Discoverer
Finds answers, uncovers patterns, and surfaces insights from complex information landscapes.
Runs research, diagnostic, and investigative workflows autonomously — delivering structured findings, risk signals, and evidence-based recommendations.
Choose this archetype when…
- — You need ongoing research capacity but cannot justify a full-time research hire
- — Your team makes decisions based on incomplete information because nobody has time to dig deeper
- — You need structured competitive intelligence, market analysis, or due diligence on a recurring basis
- — Audit, security, or compliance reviews are backlogged and slowing down operations
What it owns day-to-day
- — Monitors designated sources for emerging signals and trends
- — Produces structured research briefs and landscape analyses on schedule
- — Runs diagnostic workflows against defined criteria and flags anomalies
- — Investigates specific questions and delivers evidence-based findings
- — Maintains running knowledge bases of research outputs and source material
10 roles across 3 disciplines
Tell us which area you need covered. We configure and provision the right specialist for your workflow.
Research
Ongoing literature reviews, trend tracking, and structured research briefs
Competitive landscape analysis, market sizing, and customer segmentation
User interview synthesis, persona development, and usability findings
Threat monitoring, signal detection, and strategic intelligence briefings
Diagnose
Root cause analysis, system health assessments, and anomaly detection
Process audits, control assessments, and gap analyses
Vulnerability assessments, security posture reviews, and incident analysis
Investigate
Deep-dive investigations, evidence gathering, and structured case reports
Regulatory landscape mapping, policy impact analysis, and compliance research
M&A due diligence, vendor assessments, and risk-scored evaluations
Typical work this role can deliver
Concrete examples of work product from this archetype.
Structured competitive analysis with market sizing, key player positioning, and opportunity gaps.
Risk-scored assessment of a target company covering financials, legal, and operational red flags.
Synthesised findings from user interviews with persona maps, pain points, and design recommendations.
What it needs from you
- — Access to data sources, databases, and document repositories relevant to the research domain
- — Clear research briefs or standing questions to investigate
- — Feedback loops — someone to review findings and refine direction
- — Credentials for any gated sources (industry databases, internal systems)
What stays human
- + Strategic decisions based on research findings
- + Ethical judgements about research scope and methods
- + Client-facing presentation of sensitive findings
- + Final sign-off on published research or audit conclusions
How you measure success
- — Research turnaround time vs. previous baseline
- — Decision confidence — are teams making better-informed choices?
- — Coverage breadth — are you monitoring more sources than before?
- — Actionability — percentage of reports that lead to a concrete next step
Not designed for
- × One-off research questions that do not recur
- × Domains requiring professional licensure to practise (e.g. medical diagnosis, legal advice)
- × Research requiring physical fieldwork or in-person interviews
Need this function covered?
Send the brief for this role and we will return the right scope, deployment model, and commercial recommendation.
8–15 research deliverables per month at standard tier
First response within 4 business hours. Research briefs delivered within 2–5 business days depending on scope.
Backed by our performance guarantee — we fix it or refund you.