Qualitative Market Research Leader

Qualitative Researcher:
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Deliver key data driven insights and recommended actions in a persuasive manner that influence client decisions and drive the decision making process
• Attend and present at various industry leading conferences
• Engage in interactions with clients in both the market research and qualitative world to drive client loyalty
• Create a vision for the Qualitative team and rally employees and clients around that vision to drive future business
• Lead the evolution and transformation of qualitative content
• Facilitating the publishing of papers/articles on industry techniques
• Be a company-wide thought leader of qual and humanization
• Express leadership, knowledge, and execution of qualitative innovation
• Leverage personal network to help drive thinking and perspective on client work and areas for exploration
• Have a point of view on the methodology as well as possible outcomes from the research that are actionable for the client
• Manage, mentor, and collaborate with qualitative team
• Develop and retain world class moderating talent (continuously updating the skill-set of our seasoned qualitative professionals, developing our junior moderators and managing our contract moderator pool)
• Accountable for excellences on qual deliverables
• Actively moderate (approximately 40 sessions per yet) – especially highly strategic sessions or sessions that allow experimentation with new techniques or where client loyalty is critical

• 7+ years of experience working in a qualitative capacity including strong moderating experience
• Vast knowledge of qualitative techniques to answer business objectives
• Track record of positive, direct management of a team and experience developing and retaining the talent within the team
• Ability to convey complex conceptual topics in an easy to understand manner at professional conferences, academic meetings business round tables, etc.
• Well networked in business, market research, technology and math circles

• Strategic business thinking and development
• Demonstrate strong qualitative skills
• Demonstrate professional maturity and general business knowledge
• Strong client management and interaction skills (i.e., ability to establish solid client relationships)
• Excellent leadership skills
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal
• Strong sense of accountability
• Strong organization, time management and attention to detail skills
• Proactive planning and prioritization skills
• Well-rounded problem solving and multi-tasking skills
• Effective writing skills
• A passion for training and developing qualitative talent
• Strong creative thinker and innovative spirit
• Continuously inculcate a qualitative mindset throughout the organization