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About The Role

We at PEI Group are looking for a Senior Research Manager, Quality & Excellence to join our welcoming, diverse and growing team in London. The successful candidate will work as a senior member of a team responsible for ensuring the high quality of all data and research about private equity funds, managers and investors published on PEI’s customer-facing subscription products. PEI is the leading information provider focused on private capital markets.

The role requires strong attention to detail, high levels of self-motivation, the ability to identify mistakes and gaps, first-rate organisational skills, excellent verbal and written communication and an ability to confidently feedback to colleagues regarding scope for improvement. The successful candidate will be expected to manage for the highest standards of quality across all research and data published by PEI.

The Senior Research Manager, Quality & Excellence is primarily engaged in the following activities:

People management:

• Leading a team of researchers responsible for ensuring the quality and accuracy of data and research published by PEI.
• Developing, monitoring and reporting on team and individual key performance indicators that fit with wider business and product strategy.
• Leading by example and managing others to ensure that all key performance measures are delivered.
• Fostering and maintaining a motivated team in a results-driven environment.

Quality control:

• Overseeing the quality control process for the publication of data about private market funds, managers and investors, ensuring accuracy, completeness and timeliness.
• Conducting thorough reviews of research carried out by team members to identify and correct mistakes, inconsistencies and missed information.
• Developing and implementing quality assurance standards and procedures to maintain the integrity of the database.
• Collaborating with researchers and senior managers to ensure consistency and adherence to quality guidelines.
• Training and mentoring team members on best practices for data entry and quality assurance.
• Utilising data analysis tools to identify patterns and trends in errors across the data set.
• Providing detailed feedback and recommendations for improving data quality and reducing errors.
• Working to identify wider gaps and systemic issues within the database.

Reporting:

• Preparing and presenting regular quality assurance reports to senior management, highlighting key findings and areas for improvement.

Knowledge:

• Staying updated on industry standards and advancements in quality assurance practices to continuously enhance the QA process.

Key success measures:

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Monitoring and reporting error trends using a pre-defined quality control checklist.
• Measuring error rates, fill rates and gap analysis as well as metrics around missed information by researchers.
• Ensuring research process improvements and automation projects are organized and delivered successfully.
• Ensuring an accurate, complete and timely flow of data into the database, maintaining high standards of quality.

About You

About you

Requirements

The role would suit individuals who have:

• Significant professional experience gained in a research environment in a similar complex organisation.
• Experience in managing teams to deliver against targets.
• Proven experience in managing quality control for data products.
• Demonstrated exceptional attention to detail.
• Strong self-motivation and the ability to work independently.
• An inquisitive nature and a proactive, methodological and enthusiastic approach to work.
• Working knowledge of financial markets preferably within the private markets asset classes.
• A desire to be part of a dynamic business with high growth expectations.

The role would suit individuals who are:

• Highly goal-focused and motivated by achieving high personal standards in all aspects of work – ambitious to meet own personal and organisational goals.
• Committed to achieving excellence in all tasks.
• Skilled in effectively communicating areas for improvement.
• Keen to be part of a business with high growth expectations.
• Motivated to develop a career at PEI and lead a team to always improve performance and better the business.

About Us

Who we are: PEI Group is a subscriber-focused business intelligence company. With our multi-talented global team of over 490 people, spread across EMEA, USA & Asia, our purpose is to inform and connect investment professionals across global, specialised markets. We identify specific high growth, high value investment sectors and themes where deep insight, strong market relationships and active capital flows are critical for success. What we do: PEI Group provides industry-leading journalism, data, and market insight to subscribing clients via a wide portfolio of specialist brands supported by our robust and scalable digital publishing, analytics, and database platform. We also track the firms and individuals who shape markets and bring client-communities together to enable knowledge sharing, profile building and relationship development through professional networks and events. Wherever our markets are active – in New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Sydney, Hong Kong, Singapore, London and elsewhere – PEI is hard at work examining crucial market forces and shifting investment themes, identifying active investors and their capital allocations, and scanning ahead for regulatory changes, new compliance requirements and other risk factors. At PEI we value diverse talent and welcome applications from everyone – regardless of background. We are an equal opportunity employer and our inclusive culture at PEI is reflected in every stage of the recruitment journey. Please inform us at initial stages of the recruitment process if you require any reasonable adjustments and we can accommodate this. PEI Group supports flexible working arrangements, and we welcome career returners.