Research Director

The role

You will manage client relationships and lead research projects to deliver strategic insights. You will also coach and mentor team members to ensure efficient delivery of research solutions.

What you will do

• Own client relationships for accounts of varying sizes.
• Create research strategies to embed data into client workflows.
• Build relationships with clients and executive stakeholders to drive growth and renewals.
• Work with AEs to pitch, price and deliver proposals to clients.
• Manage large, complex research projects and programs personally and through direct reports.
• Ensure delivery is aligned with contracted scope of work.
• Advise prospects and clients on research and survey design.
• Partner with senior leaders to execute strategic initiatives.
• Coach and mentor direct and non-direct reports.
• Delegate effectively and empower others to execute tasks.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of professional experience in quantitative market research
• Experience with survey research and its methods
• Experience providing strategic consultation and project planning
• Experience delivering quality and timely project deliverables
• Significant experience managing clients and driving account-level revenue growth
• Strong prioritization and delegation skills
• Ability to focus team on achieving long-term objectives
• Ability to drive project teams to get the best output from available capacity
• Ability to mentor, coach and develop top talent
• Strong communication skills
• Uncompromising attention to detail
• Creative problem solver

Nice to have

• Proven experience in global brand tracking and/or brand and communication research

About the company

Morning Consult is a global decision intelligence company. The company pairs proprietary high-frequency data with rigorous analysis to inform decisions on what people think and how they will act.