Content Manager Job Description
About the job
Position Summary
The Content Manager serves as the subject matter expert within sector
specific pod and owns its expert research content coverage. The role
identifies the companies, themes and investor questions that warrant
coverage; defines and validates the Network Member profiles needed;
designs differentiated interview agendas; leads human-moderated
one-to-one interviews; and develops recurring programs for execution by
Associates. The Content Manager reviews content for research quality and
relevance and works with Associates and Compliance through publication.
The role requires an investor mindset and deep knowledge of industries,
including its companies, value chain, financial statements, operating
drivers, industry cycles and current debates. The Content Manager must
also understand relevant credit, private-market and other investor
perspectives well enough to assess the sub-sector broadly; ask incisive
questions; challenge superficial answers; and produce content that
leaves investors materially better informed.
Key Responsibilities
Coverage ownership and research agenda
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Set and maintain the research agenda, including priority companies,
themes, catalysts, investor debates and underserved information needs.
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Identify emerging themes, inflection points and content gaps early,
connecting macro, sector and sub-sector developments to company-level
implications.
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Translate earnings calls, conferences, market events, client demand
and usage signals into timely interviews and recurring content
programs for Banks.
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Use a shared research foundation to develop several distinct
conversations on the same company or topic without producing
repetitive content.
Network Member strategy and interview leadership
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Build and maintain a map of the roles, organizations, value-chain
positions and geographies needed to answer priority research
questions.
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Define and validate Network Member profiles, screening criteria and
briefing context that distinguish direct visibility from nominal
seniority.
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Design investor-focused interview agendas and questions that go beyond
public commentary and generate original insight.
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Lead human-moderated one-to-one interviews, listening actively,
probing inconsistencies and redirecting the conversation toward
material investor questions.
Structured programs, quality and collaboration
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Define the research objective, respondent criteria, question sets and
cadence for channel checks and other recurring structured programs.
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Brief Associates executing those programs, review representative
output and determine whether it meets substantive research and quality
standards.
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Work with Associates and Compliance to resolve substantive questions
and carry approved content through publication.
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Capture company briefs, Network Member knowledge, question frameworks
and findings in reusable form to strengthen future coverage.
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Collaborate across the sector pod when sub-sector, asset-class,
regional or thematic perspectives would materially improve the
research, and contribute to team ideation, knowledge sharing and
quality calibration.
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Use AI-enabled research and moderation tools to deepen preparation and
improve efficiency, applying judgment to validate outputs.
Required Qualifications
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5–10 years of relevant experience in equity or credit research,
buy-side or sell-side analysis, research services, strategy
consulting, corporate strategy, primary research or an expert network.
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Deep expertise in the industry, preferably developed through
public-equity or comparable fundamental research, with sufficient
familiarity across credit, private-market and other relevant investor
perspectives to assess the category broadly.
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Experience producing research or insight for institutional investors
or another sophisticated financial audience.
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Strong working knowledge of financial statements, operating drivers
and the performance indicators relevant to Banks.
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Strong interest in financial markets, company and industry analysis,
and business dynamics, with the intellectual curiosity and discipline
to maintain deep expertise within Banks.
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Demonstrated ability to translate research objectives into incisive,
investor-relevant questions designed to generate differentiated
insight.
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Excellent verbal communication and live-interviewing skills, including
the ability to probe beyond surface-level responses and challenge
senior operators in real time.
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Strong written English and research judgment, with the ability to
distinguish incremental insight from general commentary.
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Ability to own Banks independently, collaborate effectively within the
Financials & Real Estate pod, and deliver high-quality work at speed
in a high-volume, deadline-driven environment.
Preferred Qualifications
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Independent ownership of company, industry or thematic research that
informed an investment, strategy or operating decision.
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Direct exposure to expert interviews, earnings or market-event
analysis, or senior-level research discussions.
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Relevant language skills, local-market knowledge, transaction
experience or technical credentials for specialist mandates.
- MBA, CFA, CA or a relevant graduate or technical qualification.
About GLG / Gerson Lehrman Group
GLG is the world’s leading platform for trusted human expertise. We
connect global decision-makers—from hedge fund managers and private
equity partners to strategy leaders at Fortune 500s—with the specific,
authoritative voices required to answer their most critical questions.
At GLG, you are an extension of our clients' core teams. You will work
at the intersection of industries and global markets, navigating
high-stakes challenges across the full spectrum of their strategic
initiatives. Operating within the industry’s most trusted research
environment, you’ll help our clients capture the nuanced perspectives
that drive smarter, faster business outcomes. We are a global team of
pragmatic problem-solvers who mirror the intensity of the markets we
serve. If you are driven by intellectual curiosity and a bias toward
action, join us in reinventing the industry we invented. Gerson Lehrman
Group, Inc. (“GLG”) is an equal opportunity employer and will not
discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age,
race, religion, color, marital status, disability, gender, national
origin, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification
protected by federal, state, or local law.