Market Intelligence Lead, Commercial Real Estate

About the Opportunity:

Northspyre sits on one of the largest and most unique datasets in real estate development—covering budgets, contracts, invoices, costs, and change orders across thousands of active projects.

We are building a market intelligence platform that transforms this proprietary data into research and benchmarks that developers, owners, and capital allocators rely on to understand where the market is going.

This role will lead the analytical work behind that effort.

You will analyze complex development data, identify meaningful economic signals, and produce original research that helps define the emerging category of Development Intelligence. Your work will inform industry conversations, support Northspyre’s strategic positioning, and help our customers make better capital decisions.

This role sits at the intersection of real estate economics, market research, and applied data analysis. It is ideal for someone who enjoys uncovering patterns in real-world datasets and translating those findings into clear, credible insights for a professional audience.

In This Role You Will:

• Lead the development of the Northspyre Index - Design and maintain recurring benchmarks on development activity, cost trends, and project performance derived from Northspyre’s proprietary dataset.
• Produce original market research - Author in-depth reports that analyze trends in development costs, capital deployment, vendor performance, and project risk.
• Analyze complex development data - Explore large datasets to identify trends, anomalies, and structural shifts in the real estate development market.
• Structure and prepare messy data for analysis - Clean and normalize unstructured project data using SQL, Excel, and other analytical tools.
• Translate research into clear industry insights - Produce concise, data-driven narratives that help developers, CFOs, and investors understand what is happening in the market and why it matters.
• Collaborate cross-functionally - Work with marketing, product, and sales teams to ensure research insights are effectively communicated to customers and the broader industry.
• Represent Northspyre’s market intelligence externally - Present findings through webinars, industry discussions, and research publications.

We Are Looking For People Who Have:

• Experience analyzing markets or industries - Background in real estate research, economic analysis, consulting, brokerage research, or financial analysis.
• Strong analytical skills - Comfort working with large datasets and identifying meaningful trends.
• Hands-on data experience - Experience cleaning and validating complex datasets.
• Technical data skills - SQL experience (Snowflake preferred) and advanced Excel proficiency.
• Domain fluency - Understanding of real estate development, construction economics, or adjacent industries.
• Clear communication skills - Ability to translate analysis into clear, structured insights for a professional audience.
• Independent research mindset - You proactively investigate questions, pursue insights, and move research forward with minimal direction.
• Strong intellectual curiosity - You enjoy understanding how markets work and separating meaningful signals from noise.

Bonus Points If You Have:

• Experience producing market reports or industry research.
• Background in:
  • Real estate economics
  • Commercial real estate research
  • Development consulting
  • Brokerage market analytics
  • Equity research or financial analysis
  • Familiarity with statistical or econometric analysis.
  • Experience presenting research insights to professional audiences.