Research Analyst - Market Intelligence

About BDR Partners BDR Partners is a specialist advisory firm supporting businesses, investors, and leadership teams with high-quality research, market intelligence, and strategic insight. We help clients understand markets, evaluate opportunities, identify risks, and make better-informed commercial and investment decisions. Our work combines rigorous analysis, sector knowledge, and clear communication. We operate in a collaborative, fast-paced environment where curiosity, accuracy, and commercial judgment are central to everything we do.

About the Role BDR Partners is seeking a Research Analyst – Market Intelligence to join our growing team. In this role, you will support client engagements, business development initiatives, and internal knowledge-building by producing insightful market research, competitive analysis, and strategic intelligence. You will work closely with senior team members to gather, analyse, and interpret information across industries, companies, markets, and transactions. Your work will help shape client recommendations, investment views, market entry assessments, and commercial strategies. This role is well suited to someone who enjoys structured research, problem-solving, data analysis, and turning complex information into clear, actionable insight.

What You’ll Do As a Research Analyst – Market Intelligence, you will:

• Conduct detailed market, company, competitor, and sector research.
• Analyse industry trends, market dynamics, growth drivers, risks, and competitive landscapes.
• Support the preparation of client reports, presentations, briefing notes, and research outputs.
• Build market maps, company profiles, benchmarking analysis, and opportunity assessments.
• Gather and interpret information from public sources, databases, reports, interviews, and other research channels.
• Support commercial due diligence, market entry studies, investment screening, and strategic projects.
• Contribute analysis and insight to proposals, client pitches, and business development materials.
• Help develop BDR Partners’ internal knowledge base, research assets, sector trackers, and market intelligence tools.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across projects, often under tight timelines.
• Communicate findings clearly, both verbally and in writing, to internal and external stakeholders.

You’re Good At You will be a strong fit for this role if you are good at:

• Structuring ambiguous research questions and developing clear analytical approaches.
• Finding, validating, and synthesising information from multiple sources.
• Producing concise, well-written research outputs and presentations.
• Analysing markets, sectors, competitors, and companies with a commercial mindset.
• Working with data in Excel and presenting insights clearly in PowerPoint or similar tools.
• Managing multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Thinking critically about the quality, reliability, and relevance of information.
• Working independently while also contributing effectively as part of a team.
• Communicating complex findings in a clear, structured, and confident way.
• Staying curious about business, markets, investment trends, and industry developments.

What You’ll Bring We are looking for candidates with:

• 4+ years of experience in research, market intelligence, consulting, corporate strategy, investment research, business analysis, or a related field.
• A bachelor’s degree in business, economics, finance, management, politics, international relations, or another relevant discipline.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Experience using research databases, market reports, company filings, news sources, or financial data platforms.
• Good commercial awareness and an interest in business, investment, and market trends.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to produce accurate, high-quality work.
• The ability to work under pressure and deliver to deadlines.
• Additional languages, sector expertise, financial modelling experience, or prior exposure to M&A, private equity, consulting, or commercial due diligence would be advantageous.

Who You’ll Work With You will work closely with senior members of BDR Partners and collaborate with colleagues across research, advisory, and client-facing workstreams. You will contribute to both live client projects and internal market intelligence initiatives, helping the firm build stronger insight, sharper analysis, and better client outcomes.

What We Offer BDR Partners offers the opportunity to work on intellectually engaging projects across a range of sectors, companies, and markets. You will gain exposure to strategic advisory work, develop strong analytical skills, and contribute directly to research that informs important commercial and investment decisions. You will join a collaborative, ambitious, and supportive team where high-quality thinking, initiative, and professional growth are valued.

Equal Opportunities BDR Partners is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates and are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. All applicants will be considered without regard to age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.