Market Research Consultant

Cary, NC (Unknown)

$113K/yr – $169K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive market research and insights programs to shape customer experience and product decisions for cross-functional teams.

  • Own end-to-end market research from planning to insights delivery across cross-functional partners.
  • Must-have: Extensive market research experience with external vendors and delivering actionable insights.
  • Standout: Executive-level presentation experience in a matrixed organization.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Gathering, analyzing, and interpreting data to identify market trends and insights and presenting insights to business partners regarding implications on product, service or customer experience development.
  • Analyzing and interpreting data, providing detailed observations and insights and recommending actions to take based on insights and providing strategic conclusions / recommendations.
  • Understanding business needs and designing appropriate quantitative / qualitative research plan to generate focused insights for highly complex or highly strategic initiatives.
  • Managing more complex market research processes, including agency management, and collaborating with cross functional counterparts to influence key strategies and execution decisions
  • Determining, implementing and monitoring market research strategies, processes, tools and techniques.
  • Work with business unit to determine KPIs and benchmarks for customer journey touchpoints
  • Provide guidance and document best practices for business unit regarding tracking, reporting, analyzing and gathering customer insights
  • Support efficient and effective use of analytics on voice of customer data by facilitating balance of self-serve and full-serve tools

Requirements

  • Customer Focus: Knowledge of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and ability to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions
  • Data Gathering & Analysis: Knowledge of data gathering and analysis tools, techniques, and processes; ability to collect and synthesize data from a variety of stakeholders and sources in an objective manner to reach a conclusion, goal, or judgment
  • Collaborating: Knowledge of collaborative techniques; ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner.
  • Creativity: Knowledge of the approaches, tools, and techniques for promoting creative, original thinking and ability to apply it to a variety of business situations
  • Relationship Management: Knowledge of relationship management techniques; ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers
  • Strategic Thinking: Knowledge of the importance of "big picture" thinking and planning; ability to apply organizational acumen and competitiveness to identify and maintain focus on key success factors for the organization.
  • Extensive experience in market research and insights (B2B preferred)
  • Experience in customer experience measurement
  • Experience working across a large matrixed organization and adjacent network, ie.retail/franchise/dealer
  • Experience managing external research vendors
  • Project management experience
  • Experience in data analysis and insight generation
  • Comfort with presenting to executive level audiences
  • Platform proficiency desired: Qualtrics, Tableau, PowerBI
  • Expert in broad range of research methodologies (qual/quant/digital/communities)

Preferred

  • Platform proficiency desired: Qualtrics, Tableau, PowerBI
  • Expert in broad range of research methodologies (qual/quant/digital/communities)
  • Experience managing external research vendors
  • Experience in data analysis and insight generation
  • Experience working across a large matrixed organization and adjacent network, ie.retail/franchise/dealer
  • Experience in customer experience measurement
  • Extensive experience in market research and insights (B2B preferred)
  • Comfort with presenting to executive level audiences
  • Project management experience

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits*
  • Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*
  • 401(k) savings plans*
  • Health Savings Account (HSA)*
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*
  • Health Lifestyle Programs*
  • Employee Assistance Program*
  • Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*
  • Career Development*
  • Incentive bonus*
  • Disability benefits
  • Life Insurance
  • Parental leave
  • Adoption benefits
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • * These benefits also apply to part-time employees

Marketing Team

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