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Applied Business & Commerce Benchmark Specialist

Mercor / Applied Business & Commerce Benchmark Specialist

RATE

$77-$98/HR

LOCATION

REMOTE (GLOBAL)

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DESCRIPTION

We are seeking business and commerce experts to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will write and verify rigorous multiple-choice questions across core business domains, evaluate solution quality, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks used to advance AI capabilities. You will be assigned one of two task types: Question Authoring — Create original, challenging multiple-choice questions in your area of business expertise, rate their difficulty, and submit them for review. Question Verification — Review pre-written questions for accuracy, clarity, and rigor. Edit where needed, rate difficulty, and document any changes made. Business & Commerce Domains Covered Logistics / Supply Chain Management, Operations Research Analysis, Sustainability, Management Analysis, Product Management and Strategy, Digital Marketing. Key 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 question's 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 1–5 academic references per question from reputable sources (peer-reviewed journals, university repositories) For verification tasks: flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify any edits made Ideal

REQUIREMENTS

▸PhD, DBA, or doctoral candidate in Business Administration, Management, Marketing, or a closely related field
▸MBA or Master's degree considered for candidates with exceptional depth in a specific subdomain
▸Strong command of graduate-level business strategy, organizational theory, and quantitative methods
▸Industry leadership experience or research publications in business fields is a strong plus
▸Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely
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▸Expected commitment: 10+ hours/week
▸Asynchronous, fully remote work