Consultant – Business Report Quality & Strategic Insights Expert

Mercor is partnering with a leading AI research company to improve how AI systems generate executive-level business reports and strategic recommendations. We're looking for experienced management consultants to help define what excellent business reporting looks like, create high-quality reports that address complex business questions, and evaluate AI-generated reasoning and outputs. This is a chance to apply consulting rigour to the development of next-generation AI systems that support business decision-making.

Responsibilities

Report Framework Development

• Define standards for high-quality business reports and executive communications
• Establish best practices for argument structure, evidence hierarchy, storytelling, and recommendation development
• Help create evaluation rubrics that distinguish exceptional, average, and poor-quality outputs

Report Writing

• Analyse business questions generated by AI systems
• Synthesise multiple sources of information into clear, actionable recommendations
• Produce decision-ready reports comparable to strategy consulting deliverables presented to executive leadership

Session Scoring & Evaluation

Review AI-generated research and reporting workflows across:

• Consistency of reasoning and recommendations
• Accuracy of analyses and conclusions
• Appropriateness of confidence assessments
• Quality of logical reasoning
• Executive readiness of final outputs
• Provide detailed feedback and scoring rationale.

Requirements

Must Have

• 3+ years at McKinsey, Bain, BCG, LEK, Oliver Wyman, Strategy&, Kearney, EY-Parthenon, Roland Berger, or a comparable strategy consulting firm
• Experience producing executive-facing presentations and reports
• Strong analytical problem-solving and structured thinking skills
• Experience synthesising qualitative and quantitative research into recommendations
• Excellent written communication skills
• Availability to commit 40 hours during the first week and approximately 15 hours per week thereafter

Preferred

• Experience in CPG, healthcare/pharma, financial services, retail, or consumer sectors
• Experience presenting recommendations directly to senior executives
• Experience evaluating analytical work products or mentoring junior consultants

Engagement Details

• Engagement Length: 1 month initially, with potential extension
• Commitment: 40 hours during the first week (training, calibration, and framework development), followed by approximately 15 hours per week for the remainder of the engagement

Why Join

• Help shape how future AI systems perform strategic business analysis
• Apply consulting expertise to cutting-edge AI evaluation work
• Work alongside senior consultants, researchers, and industry leaders