I currently work as a senior analyst in FDD at a big 4 firm. I want to work for start ups and I was wondering what kind of roles would be suitable for someone with my skill set? My day to day typically involves analyzing trends in data, communicating with upper management / funds, market research. I’m drawn to start ups because I want to express my creative side. Are there roles that involve studying customers usage and understanding feedback?

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Data scientist or product ops, depends on the company

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Can you share some of your insights publicly? It’s a question I have too, and would like to see about FDD exit opps

Data analytics, operations, strategy, customer support (on the analytics side) could all have potential. With that said, most smaller startups aren’t going to have roles specific to strategy or customer analytics available - I’d probably look at Series B and up! I work at a early stage startup accelerator and don’t happen to see many roles open in the latter two, unless that company raised a massive Series A or they’re looking for a cofounder/very early hire with significant equity.

Based on your background, I’d spend some time looking into fintech based on your big 4 experience but you could easily transfer that into any company heavily focused on customer insight or user experience.

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