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Business Strategy PhD Assessment Expert

Mercor

Job Location:

Toronto - Canada

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 15 August 2026 (18 hours ago)

Application Deadline: 12 November 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco our investors include Benchmark General Catalyst Peter Thiel Adam DAngelo Larry Summers and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Applied Business & Commerce Benchmark Specialist
Type: Contract
Compensation: $77$98/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 10 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

Author original business questions that test deep conceptual understanding not surface-level recall.
Ensure questions are unambiguous self-contained and precisely defined. All necessary information must be in the problem statement.
Rate each questions difficulty: Medium (intro undergraduate) Hard (advanced undergraduate) or Expert (post-graduate and above).
Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives that challenge expert-level solvers.
Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear concise reasoning in markdown format.
Supply 15 academic references per question from reputable sources like peer-reviewed journals and university repositories.
For verification tasks: flag issues with clarity completeness precision or solvability and justify any edits made.

Qualifications

Must-Have

PhD DBA or doctoral candidate in Business Administration Management Marketing or a closely related field.
MBA or Masters degree considered for candidates with exceptional depth in a specific subdomain.
Strong command of graduate-level business strategy organizational theory and quantitative methods.
Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely.

Preferred