Analyst, Insights

Location: London

Mobility: Office based with occasional travel as required, and flexibility to work part of the week remotely. 

Hours: Full time, with full flexibility to meet the demands of the role, whether in or out of core office hours

 

ABOUT ATOMICO

Atomico is the founder-built European venture capital firm. We partner with the most ambitious entrepreneurs using technology to rewire the world, better.

Skype co-founder Niklas Zennström launched Atomico in 2006 with the belief that entrepreneurs are the ultimate gamechangers for positive transformation across the most critical aspects of our society and economy. Starting in Europe, the firm’s mission is to further their global progress, with a platform offering unmatched support from the early stage to scale. 

Over 150 of Europe’s most ambitious founders have partnered with Atomico, including Aiven, Bird (formerly MessageBird), DeepL, Hinge Health, Jobandtalent, Klarna, Neko Health, Pipedrive, Stripe, Supercell and Wellhub. Atomico's team of investors and operational leaders are drawn from some of the most successful technology companies in the world, including Skype, Google, Twitter and Wise.

The Opportunity

We believe that technology is rapidly transforming the Venture Capital asset class, that investment firms of the near future will operate on top of highly sophisticated public and proprietary data systems, supporting and augmenting every aspect of the investment life cycle, from discovery and diligence to portfolio support.

At Atomico, we see the massive potential value these systems can unlock over the past 10 years, we’ve invested heavily in our internal capabilities and tooling and have one of the most sophisticated internal platforms on the market, we aim to accelerate that early lead and are investing further in this capability.

This role is a core execution position within the Insights team, responsible for owning repeatable analytical processes, supporting the investment team’s due diligence processes with high-quality data work, and acting as a year-over-year anchor for Atomico’s flagship research and intelligence efforts, including the State of European Tech.

While this is not an investment role, you will be close to the investment decision-making process, to which we expect you to contribute insights and relationships.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver structured competitor benchmarks, feature maps, and market landscapes to support IC decisions
• Execute survey programming, data cleaning, and analysis for diligence and thematic work
• Produce consistent, high-quality due diligence materials across Venture and Growth teams
• Support the production of the annual flagship ‘State of European Tech’ report, including owning large parts of the end-to-end analytical execution of SOET and supporting on the evolution of the annual State of European Tech survey 
• Help to maintain best-in-class set of third-party suppliers
• Build relationships and develop a high quality networks within the broader ecosystem
• Contribute to team and firm building initiatives  

Qualifications & Experience 

The most important long term investment we make is to hire, develop and retain smart, open minded, creative, ambitious, entrepreneurial, mission driven and independent thinking people with integrity and humility who are here to win as part of Team Atomico. 

• Ability to tell stories with data: You love the power of data and logical reasoning to connect dots, unlocking its secrets and telling its story, so that others are empowered by the new-found knowledge and can look into the future 
• Analytical & technical skills:You’re able to use a variety of tools (Google Sheets, Excel, Google Slides, Powerpoint) to produce high-quality analysis. You are also comfortable working with large datasets and repeatable analytical workflows. Comfortable writing and adapting SQL. Experience with python would be a strong plus and enable deeper collaboration with our technical team. 
• Track record: Your passion and commitment has helped you to frequently overcome challenges and exceed people’s expectations in your life, including in your early professional career (2+ years of experience in a relevant field) 
• Passion for (European) tech: You’re passionate about the role that technology and entrepreneurship will play in helping to solve world problems at scale 
• Curiosity: You are committed to learning and your curiosity to generate and explore new ideas is rarely, if ever, satisfied 
• Managing relationships: You understand how to build strong interpersonal relationships within a diverse group of decision-makers and teams and are able to contribute effectively, whoever is around you
• Time and project management: You understand your time is your most valuable asset and you set and manage your priorities on that basis. You like to see things through until completion, and you are not happy when something is started but not taken to an appropriate conclusion 

Personal Characteristics

• Results-driven with a bias for action and commitment to excellence; highly organised with excellent attention to detail. 
• Self-directed, rolls up sleeves and engages in all activities with a sense of urgency (“gets it done on time, every time”).
• A team player and relationship builder who creates loyalty, trust and following, with a collaborative attitude and desire to contribute outside primary areas of responsibility. 
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment of constant change and can manage numerous time-sensitive matters simultaneously, remaining positive and resilient.  
• Humble and operates with a high level of integrity. You recognise that if you *think* you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re probably in the wrong room. You are modest about your abilities, but you are confident to use them to improve the way things get done around you  
• Bold and progressive with a strong growth mindset and open to giving and receiving candid feedback.
• Autonomous and capable of defending ideas in front of a variety of stakeholders at the company

What success looks like in this role

• Becomes a trusted execution partner for the investment and insights teams
• Owns recurring analytical processes with minimal oversight
• Acts as an anchor for SOET and other long-term intelligence programmes

What you will receive from us:

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive benefits package, including but not limited to: private medical insurance, 10% non contributory pension contribution, generous fitness subsidy, health & wellbeing support, unlimited holiday, daily lunch and competitive family-friendly benefits to support working parents
• Access to training & development opportunities relevant to the role

 

Notes: The information provided in this job description is not contractual and is subject to change in line with the needs of the business and market forces. The role-holder’s duties include but are not limited to those outlined above. The role-holder is expected to carry out any other duties as may reasonably be requested of them or as may be additionally assigned to the role from time to time.