Research Analyst, Biotech (Contract) - Arcadia Science

Job Title: Research Analyst, Biotech (Contract)
Job Location: Emeryville, California
Job Listing URL: https://jobs.lever.co/arcadiascience/c0ae4829-7f63-4e9e-95d7-ee2ff8b253b2
Job Description: A Bit About Us:

We are Arcadia Science. Arcadia is a science company founded and led by scientists. Our mission is to transform evolutionary innovations into real-world solutions by openly developing more efficient, replicable, and sustainable ways to leverage the biology of diverse organisms. Scientists at Arcadia share as much of their research as possible to gather community feedback and accelerate scientific progress.

The Opportunity:

We’re looking for a 1–2 month contract Research Analyst to collect clear, actionable insights about the biotech industry relevant to our platform. You’ll help us connect market opportunities to our science by researching competitive landscapes and identifying potential partners based on our scientific platform. The ideal candidate is resourceful, has hands-on research experience, and strong synthesis skills. You should be able to leverage a wide array of tools to quickly survey a large volume of information and efficiently unearth key takeaways. You should have enough direct scientific experience to contextualize our research against the broader biotech landscape.

You’ll work in a fast, iterative way: framing questions with us, assessing publicly available information, securing non-public information as needed, and turning results into crisp, actionable reports.
Responsibilities
Work directly with our co-founders to define key questions and research plans.
Obtain information from a wide array of sources; evaluate the need for building/buying non-public datasets, conducting expert interviews, etc.
Deliver concise artifacts: market maps, competitive scans, written reports, and other deliverables across relevant segments (companies, tools, technologies, and any other relevant areas) with recommendations and next steps.
Maintain a tidy research repository (data, sources, notes, interview summaries) and ensure scientific and analytical rigor by checking with SMEs as needed.
Experience
Enough scientific background to understand our research across multiple disciplines; advanced degree in the life sciences or equivalent required.
Demonstrated end-to-end research skills: scoping, data collection, modeling, and synthesis.
Strong analytical chops (spreadsheet modeling, basic statistics) and comfort documenting assumptions and limits.
Understanding of relevant research ecosystems and private-sector dynamics (e.g., venture capital, tooling vendors, etc).
Excellent communication; able to turn complex inputs into clear, decision-ready narratives and slides; collaborative and detail-oriented.