Insights Research Assistant Director

🕒 July 24

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $55k - $72k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🧬 Research Scientist

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L&E Research

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

201 - 500 employees

📣 Marketing

💼 Consulting

🤝 B2B

Marketing • Consulting • B2B

L&E Research is a market research firm that specializes in qualitative research and recruiting. Established in 1984, the company focuses on creating connections and facilitating conversations to assist clients in making informed decisions. With a national presence in cities like Charlotte, Chicago, and New York, L&E Research offers top-notch focus group facilities and a no-risk guarantee, earning high recommendations from clients for their services.

📋 Description

• Lead planning and execution of custom qualitative, quantitative, and hybrid research and insights projects • Serve as primary project lead throughout the research lifecycle • Partner with Sales, Account Managers, Project Managers, internal stakeholders, and clients to understand objectives and research needs • Recommend research methodologies and advise clients on methodology trade-offs • Develop study plans, discussion guides, homework assignments, surveys, activities, and research materials • Build data collection and reporting plans • Support proposal development, scope creation, and bid preparation • Develop project timelines, responsibilities, and execution plans • Facilitate project check-ins and communicate project status, priorities, and risks • Oversee survey programming, technology platform setup, testing, troubleshooting, and field management • Ensure alignment with project objectives, timelines, budgets, and quality standards • Guide interpretation and synthesis of qualitative and quantitative findings • Review and validate data quality, accuracy, and completeness • Translate findings into clear, actionable business recommendations • Oversee executive summaries, presentations, dashboards, and client deliverables • Spot-check team output and help finalize toplines and reports • Coordinate video reels, highlight summaries, and storytelling materials • Present findings and recommendations to clients and internal stakeholders • Directly supervise, coach, and develop the Insights team • Conduct one-on-one meetings and performance discussions • Support onboarding, training, and professional development • Establish priorities and balance workloads across the team • Establish quality standards and improve research processes, templates, tools, and workflows • Identify opportunities to use technology, automation, AI, and emerging research tools • Support compliance with company processes and applicable ISO standards • Manage team capacity, resource allocation, prioritization, issue resolution, and operational planning • Support departmental planning and growth initiatives for the Insights service line

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Marketing, Market Research, Communications, a STEM discipline, Psychology, or a related field • 3+ years of experience in a market research agency, insights consultancy, research supplier environment, or corporate market research/insights department • Direct, hands-on experience applying qualitative and quantitative market research methodologies • Strong understanding of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, including conjoint analysis, MaxDiff, sequential monadic testing, message/concept testing, and usage & attitude studies • Experience leading or supervising a team, or strong readiness to step into a people-management role • Experience advising clients or internal stakeholders on methodology selection, explaining trade-offs, and pushing back on requested approaches • Ability to scope projects and translate client objectives into execution plans • Strong project management, organizational, analytical, and critical thinking skills • Clear written and verbal communication skills, including client-facing presentation and recommendation defense • Comfort reviewing and interpreting research data and team deliverables • Microsoft Office proficiency, including Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint • Experience with survey platforms such as Qualtrics, Forsta, or similar tools • Familiarity with data management and analysis tools • Advanced or specialty methodologies, data visualization and storytelling, mobile ethnography, product testing, behavioral research, and AI-enabled research tools are pluses • Adaptability and aptitude for learning and leveraging emerging technologies, including AI tools

🏖️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer • Inclusive work environment • Remote work (United States)