Network Research Associate Manager

About Dedale:

Dedale is the differentiating source of strategic intelligence in the technology space. With a unique team of over 100 full-time research analysts & planners, Dedale leverages a network of over 10 000 market professionals to deliver on the ground strategic intelligence to investors and corporates, with a core focus around North America and Europe.

Our team gathers top talents with diverse and international backgrounds. Our Research & Investment team has the strongest expertise in the ecosystem on B2B Software due diligence, and we are surrounded by a network of mentors including high-profile tech founders and investors.

Our Culture: 

Dedale gathers a group of highly talented international individuals (incl. US, Chinese, Filipino, French, Moroccan, Latvian, Lebanese nationalities among others).

The leadership team is composed of experienced investment professionals & management consultants (ex-McKinsey, BCG consultants & managers). 

Our advisory board is extremely high profile, including some of the most successful investors worldwide (incl. Managing Partners of the largest PE and Growth Equity funds, and Tech unicorn entrepreneurs). 

We seek to develop a dream team of outstanding Expert Research team with a passion for investing and technology to supporting Dedale and clients in making multi-million investments in B2B Software.

Your Role: 

As Associate Planning Manager, you are responsible for driving project momentum. You will lead the QA vertical, with a strong focus on optimizing sourcing strategies, ensuring timely expert delivery, and maintaining high-quality standards across all projects. 

You will work cross-functionally with Associate Team Leaders, Team Leaders and Senior Team Leaders to ensure sourcing plans are correctly implemented, blockers are addressed early, and experts meet the standards required by the research team. You’ll play a key role in creative coaching and constantly explore other sourcing strategies and techniques to put in place. 

You Responsibilities: 

• Monitor the development and progress of ongoing advisory projects from a QA standpoint

• Ensure that sourcing strategies are clearly communicated, executed, and adapted per project needs

• Proactively identify delivery risks (e.g., slow progress, sourcing mismatch, quality concerns) and collaborate with leads to resolve them

• Conduct reviews of expert profiles and outreach channels to assess quality and strategic alignment

• Conduct creative coaching sessions to improve sourcing strategy and critical thinking among planners

• Create and maintain project QA checklists and brief templates to drive consistency across teams

• Provide targeted support and uplift to teams struggling with complex, high-pressure projects

• Partner closely with Planning Operations for visibility into project allocation and planner bandwidth

• Escalate structural delivery or quality issues to Head of Planning with clear root-cause insights

• Share learnings and best practices across the Planning, QA, and Training verticals to promote collective performance improvement

Your Profile: 

• You have at least 4-5 years of experience within supervisory level in related functions such as expert sourcing, technical recruitment, sourcing, prospecting, leads generation, business development 

• Proven experience in managing in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment 

• You have experience identifying or creating KPIs/metrics to evaluate project performance/task outcomes 

• You have experience working in a strong international and fast-paced environment 

• You have a strong strategic thinking mind 

• You feel comfortable communicating with high-profile stakeholders 

• You have experience in coaching & mentoring a team, and know how to collaborate efficiently 

• You have excellent English language skills (oral and written)

Cherry on the Cake: 

• You are interested in entrepreneurship and in growing a business in the coming few years 

• You are passionate about technology, innovation, and investment 

Recruitment process: 

• Introduction call with HR Manager 

• Interviews with Director of Planning team 

• 1 Test 

• 2 interviews with a member of the leadership team & founder