Morningconsult The Research Director leads market research projects and teams to deliver custom research solutions. This role manages client relationships, designs research strategies, and ensures delivery of quality data and strategic insights.
Responsibilities
Morning Consult is looking to hire a market research professional and team leader to join our Research Solutions team. Those in this role must understand survey research scoping, design, fielding and analysis for a variety of methodologies, as well as possess excellent client relationship-building, client management and project and team management skills.
The ideal candidate will have proven experience in global brand tracking and/or brand and communication research, with an ability to leverage insights to support and shape strategic initiatives.
The Research Solutions Team at Morning Consult:
The Research Solutions Team at Morning Consult is focused on custom-designed research and is crucial to Morning Consult’s industry-leading, customer-obsessed Commercial Organization and its ability to drive sustainable growth across our entire portfolio of business. Morning Consult’s mission is to deliver high-impact, quality intelligence at scale to decision-makers anytime, anywhere. Our team consists of business leaders and researchers with experience in market research, insights, political polling, strategic consulting and more.
What You’ll Be Working On:
Client & Account Management:
Own client relationships for accounts of varying sizes.
Create research strategies that embed Morning Consult data into clients’ workflows and align with the Research Solutions team’s broader growth priorities.
Build strong relationships with clients and executive stakeholders to drive growth at the account-level and secure renewals.
Work hand-in-hand with AEs to pitch, price and deliver proposals to clients.
Efficient Delivery:
Manage large, complex research projects and programs both personally and through direct reports to ensure the team delivers quality data and strategic insights to inform critical business decisions.
Qualification
Proven track record of successAbility to mentorWilling to take feedback
Required
8+ years of professional experience in quantitative market research
Proven track record of success; experience with survey research and its methods, providing strategic consultation and project planning and delivering quality and timely project deliverables
Significant experience managing clients and driving account-level revenue growth
Strong prioritization and delegation skills based on the scale of impact, and ability to focus on key business objectives through moments of change
An effective planner who can focus their team on achieving long-term objectives and translating strategic priorities and decisions in a clear and relatable way for the team
Able to drive project teams to get the best output from available capacity
Ability to mentor, coach and develop top talent; promote a positive work experience
Strong communication skills with the ability to influence decision-makers without authority through compelling arguments, presentation skills and domain expertise
Uncompromising attention to detail with high technical standards
Creative problem solver with an ability to simplify complex scenarios and challenges
Feedback-oriented and recognizes and proactively raises inefficiencies and barriers to success
Willing to take feedback, learn and grow; an ethos of continuous self-improvement
Preferred
Proven experience in global brand tracking and/or brand and communication research