Senior Research Associate

The Senior Research Associate will lead TMT Finance’s proprietary data acquisition effort, reporting into the Research Manager. This role owns the relationships that underpin TMT’s dataset: proactively engaging financial advisors, legal advisors, funds, and companies to source proprietary deal data that cannot be obtained from public filings or desk research alone.

This relationship-led role requires the successful candidate to build and manage a network of market contacts, turning outreach into consistent, high-quality data submissions. Working closely with the wider company, they will help shape a core growth area of the business and make a visible commercial impact from day one.

Responsibilities

Proprietary Data Acquisition & Outreach

• Lead direct outreach to financial advisors, legal advisors, funds, and companies to source proprietary deal data
• Build a structured, repeatable outreach process to convert cold contacts into consistent data submitters
• Own outreach targets and track conversion from first contact through to ongoing data submission

Relationship Building & Market Engagement

• Develop and maintain a personal network of senior contacts across the digital infrastructure M&A and financing ecosystem
• Represent TMT Finance confidently on calls, in meetings, and at industry events to build trust with market participants
• Identify new sources of proprietary data as the business expands into new verticals and geographies

Market & Domain Expertise

• Maintain a strong understanding of core trends in the global digital infrastructure industry
• Stay abreast of regulatory, technological, and investment developments impacting data requirements
• Support proprietary research, benchmarks, and insight products with first‑hand market intelligence

What We’re Looking For

Experience & Expertise:

• 2+ years’ experience in financial services
• Proven experience in outreach and relationship building
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Leadership & Mindset:

• Commercial mindset: driven, persistent, and confident opening new relationships
• High level of self‑motivation
• Attention to detail and patience
• Multi‑tasking and strong time management

Why Join Us

• Make a Visible Impact: Own a core growth area from day one, building the proprietary data relationships that power TMT Finance’s intelligence platform for blue‑chip clients worldwide.
• Flexible Working: Hybrid model: 3 days in our Central London office (Tues‑Thurs), 2 days remote.
• Time Off & Wellbeing: 25 days annual leave + your birthday off, competitive pension scheme, Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 confidential support, perks platform with discounts and rewards, paid personal and group volunteering. Annual charitable donations from company profits.
• Culture & Environment: Spacious office with breakout areas, library, and games (pool, darts, table tennis); collaborative, values‑driven culture: Real People, Real Relationships, Real Intelligence, Real Impact. Employee referral scheme.
• Vibrant Location: 32 Lafone Street, London SE1 - just minutes from London Bridge Station

Find out more at Careers | TMT Finance.

About TMT Finance

Founded in 2009, TMT Finance empowers decision‑makers in digital infrastructure through actionable intelligence, proprietary data, and exclusive industry insight. Our platform is the go‑to source for M&A, financing, and investment intelligence across telecoms, towers, datacentres, cloud, fibre, and advisory sectors.

We’ve grown 40%+ annually over the past five years and are scaling rapidly – with major investment in product, expansion into the US and APAC, and plans to grow from 70 to 100+ employees in the next 3 to 5 years.

We’re looking for driven, strategic thinkers who thrive in fast‑paced environments and want to make a real impact.

TMT Finance welcomes applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith, or disability. All appointments will be based on merit and a fair and transparent process.