Manager, Research & Insights

Who We Are

Kargo creates powerful moments of connection between brands and consumers to build businesses. Every day, our 600+ employees work to radically raise the bar on what agentic AI, CTV, eCommerce, social, and mobile can do to deliver unique ad experiences across the world’s most premium platforms. Taking a creative science approach to all we do, we continuously innovate solutions that outperform industry benchmarks and client expectations. Now 20+ years strong, Kargo has offices in NYC, Chicago, LA, Dallas, Sydney, Auckland, London and Waterford, Ireland.

Who We Hire

Techies who want to build the future. Creatives who want to design it better. Communicators to win business. Collaborators to build it. Data pros who turn numbers into insights. Product builders who turn ideas into innovations. Anyone eager to be on a team that doesn’t stop to ask what’s next, because they’re already building it.

The Position

• Liaise with industry research vendors daily to assess feasibility, activate campaigns, monitor optimizations, and present findings
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Product to ensure the success of Kargo
• Participate in and lead client-facing strategy sessions, campaign kick-off meetings and end of campaign result presentations to further relationships with advertisers
• Work internally with the sales teams to consult on client learning agendas and serve as the research, data, and insights expert
• Establish processes and work closely with internal operations teams to ensure technical campaign setup and tracking
• Internal research expert to stakeholders, surfacing trends, consumer insights and opportunities from primary research and syndicated sources
• Identify, investigate, and evaluate new media measurement models, data sources, and research partners. Draft POVs of your findings

Requirements

• 3 + years of relevant experience
• Experience in digital, video, social, and/or CTV preferred
• Expert in digital brand lift measurement
• Familiarity with additional research methodologies like sales lift, foot traffic, attention, etc.
• Direct experience with research services like Nielsen, Upwave, Dynata, Kantar, Foursquare, Circana, Samba, comScore etc.
• Technical knowledge of campaign setup
• Strategic thinker with the ability to formulate innovative solutions to complex problems and keep ahead of industry trends
• Experience supporting advertisers, agencies and sales/business development teams with campaign insight initiatives
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills and demonstrable ability to motivate high-performing teams
• Excel or Sheets expert user and ability to extract and manipulate data with a high degree of accuracy

Pay

In accordance with applicable federal, state, and local pay transparency laws, the anticipated base salary range for this position is listed below. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, education, and skills.