Content Manager - Research - Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure

Position summary The Content Manager serves as the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure subject matter expert within the Consumer Goods & Services pod and owns its expert research content coverage. The role identifies the companies, themes and investor questions that warrant coverage; defines and validates the Network Member profiles needed; designs differentiated interview agendas; leads human-moderated one-to-one interviews; and develops recurring programs for execution by Associates. The primary output of this research is the transcript: a written record of each human-moderated interview, published on GLG's Library, our access-controlled research platform, for use by institutional investors. The role requires an investor mindset and deep knowledge of Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, including its companies, value chain, financial statements, operating drivers, industry cycles and current debates. The Content Manager must also understand relevant credit, private-market and other investor perspectives well enough to assess the sub-sector broadly; ask incisive questions; challenge superficial answers; and produce content that leaves investors materially better informed. Key responsibilities Coverage ownership and research agenda Set and maintain the research agenda for Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, including priority companies, themes, catalysts, investor debates and underserved information needs. Identify emerging themes, inflection points and content gaps early, connecting macro, sector and sub-sector developments to company-level implications. Translate earnings calls, conferences, market events, client demand and usage signals into timely interviews and recurring content programs for Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure. Use a shared research foundation to develop several distinct conversations on the same company or topic without producing repetitive content. Network Member strategy and interview leadership Build and maintain a map of the roles, organizations, value-chain positions and geographies needed to answer priority research questions. Structured programs, quality and collaboration Define the research objective, respondent criteria, question sets and cadence for channel checks and other recurring structured programs within Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure. Brief Associates executing those programs, review representative output and determine whether it meets substantive research and quality standards. Work with Associates and Compliance to resolve substantive questions and carry approved content through publication. Capture company briefs, Network Member knowledge, question frameworks and findings in reusable form to strengthen future coverage of Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure. Collaborate across the sector pod when sub-sector, asset-class, regional or thematic perspectives would materially improve the research, and contribute to team ideation, knowledge sharing and quality calibration. Use AI-enabled research and moderation tools to deepen preparation and improve efficiency, applying judgment to validate outputs. Required qualifications 5–10 years of relevant experience in equity or credit research, buy-side or sell-side analysis, research services, strategy consulting, corporate strategy, primary research or an expert ne