Responsibilities
- Help the Executive Team decide which 2-3 markets Auditless should bet on for the next 3 years—your research becomes our strategy to reach $10M revenue by 2029.
- Weeks 1-4: Market Research - Size 16 segments (VC funds, RE funds, SPVs, PE) using SEC filings, DOL databases, Preqin, PitchBook
- Run feasibility math: which markets can support $10M ARR with <15% market share?
- Map competitive landscape, distribution partners and buyer personas
- Use AI tools to verify sources, validate methodologies, and quality-check outputs
- Collaborate with product/engineering team to assess build difficulty and technical requirements per segment
- Weeks 5-7: Customer Discovery - Conduct 30-50 interviews with fund CFOs, GPs, auditors, administrators
- Score markets on pain severity, willingness to pay, sales cycle length
- Validate pricing and GTM assumptions with real buyers
- Week 8: Recommendation - Present final scored ranking to CEO/COO with defendable logic - Your recommendation becomes our FY26-28 strategy
Requirements
- MBA Student
- 2-5 years consulting experience (MBB, Big 4, boutique), financial analyst or similar experience with exposure to markets research—you structure ambiguous problems
- Research tenacity (comfortable with SEC filings, databases, LinkedIn sourcing)
- Synthesis ability (turn 50 data points + conflicting interviews into clear recommendations)
- Exploring consulting → startup transition
Benefits
- Portfolio piece
- 30+ founder/VC relationships
- startup experience
Team
Team size: 2-3 interns. Structure: each owning market segments
Additional Information
- Location: Remote-friendly
- Team: 2-3 interns, each owning market segments
- First interviews start February 26, 2026.
