Senior Consultant (Primary Research)

Our growing Consultancy team is seeking a dynamic, entrepreneurial Senior Consultant capable of owning responsibility for custom research projects from start to finish. You will have the opportunity to work with our global clients, providing your expertise to help them advance key business objectives through executing and analyzing proprietary quantitative and qualitative studies on their behalf. Our teams create and present actionable, data-driven insights to clients to help advance their business. A successful candidate is a self-starter who embraces new challenges with professional experience in a market research role.

This is a Hybrid position based in Chicago.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Managing and supporting quantitative and qualitative custom research projects: Leading research projects across multiple industries from kick-off to completion, including: questionnaire design, survey programming, fielding, data analysis, and final reporting.

• Analyzing complex data to provide insightful implications and actionable recommendations within the context of the client’s business objectives and competitive environment

• Interfacing with Clients: Delivering in-person and phone presentations, answering questions, addressing concerns, and explaining methodologies

• Collaborating Cross-Functionally: Interacting and coordinating projects with Mintel sales and field operations colleagues, as well as external sample providers to execute projects

• Supporting the Team’s Commercial Activities: Assisting with scoping new opportunities and proposal writing

• Project Management: Working on projects for well-known companies, helping them to understand what makes their customers tick

You will be expected to work effectively both independently and collaboratively with a team in a consultative setting, multi-tasking on several projects at once to effectively meet all deadlines. We are looking for someone who exhibits strong analytical capabilities, pays close attention to detail and demonstrates excellent professional writing and communication skills. High level of proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint is required, with experience managing primary, custom marketing research projects desired.

What We Are Looking For:

While we may have a wish list, we are always open to looking at different profiles for our roles, so please don’t hesitate in applying even if your experience does not check all of the boxes. We believe there is no one perfect resume for a role, but there is a perfect candidate for us, and that could be you.

• Commercially-Minded: You have a demonstrated talent for analytical thinking with an instinct for commercial opportunities, taking the client’s business objectives and ensuring you are asking the right questions to get the best results.

• Data-Driven: You have at least fives years professional experience with quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and working knowledge of when and how to apply them to a given client challenge. You should have expertise working with complex data sets. Strong data analysis and Excel skills a must. Experience with tools such as Q, SPSS, SAS or other cross-tabulation and statistics tools is preferred.

• A Storyteller: You are able to pull various types of data sets into a story, with experience weaving compelling narratives to meet objectives.

• Naturally Curious: You are always drawn to knowing the “why” behind things and great at digging into the data to pull out key points of interest.

• Can-do Attitude: You have a positive attitude and are a self-starter, eager to learn and develop in and beyond this role.

• Multi-tasker: You can pivot on a moment’s notice; managing multiple projects and varying timelines to make sure client deadlines for each project are met. Strong organizational and problem solving skills a must.

• Great Communicator: You are able to read your audience to effectively engage and adapt your communication style to suit each client and internal business partner.

• Collaborator: You take pride in the team you are a part of and the work you produce. Cultivating professional relationships with your colleagues is important and you are constantly finding innovative and unique ways to create an exceptional work environment.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race/Color/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Vets

The below reflects the range of base salary for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, skills, experience, and qualifications. The salary range for this role is: $68,000 USD to $85,000 USD.

Alongside salary, Mintel offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical/dental/vision insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, employer paid life and disability insurance, 401(k) with employer match and paid time off. We are invested in our employees' wellbeing which is why we also offer flexible working hours, ClassPass subsidy, mental health benefit through Modern Health, paid volunteer time off, paid birthday leave and paid parental leave.

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