Senior Insights Consultant — Market Research Project Management

Requirements:

Custom Market Research working with leading brands to engage, innovate, and grow. Using advanced analytics, consumer psychology and market strategy to tackle game-changing initiatives. A Top 50 Market Research firm, relentless business decision focus, creative, deeply consultative, and rock-solid execution.  

 Responsibilities and Expectations 

• Manage entire project lifecycle for quantitative and qualitative research 
• Typically assigned to a mix of more moderate and highly complex projects 
• Serve as primary day-to-day client contact and manage all internal and client-facing project-related meetings  
• Monitor project budget, work plan, profitability, as well as project and billings schedule, to meet or exceed targets 
• Lead and collaborate with project team on writing questionnaires, developing tab and analysis plans, creating weighting schemes, reviewing advanced analytics outputs, developing report templates, populating and proofing data, analyzing quantitative and qualitative data, and writing clear and actionable report summaries and implications  
• Oversee internal project team members who are responsible for checking online survey programs, facilitating data collection/qual. fieldwork and monitoring sample quotas, coordinating with vendors, programming and proofing data tables, conducting advanced analytics, and populating and proofing client reports 
• Develop the “story” of each research project, crafting a compelling summary that utilizes visuals with guidance and input from Project and Senior Consultants  
• Effectively communicate with Associate Researchers, Senior Associate Researchers, peers, and other senior staff 
• Become an expert for assigned key client accounts and integrate competitive, client, and industry information throughout project execution 
• Anticipate and identify project problems and find solutions independently or with moderate guidance 
• Assist in the planning, scoping, and pricing of project work with minimal guidance and input from Project and Senior Consultants 
• Onboard and mentor new talent 
• Adhere to defined approaches, processes, and best practices  
• Take advantage of training and development opportunities 
• Contribute to a team and/or committee for ongoing initiatives 
• Ensure end-to-end client/project delivery 

• Advanced understanding of market research methods with applied knowledge of primary research techniques (e.g., trade-off designs, factor analysis, driver modeling) 
• Excellent communication skills  
• Experience delegating to, managing, and influencing teams and individuals 
• Excellent at establishing and managing relationships with clients, vendors, and co-workers 
• Extremely high attention to detail 
• Excellent at managing multiple projects, establishing priorities, and time management 
• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Market Research, Marketing, Psychology, Sociology, Applied Economics, Political Science, or related field 
• Minimum 5 years of professional market research experience or demonstrated success as a Project Manager
• Minimum of 2 years independently managing multiple custom market research projects 
• Experience with at least one research platform or data management/analysis software package (e.g., MarketSight, Qualtrics, Q, SPSS, SQL, Alteryx) preferred 
• We are looking for people to join our team that are collaborative, enthusiastic, and who can put their ego aside, roll up their sleeves and get the job done.