organizational theory

Quantitative methods

Education

PhD/DBA or doctoral candidate in Business Admin/Related field

MBA or Master's degree considered for exceptional depth

Job description

Mercor seeks an Applied Business & Commerce Benchmark Specialist for a remote contract role. You will craft rigorous business questions, rate difficulty, and supply correct answers with plausible distractors, focusing on deep conceptual understanding.

The position offers 10+ hours per week, competitive hourly compensation ($77–$98), and a chance to work with AI research labs and top-tier talent networks. Excellent written English and graduate-level business expertise are required.