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Business Performance Analyst

$40-80/hrRemoteFreelanceSTEM

About the Role

What if your business analysis expertise and leadership skills could directly shape how AI understands the commercial world — from finance and strategy to operations and consulting? We're looking for experienced Business Performance Analysts to lead and mentor teams creating high-quality, business-focused content that trains the next generation of AI models.

This is a fully remote, flexible contract role. No prior AI experience required — just a strong foundation in business analysis and a track record of leading teams to deliver quality work.

  • Organization: Alignerr
  • Type: Hourly Contract
  • Location: Remote
  • Commitment: 10–40 hours/week

What You'll Do

  • Lead and mentor a team of Business Analysts and Content Specialists creating structured, business-focused AI training content
  • Allocate tasks, manage workflows, and ensure timely, high-quality delivery across projects
  • Conduct thorough QA reviews of team outputs, refining processes and lifting overall quality standards
  • Provide clear, actionable performance feedback, coaching, and professional development support
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for project stakeholders, delivering regular progress updates
  • Guide the creation of case studies, business scenarios, and domain-focused content spanning finance, policy, e-commerce, strategy, and more
  • Identify gaps in content quality and implement systematic improvements across the team

Who You Are

  • Experienced team leader with a proven ability to manage, motivate, and develop analytical talent
  • Strong business analyst or consultant background — you understand how to break down complex problems and communicate insights clearly
  • Naturally detail-oriented with a sharp eye for logical consistency, accuracy, and analytical rigour
  • Skilled at giving structured, constructive feedback that genuinely improves work quality
  • Creative thinker who can approach business scenarios from multiple angles
  • Excellent communicator — comfortable collaborating across teams and reporting to stakeholders
  • Self-directed and reliable when working autonomously in a remote environment
  • No prior AI or tech experience required

Requirements

  • 2+ years of team management or team leadership experience
  • 3–6 years in business analysis, management consulting, strategy, or a closely related domain
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Statistics, or a related field — or equivalent professional experience
  • Strong research and analytical skills with the ability to evaluate the quality of business reasoning and content
  • Ability to provide detailed annotations and structured feedback

Nice to Have

  • Master's degree or MBA in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline
  • Experience with data annotation, data quality assurance, or content evaluation workflows
  • Background in case study writing, academic research, or structured business content creation
  • Familiarity with AI tools or large language model evaluation as an end user

Why Join Us

  • Work on cutting-edge AI projects alongside leading research labs and AI development teams
  • Fully remote and flexible — structure your hours around your life, not the other way around
  • Freelance autonomy with the substance of meaningful, high-impact work
  • Gain firsthand exposure to how advanced AI models are trained and evaluated
  • Make a direct, tangible contribution to how AI understands business, strategy, and economics
  • Potential for ongoing work and contract extension as new projects launch