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Research & Business Development Specialist

Summary

Support a senior sales leader by running daily syncs, managing calendars, and creating proposals to streamline operations and boost revenue growth.

About Offshore Launch

Offshore Launch is a staffing agency that specializes in helping small business owners scale their operations with the top 1% of global remote talent. We are a people-centered agency with a passion for leaving every person and business in a better position than we found them.

Why Join Offshore Launch?

  • Impact the growth and success of small and medium-sized businesses.
  • Work in a people-first, remote environment that values growth and ongoing development.
  • Access comprehensive benefits that include HMO, PTO, professional development, and an overall emphasis on teamwork and collaboration.
  • Contribute to a culture that values partnership, service, and excellence.

Your Role

As an employee of Offshore Launch, you are being hired for a unique role within a target Client’s company. We value long-term partnerships, and seek to recruit talent that will serve an individual Client’s business for multiple years.

You will work full-time with the Client company. However, the Agency provides ongoing support to ensure your continued success. As such, we create space for ongoing check-ins, feedback and development through:

  • Membership in the Offshore Launch Slack workspace
  • Bi-weekly All Team meetings
  • Monthly reviews

Your job is to help the Client succeed.

Our job is to help you succeed.

About the Client

We're hiring a research-driven analyst to support execution across multiple concurrent client engagements — spanning legal AI, litigation consulting, and luxury ground transportation — producing executive-ready research and business development deliverables with minimal oversight.

This is not an administrative or EA role. It's a research analyst function that also touches sales development: sourcing decision-maker contacts, drafting outreach, and building PM dashboards to track it all.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct multi-source market and competitive intelligence research (e.g., mapping vendor ecosystems, ranking competitors in fragmented markets), with full citations and transparent sourcing
  • Go beyond data collection to synthesize findings into patterns, trends, and clear "must-have" recommendations — surface-level, AI-generated-feeling summaries are not sufficient
  • Source executive and decision-maker contacts (LinkedIn, Sales Navigator, or equivalent) and draft personalized, research-informed outreach/cold emails
  • Pre-answer discovery questions ahead of sales meetings using public intelligence, flagging open questions and positioning insights
  • Build and maintain project plans and Gantt charts (Monday.com or comparable) with phases, milestones, dependencies, timelines, risks, and KPIs — readable by leadership at a glance
  • Produce competitive teardowns and comparison materials (positioning, differentiators, target verticals, UX walkthroughs with screenshots, comparison tables)
  • Context-switch cleanly across unrelated client accounts and industries without losing rigor or voice

Requirements

Must-have

  • 3+ years in market research, competitive intelligence, business/sales analysis, or a closely related B2B research function
  • Strong business English writing; can independently produce structured, citation-backed reports
  • Demonstrated experience sourcing executive/decision-maker contacts (LinkedIn, Sales Navigator, or equivalent)
  • Comfortable drafting personalized outreach/cold emails as part of a research deliverable
  • Working knowledge of Monday.com or a comparable PM tool (Asana, Smartsheet) for Gantt charts and KPI dashboards
  • Track record of multi-source verification and transparent sourcing/citation practices
  • Able to operate with minimal oversight and context-switch across multiple, unrelated client accounts

Nice-to-have

  • Prior exposure to legal tech, insurtech, SIU/investigations, or litigation consulting
  • Familiarity with luxury travel, ground transportation, or corporate meetings & events
  • Experience directly supporting sales/BD teams (SDR/BDR-adjacent research background)

Compensation & Benefits (to be provided by Offshore Launch)

  • Up to $1800, depending on experience
  • 13th month pay
  • Performance-based bonuses up to 150% of one month's salary
  • Comprehensive HMO policy, including dependents.
  • Annual continuing education budget to support professional development

Note

The Client is not involved in compensation or benefits. As an employee of Offshore Launch, all compensation and benefits are to be provided by the Agency.

Please note that we anticipate a response from candidates within 24 hours of our outreach. If we do not receive a reply within this timeframe, we will assume that you are no longer interested in pursuing this opportunity.

What this application asks

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First Name, Last Name, Email, Phone, Resume/CV, Cover Letter

  • Preferred First Name optional
  • What is your country of residence? choose one
  • This position is for a full-time role. Are you applying for full-time employment? choose one
  • When are you available to start work?
  • This role requires working U.S. daytime hours. Are you available to work a shift that aligns with U.S. business hours? choose one
  • This role requires prior experience working U.S. business hours. How many years of experience do you have working a shift aligned with U.S. business hours? choose one
  • Please list any upcoming travel dates that you already have booked or are planning to book. written answer
  • Are you comfortable using a time/screen monitoring app during working hours? choose one
  • Desired hourly rate in USD?
  • Does the salary range listed in the job posting align with your expectations? choose one
  • Please provide three business references who can speak to your work experience and professionalism. Include name, email, phone number and relationship. written answer
  • Were you referred by a current Offshore Launch employee? choose one
  • If your answer to the above question is 'Yes', kindly put the name of your referrer.
  • LinkedIn Profile optional
  • Introduction Video upload

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