Business StrategistIrvine, California, United States

Business Strategist If you're eager to work side-by-side with serial entrepreneurs and gain real exposure to high-level decision-making, this is the opportunity to fast-track your growth. Cie is a Venture Studio that specializes in accelerating growth and digital innovation for large enterprises and emerging startups. We leverage our domain expertise gained from dozens of early-stage ventures to support our partners from ideation to commercialization. Named a best place to work in 2025 by BuiltIn LA. From Zero to One: How Cie's Culture Helps New Ideas Shine We are seeking a skilled Business Strategist to play a pivotal role in shaping the strategic direction of our portfolio companies and ventures through comprehensive market research and customer insights. This is a contract-to-hire role designed for a generalist researcher who can adeptly analyze market trends, conduct competitive analysis, and deliver valuable customer insights. Key Responsibilities Market Research: Conduct thorough and creative market research to evaluate subject company position relative to landscape competitors. Customer Insights: Design and execute studies to gather customer insights. Develop hypotheses on major problems to solve and use them as inputs to ideation. Facilitate customer cohort discussions, manage surveys/interviews, analyze results, and validate prototypes through customer feedback. Present findings and actionable insights to senior management. Strategic Analysis: Synthesize client, competitor, and customer information to identify key problems and opportunities. Create associations and sequence information to develop clear, data-driven recommendations. Qualifications 3-5 years of consulting experience, preferably with top-tier consulting firms or venture studios. Proven experience in market research, customer insights, and prototype development. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Strong critical reasoning skills. Excellent communication and presentation skills. Proficient in data analysis tools and methodologies. Bonus points for experience in project management and creating strategy or concept-based presentations. High tolerance for ambiguity and ability to work independently.