Competitive Intelligence Intern

Who we are:

Advisors, operations, compliance and technology teams total roughly 340 people. Quarter-end is busy, and everyone helps with client review prep.

Overview:

Fully remote research internship. Most work is desk research, online surveys and remote customer interviews. Remote within the US. The team meets in San Diego once a quarter, travel covered. Day-to-day communication is in Slack and Google Meet.

Day to day:

• Read app store and online reviews to find common complaints and requests.
• Maintain a research library in Notion or Google Drive.
• Conduct remote customer interviews over Zoom and write up key quotes.
• Estimate market size using public data, government statistics and industry reports.
• Build lists of potential customer segments with company size and location.
• Analyse survey results in Excel with pivot tables and charts.
• Design online surveys in Google Forms or Typeform and clean the responses.

Who can apply:

• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating between December 2027 and June 2028.
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship.
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship.
• Good Excel or Google Sheets skills, including pivot tables and charts.
• Laptop, headset and a stable internet connection for remote interviews.
• Strong written English for summaries and reports.
• Curious, and careful about where numbers come from.

What you get out of it:

• Running remote interviews and writing up findings clearly.
• Building comparison sheets and decks that managers actually read.
• You will see your research used in real pricing and launch decisions.
• How to size a market and defend your numbers.

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Feb 2027

Stipend: $24.00 - $27.00 per hour

What we offer:

• Learning and development stipend.
• Paid company holidays.
• Return offer opportunities.
• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)

Please include a short note on why this role interests you.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Feb 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Velvetstack.