Mercor · STEM & research
Biotech Investment Analyst — Drug Asset & Company Assessment - review AI outputs in your specialty
Listed on Mercor as “Biotech Investment Analyst - Drug Asset & Company Assessment”
What this actually is
You design problems that stump current AI models, evaluate AI reasoning against the correct answer, write rubrics, and provide expert feedback. Often the highest-paid category because the expertise pool is small. The platform title (Biotech Investment Analyst - Drug Asset & Company Assessment) reflects the rate band and the expertise required, not the day-to-day work.
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Can you do this on your visa?
F-2 / F-4 / F-5 / F-6: open. E-1 to E-7: needs concurrent-employment permit. D-2 / D-4 students: S-3 permit, 20 hr/week cap. D-10 / D-8: case by case.
Korean tax on USD income
First 5 years in Korea: foreign-source income only taxed if remitted into Korea. After year 5: worldwide income. Full tax guide.
Original posting from Mercor
Mercor is partnering with a biotech and pharma research team on expert human-evaluation work - creating and critiquing rubrics that analyze commercial drugs and drug-development programs. We're seeking a biotech investment analyst (specialist-fund background) for a paid pilot, with the potential to continue as the work scales.
Responsibilities
- Create and critique rubrics that analyze commercial drugs and drug-development programs
- Provide overall company and asset assessment - mechanism, clinical data, competitive position, and value drivers
- Judge the quality of an investment-style thesis and flag weak, overconfident, or missing assumptions
- Apply your assessment across the pilot's set of companies (~5-10)
Requirements
- US-based biotech / healthcare investment analyst with a specialist-fund background
- Familiarity with biotech/pharma development programs
- Able to assess a drug asset and the company behind it end-to-end
- 5+ years evaluating biotech/pharma companies or assets
Engagement Details
- Duration: Approximately 10-20 hours over a 1-2 week pilot
- Remote - US-based
Why Participate
- Help improve expert AI evaluation of drugs and drug-development programs
- Recurring engagement for strong contributors
Quoted from Mercor’s public listing on 2026-09-08. We don’t edit platform copy; honest framing is in the title and the “what this actually is” block above.
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