GLG’s Corporate Research Tech team helps leading technology companies by providing them with the insights that they need to handle the critical strategic decisions they face. The team creates and manages research projects to solve clients’ diverse challenges. Our team of quantitative and qualitative research specialists support all phases of client engagement, from scoping to panel selection, quality review, and data oversight to meet our client’s objectives.
The team is seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join the Research Team as a Senior Associate to work with our clients across technology, life sciences, industrials, and CPG spaces. You will join a growing Corporate Research Team that collaborates with GLG’s sophisticated client base, including Fortune 100 companies, as well as colleagues throughout GLG. You will be responsible for participating in the creation and execution of qualitative and quantitative work that helps clients understand industry/market trends, gather end-user feedback, test messaging/concepts, and more with some of the largest technology and payments companies in the world.
GLG’s Corporate Research business helps companies across a wide variety of industries by providing them with the insights that they need to handle the critical strategy decisions they face. The team leverages its Survey and Qualitative capabilities along with the world’s largest and most varied source of first-hand expertise to deliver quantitative and qualitative insights to inform their decisions in a highly custom environment.
Responsibilities Include (but are not limited to):
- Work towards interacting directly with clients to understand and meet their learning needs
- Navigate research requests with standard requirements and client-specific preferences
- Assist with the design and facilitation of qualitative and quantitative research targeting a wide variety of specialized topics and populations
- Compile and review reports of research data for clients (data analysis not required)
- Learn to manage multiple project timelines while prioritizing and multi-tasking to ensure important deadlines are met
- Maintain high level of confidentiality regarding research content, network, and client information
- Effective collaboration across teams on multiple projects for a large portfolio of engagements
At a minimum, you will have the following:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher (Market Research, Social Science, or related fields preferred) OR equivalent experience
- 1-2+ years of experience within the Market Research or Consulting industry with an emphasis on quantitative (survey, database, etc.) and/or qualitative research (interviews, focus groups, product testing, etc.).
- Adjacent experience in related industries or roles, or additional education, with demonstrated ability to learn new skill sets may be considered.
We would love if you also had most of these qualifications:
- Interest in Technology, Industrial and/or Consumer industries is strongly preferred
- Ability (or interest to learn) to tackle ambiguous problems with well thought out approach and defined parameters is preferred
- Superior writing, logic, and interaction skills; including oral and organizational skills
- Experience collaborating with team-members in a high-throughput, deadline-driven, process-oriented, client-servicing environment
- Strong problem-solving skills, dedication, and patience allowing you to complete and rigorously review every stage of challenging project work
- Ability to work in a hybrid environment effectively while maintaining deadlines and strong cross team communication
About GLG / Gerson Lehrman Group
GLG is the world’s insight network. Our clients rely on GLG’s global team to connect with powerful insight across fields from our network of approximately 1 million experts (and the hundreds of new experts we recruit every day).
We serve thousands of the world’s best businesses, from Fortune 500 corporations to leading technology companies to professional services firms and financial institutions. We connect our clients to the world’s largest and most varied source of first-hand expertise, including executives, scientists, academics, former public-sector leaders, and the foremost subject matter specialists.
GLG’s industry-leading compliance framework allows clients to learn in a structured, auditable, and transparent way, consistent with their own internal compliance obligations and the highest professional ethical standards. Our compliance standards are a major competitive differentiator and key component of the company’s culture.
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Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. (“GLG”) is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, race, religion, color, marital status, disability, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state, or local law.
