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• Overview

  Citadel is hiring a Research Assistant in Edison, NJ.

• Role description

  This freelance Research Assistant position sits at the intersection of Stakeholder Management and Interpersonal Skills, reporting into a Citadel team that values quiet competence. This general role at Citadel turns 3 years into $82,000 - $124,000 and turns $82,000 - $124,000 into a stake in what comes next.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Keep the Citadel backlog ruthlessly honest about what's truly next
  • Hand off Decision Making work clean enough that nobody has to ask twice
  • Question the brief when the brief doesn't match reality
  • Build and sustain strong working relationships across departments
  • Use Customer Service to streamline routine tasks and free up capacity
  • Own the day-to-day rhythm of general work across our Edison, NJ operation
  • Turn 4 of pattern recognition into faster general calls
  • Make general tradeoffs visible so Citadel can weigh them

  What You'll Bring

  • The reliability that lets a manager stop checking in
  • 4+ years putting Analytical Thinking to work in a general setting
  • Enough Leadership to be dangerous, enough Active Listening to be trusted
  • Familiarity with the rhythms of a goal-oriented freelance team

  Most of Citadel still fits in one Edison building, and that problem-solving closeness is exactly why its general work stays sharp. We onboard you to the general mission first and the Cross-Functional Collaboration tooling second, in that order.

  Come for $82,000 - $124,000, stay for the mentorship, the benefits, and the rare flexibility that makes Citadel a high-trust place to grow.

  Pulled forward to the top of the queue today, so your timing is good.

  Let the Citadel team in Edison, NJ meet the person behind the Leadership on your resume.

• Required skills

  • Stakeholder Management
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Decision Making
  • Leadership
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Customer Service
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Active Listening

• Benefits & perks

  • Employee discount program
  • Pet-friendly office
  • Annual salary reviews
  • Dental Insurance
  • Recreation Area
  • Standing desk and ergonomic equipment
  • Board Games
  • Vision insurance
  • Happy hours and social events
  • Adoption assistance
  • Floating Holidays
  • Basic life insurance
  • Company Car

• Apply before 2026-08-27

  Submit your application for this Freelance general position.