Market Intelligence Correspondent

Dedale Intelligence

❗NOTE: This is an new Opportunity — We're Building Our Lisbon Team 🌍 As Dedale expands to Lisbon, we are actively looking for exceptional talent to join us at the ground floor of this exciting new chapter. This position remains open year-round — we are not hiring to fill a quota, but to find the right long-term fit for both the role and our culture in Portugal. If you see this posting, it means we are actively reviewing applications and building something great in Lisbon. We'd love to hear from you! 🚀 ABOUT DEDALE: Dedale is the differentiating source of strategic intelligence in the technology space. With a unique team of over 100 full-time research analysts & planners, Dedale leverages a network of over 10 000 market professionals to deliver on the ground strategic intelligence to investors and corporates, with a core focus around North America and Europe. Our team gathers top talents with diverse and international backgrounds. Our Research & Investment team has the strongest expertise in the ecosystem on B2B Software due diligence, and we are surrounded by a network of mentors including high-profile tech founders and investors. OUR CULTURE: Dedale gathers a group of highly talented international individuals (incl. US, Chinese, Filipino, French, Moroccan, Latvian, Lebanese nationalities among others). The leadership team is composed of experienced investment professionals & management consultants (ex-McKinsey, BCG Project Leaders & managers). Our advisory board is extremely high profile, including some of the most successful investors worldwide (incl. Managing Partners of the largest PE and Growth Equity funds, and Tech unicorn entrepreneurs). We seek to develop a dream team of outstanding investment analysts with strong academic and professional achievements and a passion for investing and technology. YOUR ROLE: 1. Conduct deep fundamental research on software & technology companies 2. Perform strategic due diligence and financial analysis on publicly listed and privately owned software & technology companies 3. Leverage both quantitative modelling and qualitative insights generation through expert interviews 4. Collaborate with a strong team of peers and experienced ex-Tier 1 management consultants contributing to the research 5. Deliver high quality and valuable deliverables that will support decision making on multi-million investments 6. Communicate your research findings internally and externally 7. Naturally grow in the team to take on more and more responsibilities and develop yourself as a strong professional 8. Daily monitoring of the already identified companies 9. Preparation of financial research and analysis, strategic screening and communication materials for our members 10. Leading interviews in English with professional experts 11. Support on process improvement and new companies screening YOUR PROFILE: Across the firm, we attract motivated, intellectually curious, and analytically rigorous young professionals who are passionate about learning and creating impact. The ideal candidate will possess the following traits: * You are Tier 1 engineering/business school young graduate, specializing in Business/Finance/Corporate business/Corporate finance/Engineering/Strategy * You have 1-2 years of relevant experience in strategy, finance, and business (with several internships in finance/tech/startup or corporate company) * You have excellent analysis skills and excellent Excel skill * You have a strong strategic thinking mind - you know how to look for key inputs and do smart correlations * Strong oral and written communication skills in English is a must, and French, German, or Italian language ability is a plus. CHERRY ON THE CAKE: * You like collaborating as a team, and delivering your best as an individual * You are passionate about technology, innovation, and investment RECRUITMENT PROCESS: * Synthesis and Excel test * 1st interview with the Country Manager * Case Study and Debrief with a Manager * Final interview with Managing Director and the HR team This position is based in Lisbon, Portugal.

Dedale Intelligence

❗NOTE: This is an Ongoing Opportunity - We're Always Hiring Top Talent 🚀 As Dedale is committed to continuous growth and building a team of exceptional talent, this position remains open year-round. We are not bound by a specific hiring quota, but are focused on finding the right long-term fit for both the role and our culture. If you see this posting, it means that we are actively reviewing applications! About Dedale: Dedale is the differentiating source of strategic intelligence in the technology space. With a unique team of over 250 full-time employees, Dedale leverages a network of over 25,000 market professionals to deliver on-the-ground strategic intelligence to investors and corporates, with a core focus around North America and Europe. Our team gathers top talents with diverse and international backgrounds. Our Research & Investment team has the strongest expertise in the ecosystem on B2B Software due diligence, and we are surrounded by a network of mentors including high-profile tech founders and investors. Our Culture: Dedale gathers a group of highly talented international individuals (incl. US, Chinese, Filipino, French, Moroccan, Latvian, Lebanese nationalities among others). The leadership team is composed of experienced investment professionals & management consultants (ex-McKinsey, BCG Project Leaders & managers). Our advisory board is extremely high profile, including some of the most successful investors worldwide (incl. Managing Partners of the largest PE and Growth Equity funds, and Tech unicorn entrepreneurs). We seek to develop a dream team of outstanding investment analysts with strong academic and professional achievements and a passion for investing and technology. Your Role: This is a founding role in Dedale's new Lisbon office, with real room to grow beyond sourcing execution into shaping the team's strategy and build-out as the office scales. * Cold call and directly approach senior executives and subject-matter experts to introduce Dedale and build genuine, lasting relationships * Build deep, senior-level relationships with C-suite executives and top-tier advisors, moving beyond transactional outreach to become a genuine long-term point of contact within the network * Proactively identify and source high-quality industry experts and advisors through multiple channels: LinkedIn, professional networks, industry events, and targeted outreach * Qualify expert profiles through phone screening, assessing relevant experience, seniority, and fit for specific research mandates * Build sector fluency across B2B technology and software verticals to know precisely who the right expert is for a given mandate * Coordinate closely with research analysts and project leads to translate mandate requirements into a targeted sourcing strategy * Build and maintain long-term pipelines of vetted experts across priority sectors, re-engaging past contacts for new relevant mandates * Conduct outreach across multiple time zones to engage senior experts across our core US and European markets * Track and improve sourcing funnel performance — outreach response, call conversion, and expert reactivation rates * Maintain accurate expert records in our internal database * Identify and pilot new sourcing channels to continuously expand our global expert network * Support ad hoc sourcing and business development tasks as needed * Grow with the office: as a founding member of the Lisbon team, there's a clear path from sourcing execution into building and leading the team and strategy as the role and the office mature Your Profile: Across the firm, we attract motivated, intellectually curious, and analytically rigorous young professionals who are passionate about learning and creating impact. It's highly likely you'll move forward in the process if: * You have a Bachelor's degree with 1-3 years of experience in sourcing, business development, recruitment, or a similarly relationship-driven, target-oriented role * You have excellent verbal communication skills: confident, persuasive, and comfortable picking up the phone to cold call senior executives and industry experts * You have a strong drive to succeed in a target-oriented, high-volume outreach environment * You can quickly grasp business context and research needs, and translate them into a practical sourcing strategy * You're resilient and persistent: comfortable with rejection and able to stay motivated through high call volumes * You have strong organizational skills and are comfortable maintaining and working from a structured database/CRM * Prior experience in executive search, headhunting, sales development (BDR/SDR), or recruitment agency environments is a strong advantage * Strong oral and written communication skills in English are a must; French, German, Spanish, or Italian is a plus Cherry on the Cake: * You're passionate about technology and the B2B tech space, even without a formal background in it * You like collaborating as a team and delivering your best as an individual Recruitment Process: * 1 HR Chat * Interview with Country Manager * Pre-Case Interview with a Senior Manager * Case Study and Debrief with a VP * Final on-site interview with Managing Director and the HR team

GoCardless

About us GoCardless is a global bank payment company. Over 100,000 businesses, from start-ups to household names, use GoCardless to collect and send payments through direct debit, real-time payments and open banking.  GoCardless processes US$130bn+ of payments annually, across 30+ countries; helping customers collect and send both recurring and one-off payments, without the chasing, stress or expensive fees. We use AI-powered solutions to improve payment success and reduce fraud. And, with open banking connectivity to over 2,500 banks, we help our customers make faster, more informed decisions. We are headquartered in the UK with offices in London and Leeds, and additional locations in Australia, France, Ireland, Latvia, Portugal and the United States. At GoCardless, we're all about supporting you! We’re committed to making our hiring process inclusive and accessible. If you need extra support or adjustments, reach out to your Talent Partner — we’re here to help!  And remember: we don’t expect you to meet every single requirement. If you’re excited by this role, we encourage you to apply! ENGINEERING AT GOCARDLESS  The technical challenges of building GoCardless span from simplifying building banking schemes to optimising the time to render the dashboard.  You will enjoy being a software engineer at GoCardless if: * You’re looking to champion a great engineering culture within GC and in the wider engineering community;  * You enjoy collaborating and learning from people from various backgrounds and experiences;  * You want to feel proud of the work you’re doing and its impact on real customers. Our engineers contribute to the engineering culture within and outside of GoCardless: they contribute to Open Source Software projects (see our Github), and share learnings in post-mortems, conferences and on our blog. Our technologies: We endeavour to build simple, reliable systems and we believe in using the best technologies for each task. Technologies we use across GoCardless include: Ruby on Rails, Golang, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Postgres, BigQuery, Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, Prometheus, Google Cloud (GCP). You’re not expected to have expertise in all these technologies. Members of our team have picked up the tools once they’ve started working with the team. If you’re unsure, please apply.   THE ROLE Our mission as the Payment Intelligence team is to augment our bank payments product with intelligent data products that differentiate our offering and increase our win rates. Our focus areas are our existing products, Success+ and Protect+. This means creating market-leading payment recovery rates and fraud prevention products.  Projects in the pipeline that align to these focus areas are: * Improve payment recovery rates for failed Account to Account payments. * Enhance the value proposition of our Payment Intelligence products for our merchants. * Lead growth initiatives to increase the adoption of Success+ and Protect+ As an engineer, you will be actively working on projects that help grow the adoption of these products while improving the experience of using the same and coming up with ideas for new product features in this space. You will be aided and supported in this journey by a cross functional team of super talented and motivated engineers and data scientists This is a unique and high-profile opportunity for you, as an engineer, to work on building one one of GoCardless' major revenue streams in the coming years.   WHAT EXCITES YOU  * You have a growth mindset, motivated by driving concrete business outcomes. * You adapt to new technologies and processes quickly. * You thrive in a collaborative environment and believe the best products are built through collaboration. * You are passionate about building and improving products by experimenting, prototyping and applying an iterative approach to validate ideas and learn.   WHAT EXCITES US   * You have experience building web products and services, and have an awareness of technologies across the stack. * You adapt to new technologies and processes quickly. * You thrive in a collaborative environment and believe the best products are built through collaboration. * You care about building reliable, well-tested systems. * You enjoy solving problems and are happy to take initiative to find better solutions.   Base salary range: €52,000 - €78,000 Base salary ranges are based on role, job level, location, and market data.  Please note that whilst we strive to offer competitive compensation, our approach is to pay between the minimum and the mid-point of the pay range until performance can be assessed in role. Offers will take into account level of experience, interview assessment, budgets and parity between you and fellow employees at GoCardless doing similar work. (SOME OF) THE GOOD STUFF * Wellbeing - stay healthy with dedicated support and medical cover * Work away scheme - gives you the option to work away from your country of residence for up to 90 days in any 12 month period * Adaptive Working - allows you to work flexibly, around your lifestyle * Equity - all permanently employed GCs get equity to help you make a valuable contribution * Parental leave - to suit everyone embarking on life's great adventure * Learning Budget - lead your own development with an annual learning budget * Time off - generous holiday allowance, + 3 annual volunteer days, + 4 annual business-wide wellness days (‘GC Fridays’) LIFE AT GOCARDLESS   We're an organisation defined by our values; We start with why before we begin any project, to ensure it’s aligned with our mission. We act with integrity, always. We care deeply about what we do and we know it's essential that we be humble whilst we do it. Working this way creates the GC magic- the reason we all love showing up to work.  DIVERSITY & INCLUSION As of April 2025, we had 806 employees (GeeCees) globally, with 524 based in the UK, 163 based in Latvia and 119 across our other offices. To ensure that we're representative of the world around us - and to be able to review relevant benchmarks - we ask GeeCees to voluntarily disclose diversity data. This year, the proportion of GeeCees providing data increased to 88% (up from 79% in 2024). With regards to diversity within GoCardless, we can see GeeCees identifying as: Asian, Black, Mixed or Other — 25%  Neurodiverse — 9%  LGBTQIA+ — 9%  Disabled — 1%  Average age — 33 Female — 45% Male —  55%  We’re rooting for you during your application and GoCardless aims to provide reasonable adjustments to make our recruitment process as remarkable and accessible as we can. Please speak to your Talent Partner if you need extra support. If you want to learn more, you can read about our Employee Resource Groups and objectives here Sustainability We’re committed to reducing our impact on the environment, leaving a more sustainable world for future generations. Check out our sustainability action plan here. Find out more about Life at GoCardless via Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.