AI Investment Research & Partnerships Manager

Compensation: $120k – $200k

About Alva

Alva is your AI investing agent. Research a thesis. Monitor a narrative. Backtest an idea. Automate a strategy. Alva turns any of it into a live Playbook — with a team of agents watching the market 24/7 and alerting you the moment it matters. Powered by institutional-grade data from 100+ sources and a growing library of community skills and playbooks you can follow, remix, and learn from, Alva is your personal edge in all markets.

Alva was founded by a team of proven serial entrepreneurs. The founding team includes co-founders from Galxe, a major Web3 growth platform with over 30 million active users, as well as a co-founder from MiniMax, a leading frontier AI lab.

About the role

The investors we want on Alva don't respond to sales pitches. They respond to research that is better than their own. So our go-to-market isn't a pitch deck — it's the work itself.

Which makes this one person doing two jobs usually split across two teams: the research is the ammunition, and you are the one who pulls the trigger. Traditional BD can't earn credibility with this audience; traditional analysts won't go out and close. If you've been doing both — for yourself — this is the scaled-up version.

What you'll do

• Research (~50%) — produce public-market research across stocks, sectors, themes, macro and relevant crypto; use AI agents and LLMs to speed up sourcing, extraction and synthesis while personally verifying key data and conclusions; turn strong research into Alva Playbooks for investors, creators and teams; own the quality of everything published under your name and Alva's
• Investor / creator / small-B2B partnerships (~40%) — build and manage a target list across individual investors, investing creators, Substack, X, YouTube, investment communities, and small funds, firms and research teams; lead demos and partnerships from first contact through launch and follow-up; build long-term relationships, make sure customers actually use the product, and own a clear, realistic pipeline
• Product feedback (~10%) — be a heavy product user. Report agent errors, hallucinations, data issues and anything that slows down your work, with clear feedback for product and engineering

What we're looking for

• You actually invest — real positions, your own views, and some calls that went wrong
• AI is part of how you work — you can explain your research workflow and where AI has made you faster
• You have experience closing partnerships, sales, sponsorships, or similar deals
• Strong research judgment and the ability to defend your methodology
• Clear, direct writing and strong English communication
• Comfortable working independently in a small, fast-moving team; Mandarin preferred

Bonus

• Your own audience on Substack, X, YouTube, Xueqiu, RED, or similar
• Experience across fintech, crypto, sell-side research, investing, or financial data products
• Existing relationships with investors, creators, or financial professionals
• Self-built research tools or automated workflows
• Experience with products such as Substack, Seeking Alpha, terminals, or screeners

Compensation

Up to $200K + equity. Full-time · reports to CEO. Location: Shanghai on-site or US remote.

How to apply

Email jemma@alva.xyz with something you've built and a few lines on why this role.

Full details: https://alva-careers.netlify.app/playbook