Market Insights Advisor

Overview

**This is a REMOTE role open to US-based, authorized candidates who are able to work on an East Coast timezone schedule.**

Our Fortune 500 client is seeking a Market Insight Advisor to join their Market Insights Center of Excellence team.  In this Consultant role, you will be responsible for the market research and insight needs of their B2B-focused division. You will report to the Market Insight Senior Manager and jointly develop and drive a research agenda that supports strategic insight generation, communication and activation with internal stakeholders, brokers and clients.

You will collaborate across all levels of the organization to define business and research objectives and recommend and execute appropriate research designs.  Ultimately, you will ensure research is conducted with business actions in mind, at the highest quality levels to build trust and confidence in the findings, insights and implications that support key business decisions.

Here’s What You’ll Focus on:

• Internal client relationship management and prioritization
• Research project design and execution
• Quality control
• Vendor management
• Compliance with internal and external regulations
• Keeping up to date on latest methodologies and technology
• Championing strategies that provide deep and broad-based consumer & client, and marketplace knowledge
• Synthesis of insights across multiple projects, sources etc.
• Clear communication of insights to develop relationships of trust, and to provide convincing business insights

Here’s What You Will Bring:

• Proven track record in driving a research agenda with real impact in a complex and matrixed business environment
• Be an expert in all aspects of research design and execution, comfortable leading in a highly collaborative setting, able to effectively influence and work with senior leaders
• 4+ years’ market research experience and demonstrate increasing responsibility in their previous roles

Desired skills include:

• Proven ability to build and drive a research agenda aligned to business objectives and strategies
• Demonstrated expertise in consumer and B2B research
• Proven experience managing and extracting insights from both quantitative and qualitative research
• Able to combine and reconcile information from a variety of sources – qualitative, quantitative, custom, and business metrics – to develop convincing business plans
• Ability to balance the science of market research with sound, practical insights
• Ability to influence senior leaders
• Understanding of the health industry or financial services, though not required
• Proven experience managing research vendors
• Prior experience on both the vendor and client-side is preferred
• Preferred Master’s degree in Marketing Science/Market Research, Economics or Statistics or equivalent work experience.

Personal traits

• Initiative and drive for results; problem solver
• Quick study, high energy, self-starter, approachable, and collaborative
• Influential and impactful presentation and communication skills
• Business acumen
• Flexibility, keen to improve organizational effectiveness
• Team player
• Strong prioritization skills and ability to handle multiple tasks and projects simultaneously

Successful candidates must pass a drug test, background check and employment verification prior to starting.