Role: Qualitative Market Research Strategist. Work Environment: - Hybrid or remote outside of Toronto. - Open to anywhere in Canada. - Entrepreneurial fast-paced environment. - Team-based environment. Position Summary: - Provide strategic leadership across all aspects of qualitative market research projects, including project setup, discussion guide development, moderating, debrief writing, and client presentation through to project close. - Identify culturally fuelled, profoundly rich, and deep human behavioural insights to drive strategic solutions. - Verbalize a point of view. Core Competencies: - Accountability: Takes personal ownership and responsibility for the quality and timeliness of work commitments. - Accountability: Follows organizational guidelines for work and strives to meet our standard of best work. - Accountability: Demonstrates reliability and integrity daily. - Strategic Thinking: Analyzes and interprets information gathered from a variety of sources to elevate thinking and to ensure successful client results. - Leadership: Maintains a professional and positive manner even under changing or uncertain conditions. - Leadership: Works well with a wide range of individuals to lead projects and provide support, coaching, encouragement, and direction. - Organizational Awareness: Shows commitment to the company vision and strategic goals by acting in accordance with organizational expectations. - Organizational Awareness: Has a solid understanding of the internal environment and culture. - Organizational Awareness: Uses knowledge of any existing procedures to solve issues and accomplish goals. - Teamwork: Works positively and effectively with others to reach a common goal. - Teamwork: Participates actively in group activities and collaboration fostering a team environment. Communication & Presentation Skills: - Expresses and transmits information with consistency, clarity, and confidence. - Communicates with ease both in written and verbal form. - Demonstrates active listening techniques to effectively understand, interpret outcomes, and formulate next steps. - Reads a room and understands implications. - Delivers prepared presentations to clients. - Presents ideas in a compelling way and answers straightforward questions. Project Management: - Effectively runs projects within timelines. - Prioritizes workflow to meet project deliverables. - Acts as day-to-day primary point of contact with clients. - Leads internal project kickoff meetings. - Accountable for keeping project tracker up to date. - Approves invoices if project lead. - Manages and highlights recruiting requirements to Senior Project Manager. Client Management: - Understands and manages client expectations and ensures they are met through execution and deliverables. - Proactively manages client needs without client or Senior Management prompting. - Actively problem-solves to overcome challenges and develops win-win solutions for client and company. - Ensures timely communication with clients. - Builds client relationships that instill confidence and trust. - Effectively manages the back-room. Discussion Guide Development: - Deconstructs a client need into the required knowledge areas to pursue and develop client-ready discussion guides. - Leverages, interprets, and integrates projective techniques appropriately. - Sells guide rationale to clients. Moderation: - Moderates across most methods and respondent types. - Adapts in the moment and remains present in the interview. - Procures deep insights and knows when to probe in strategically rich areas. Debrief Writing: - Manages the debrief writing process, including brainstorm meetings, in a timely manner. - Leverages Strategic Oversight as required. - Visualizes concepts or insights in an impactful way. - Contributes to elevating all debriefs with strategic thought. - Works independently with templated debriefs. Business Development: - Leads the development of proposals, including costing, and capability and credentials decks with internal briefing and direction. - Speaks with clients about company approaches at a general level. - Identifies organic business opportunities. Education: - Post-secondary or graduate degree in social sciences, business, or marketing. Experience: - 4-7 years of experience in qualitative market research work. - Healthcare or pharma market research experience is preferred but not mandatory. Technical Skills: - Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word. Travel Requirements: - Valid passport. - Eligible to work in Canada. - Some travel required to the USA for project work. Languages: - Fluent in written and verbal English. - Fluency in a secondary language is an asset, particularly French, Spanish, German, Mandarin, or Japanese.

Qualitative Market Research Strategist

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Jennifer Morozowich

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