Research Manager – Quant

Location: Chicago, Flexible/Remote working available.

Salary: Industry Leading

Generous Healthcare and Vacation allowance

Verve are hiring!

Verve’s model of always-on, smart, online research has demonstrated how a digital approach can deliver great, commercial insight across the world.

Over the last 2 years, we have continued to grow our revenue and client base, which is testament to our great technology-led research approaches and fantastic team, of whom we are immensely proud.

It is an exciting time as we expand our business into new areas and launch new products and services. Some of these include specialist services such as semiotics, cultural insight, behavioural economics, ESG (Ethics, Sustainability & Governance), as well as opening new offices in Sydney and Johannesburg to compliment the amazing teams we currently have in Manchester, London, Chicago and our operation team in Iasi, Romania.

To support our growth, we are looking for a Research Manager to join the team with expertise in quantitative research. You may already be a Research Manager or looking to make that next step from Senior Research Executive.

You will the opportunity to work on and manage major global accounts including Walgreens Boots Alliance, Samsung, O’Reilly, Gartner and many others.

You will have…

4-5 years of full-service market research experience, gained within an agency environment
Enthusiasm for delivering great research, ambition to progress in an entrepreneurial, fast-paced environment, and a passion to build client relationships
Strong report-writing skills and the ability to create a story independently
Good commercial acumen, able to prepare strategic and business-led recommendations
Experience working in an environment with a lot of pace, responsive to ever-changing client needs, iterative working and juggling multiple responsibilities at once
Working with online methods and tools advantageous, although quick learners with more traditional experience are encouraged to apply
A desire to grow and get involved in wider business decisions and participate in strategic developments in the company

What we offer:

The opportunity to develop your career in smart, digital research on large global accounts within an entrepreneurial, can-do team environment where everyone is empowered to be all that they can be
Direct involvement on projects with colleagues across Verve; excellent on the job training as well as enjoying the feeling of being a central member of each account team you work on
Competitive salary and bonus package aimed to attract the best in the industry and therefore, enable you to work alongside and learn from/with the best in the industry
The opportunity to participate in an internal training programs, Verve Academy, to ensure you have full understanding of Verve’s best practice research approaches
A flexible working model; a place not to just build your career, but make great friends and have great experiences along the way
Generous healthcare plan and 4-weeks’ vacation

We want to hear from you if you feel inspired and motivated by the opportunity we’ve described.

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Our Teams

Research

Whether qualitative or quantitative, B2B or B2C, online or face-to-face, semiotics, social intelligence or culture & trends, we offer a huge range of solutions to support our clients and deliver smart, customer-centric insight.

We look for people from a variety of research backgrounds who understand what drives consumer behaviour and attitudes – going beyond the stated, to their underlying needs, motivations and aspirations. It’s serious stuff, but we like to have fun along the way!

If you’re interested in a career in research at Verve, get in touch.

Community Management

Our Community Management team are at the forefront of all community activities, ensuring that our hundreds of thousands of members enjoy being part of what we do. After all, without our community members, we wouldn’t be able to deliver the actionable, customer-driven insight that our clients have come to expect.

There are various roles within the team from Project Manager, to Senior Community Manager, all the way up to Director.

If you think you would be a good fit for our Community Management team, get in touch.

Operations

Our Operations team are the backbone of what we do, covering Data Processing, Scripting, QA, and even our own in-house Design team. As a one-stop-shop, Ops play a crucial role in designing surveys, developing our extensive suite of bespoke research tools and understanding data composition in context, to allow for meaningful analysis and reporting.

If you’re interested in a career in Scripting, Data Processing or Quality Assurance, get in touch.

Graduate

Verve graduates have the opportunity to fully immerse themselves in our client work from day 1, meaning they have more exposure and responsibility than other more traditional training schemes.

Supporting, empowering and helping our graduates to develop means they’ve added significant value and growth to our business – which is why we now run graduate days throughout the year.

We look for people with a keen interest in our industry and a willingness to learn; graduates who have initiative and ambition, who are entrepreneurial but enjoy working within a skilled and mutually supportive team.

If you want to be part of the next graduate day, get in touch.

How we grow together

People make our business. If our people learn, progress and grow – so will our business. We therefore know how important it is to offer our team the best development opportunities.

Verve Academy is one of our learning initiatives – it covers over 50 internal and external training sessions, teaching a range of skills across the whole business.

We’re proud that the programme was a finalist in the 2018 MRS Operations awards!

What we get up to

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