CareerPlan

Innovation Researcher

IrvineRemoteFull-time$67k2026-10-13 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Scouting, vetting, and analyzing emerging technology solutions and trends to provide insights and light advisory services to clients.

Role type

Innovation Research Analyst

Builds

Research reports, trend evaluations, and client advisory insights

Domain

IT consulting, emerging technologies, cloud, security, data intelligence

Deliverable

dashboards & analysis

Required skills

secondary research, data interpretation, logical reasoning, technical documentation, MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel), stakeholder communication

Preferred skills

distributed team collaboration, remote work adaptability, travel readiness

Technologies

MS Office suite, data analysis tools

Responsibilities

Conduct secondary research to gather quantitative and qualitative data; Apply deductive and inductive reasoning to test data accuracy; Collate data and prepare reports and presentations; Interpret data to derive meaningful insights; Produce evaluations of emerging trends, markets, use cases, and companies in the Security discipline; Conduct technical reviews with targeted companies; Participate in research collaboration and client briefings with venture capital firms; Assist sales teams in catalyzing innovation.

Seniority

Entry-level to Junior, hands-on IC