We are building expert-authored forecasting and research data used to evaluate and improve AI models on real political and financial analysis.

This role covers political report authorship: elections, polling, and political-risk events. Review model-generated analyses and grade them against your own standard A senior elections forecaster, campaign strategist, polling or statistical-methodology expert, or political-risk analyst Strong polling literacy and causal event analysis Typically 8+ years of direct experience, or unusually robust evidence of equivalent performance Backgrounds we look at first: top national polling and election-forecasting organizations, major decision desks, senior analytics teams from presidential, Senate or governor races,



and political-risk desks at leading banks, funds, or firms such as Eurasia Group and EIU. Brand-name experience is a strong first-pass signal but is not a hard requirement — direct experience and performance on the work sample determine who qualifies.

Pure communications, journalism, or academic profiles without demonstrated forecasting, polling, or probabilistic judgment. Every task is graded on reasoning from the stated cutoff without hindsight, data leakage, confidential information, or material non-public information. #

📌 Political Risk Expert - Fully Remote (Calgary)
🏢 Mercor
📍 Calgary