Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. An unnamed non-profit research and advisory organization is hiring a Senior Research Consultant to lead custom research engagements in the insurance and financial services sector. The role owns projects from proposal development through insight delivery, partners with clients and senior stakeholders, and translates research into actionable business insights.
Responsibilities
- Lead custom quantitative and qualitative research projects from design through final presentation
- Partner with clients to understand business challenges and develop research approaches that drive decision-making
- Design research methodologies, develop instruments, oversee fieldwork, and manage vendor relationships
- Analyze data and translate findings into clear, actionable business insights
- Develop reports, presentations, and executive-level deliverables
- Facilitate client meetings, presentations, and strategic discussions throughout the project lifecycle
- Contribute to business development efforts through discovery conversations and proposal development
- Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to ensure successful project execution
- Coach and support colleagues on research best practices, survey design, analysis, and insight development
Skills
- This role requires project experience of life insurance
- 7+ years of market research experience on the supplier/agency side
- Demonstrated experience conducting research within the insurance industry REQUIRED
- Expertise in both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies
- Experience leading client relationships and managing multiple concurrent research projects
- Strong data analysis, storytelling, and presentation skills
- Experience presenting findings and recommendations to senior-level stakeholders
- Proficiency with common research and analytics platforms such as Qualtrics, SPSS, DisplayR, Tableau, MarketSight, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Experience incorporating AI-enabled tools into research workflows is highly desirable
Benefits
- Remote, United States OR on-site Hartford, CT
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