Security & Resiliency Initiative, Field Research Analyst, Analyst

JPMorgan

Chase is seeking a Field Research Analyst to join the Security & Resiliency Initiative (SRI) Strategic Investment Group in New York City. This role supports investment due diligence and thesis development across multiple verticals, including Defense, Future Technology, Supply Chain, and Energy
. The Analyst will spend the majority of their time engaging external stakeholders via calls/Zoom to generate differentiated, primary-source insights for the investment team.

• Primary research & external engagement (core): Identify, source, and engage relevant stakeholders (industry practitioners, operators, academics, former executives, and other domain experts) primarily via phone/Zoom to inform diligence and investment theses.
• Interview planning & execution: Prepare outreach messaging, develop interview guides, and conduct/lead expert calls (with guidance early on), capturing decision-useful insights with high-quality notes and timely summaries.
• Competitive intelligence: Research companies, industries, and emerging trends; synthesize findings into clear implications for the investment process.
• Diligence support: Maintain pipelines of contacts, track diligence work streams, coordinate scheduling, and support the team’s decision timeline with organized, high-signal outputs.
• Insight communication: Rapidly distill key takeaways into concise updates (call notes, 1-pagers, thematic memos) and verbal readouts for early-stage decision-making.
• Research integrity & discretion: Apply strong judgment and professionalism; handle sensitive information appropriately and adhere to ethical research standards.
• Collaboration: Partner closely with investors to refine research questions, pressure-test assumptions, and integrate findings into investment recommendations.

• Education: Bachelor’s degree to be completed between Dec 2025 – Jun 2026 (or equivalent); ideally from a Liberal Arts college/university with demonstrated coursework exposure acrossSTEMdisciplines (e.g., economics/statistics, computer science, engineering, data science, environmental science, physics, math).
• Comfort with high-volume external calls: Demonstrated ability (through internships, campus roles, or projects) to engage professionally with new contacts, ask strong questions, and learn quickly in live conversations.
• Communication: Excellent writing and verbal communication; able to synthesize ambiguity into clear, decision-relevant summaries.
• Analytical thinking: Strong critical thinking and structured problem-solving; able to form hypotheses and test them with evidence from primary and secondary sources.
• Project management: Able to manage multiple parallel work streams, prioritize under deadlines, and maintain attention to detail.
• Integrity & discretion: High ethical standards and sound judgment handling sensitive topics and confidential information.

• Internship or campus experience in research, investigative journalism, consulting, competitive intelligence, policy, risk, or investing.