Who we are:

Blue Heron is a research firm specializing in providing qualitative due diligence to a wide range of clients. We apply the fundamentals of investigative and business journalism – detailed interviews and meticulous public records searches – to uncover the unvarnished truth about a company from developments on the factory floor to strategic level reputational and growth prospects.

What you’ll do:

• Conduct extensive outreach and interviews with various sources, gathering business intelligence for institutional investors and corporate clients.
• Find creative solutions when a project has stalled.
• Spend significant time reaching out to and following up with potential sources, using phone, email, and InMail.
• Assist associates as they identify sources.
• Liaise with project managers, editing and sourcing teams.
• Apply all compliance guidelines throughout the process.

Who you are:

• You have 3-5 years of experience in intelligence, CI or due diligence research.
• You possess excellent communication skills as well as strong problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• You thrive in a challenging, fast-paced environment and deliver against short deadlines.
• You are patient, persistent and comfortable juggling several projects on different topics.
• You are self-motivated, efficient, and highly organized with excellent planning and time management skills.
• You are flexible and comfortable adjusting the line of inquiry to the changing scope of the project.
• You are naturally curious and can handle a steep learning curve.

Advantage: Candidates comfortable conducting interviews in multiple European languages (especially French, German or Spanish).