Research & Insights Manager

Core responsibilities

• Planning, designing, and executing market research that meets the needs and objectives defined by our business partners.
• Effectively managing timelines and setting appropriate scopes.
• Collaborating with vendor partners.
• Analyzing data from a range of different sources.
• Presenting findings in a clear and objective manner.

Essential functions

• Manages multiple small-to-medium cross-functional research and analytics projects that support a business area.
• Proactively consults with senior leadership/business partners to understand goals/objectives, understands, and identifies key business issues, and formulates solutions and ideas to address current and future business opportunities.
• Serves as a subject matter expert to the business on market research and insights.
• Reviews proposed research hypotheses with a view towards investigating business issues.
• Reviews and advises on the most efficient and appropriate research methodology.
• Defines tactical methods and procedures to identify, collect, and collate complex and large data sets from research and/or customer surveys.
• Manages the development and application of research methodologies and analytics to address emerging and unanticipated business challenges and support data-driven decision making.
• Supports team members with the development of research and analytic approaches.
• Finds meaningful insights that can build knowledge and lead to action.

Non-negotiable requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in communications, marketing, public affairs, or related fields.
• 5+ years professional experience in marketing research, data analytics, consulting or related field, client or vendor side.
• Experience working in B2B business applications.
• Demonstrated interest in public policy, advocacy, and brand building.
• Ability to see the big picture without sacrificing attention to details.
• Strong communication skills that incorporate storytelling and promote simplicity and message clarity.
• An agile, curious, and self-motivated mindset.
• Productive collaboration skills and willingness to work with others to find and create value.
• A strong foundational understanding of market research, data analysis, and data visualization skills.
• Experience managing and collaborating with third-party research agencies.
• An objective and fact-based approach to sharing insights.

Nice-to-have skills

• 5+ years working for a B2B company in a market research role.
• Experience in Energy, Renewables, Oil and Gas.
• A good working understanding of various media tactics, brand building, measuring impact of media executions, and using data to drive decision making.