Market Research Project Manager

GLG Research helps private equity, financial services, technology, healthcare, and other various client types by providing them with data driven insights that they need to handle the critical decisions they face throughout product development, marketing, and other various market research projects. The team leverages its Surveys and Strategic Projects 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 timely and thorough manner. GLG Research facilitates the execution of hundreds of surveys and other various market research engagements per month, working directly with clients to understand and meet their learning needs. Our team of quantitative and qualitative market research professionals support all phases of a market research project: client engagement, scoping, questionnaire design, panel selection, quality review, and data interpretation and visualization to meet our client's objectives.

GLG is seeking a highly-motivated and enthusiastic Project Manager to join the GLG Research team. You will join a growing global GLG Research team which collaborates with GLG's sophisticated client base; which includes top institutional investment firms, top-tier consulting firms, non-profit organizations, and Fortune 1000 companies, as well as colleagues throughout GLG. This specific role is focused on growing our Surveys business. You will be responsible for participating in the creation and execution of survey projects that help clients qualify and quantify industry/market trends through commercial assessments, product forecasting, and general marketplace analysis.

Specific Responsibilities Include (but are not limited to):

• Project leadership: Serve as point-person for end-to-end survey execution; ensure the broader survey team's resources are optimally utilized for the success of your project
• Thought leadership: Serve clients' requests on their complex, fast-turnaround learning needs
• Client leadership: Partner with clients to best understand their survey needs and our capabilities; manage expectations appropriately and suggest new panels or ways in which to reach respondents; Work with internal GLG research/sales team to identify high potential client opportunities and how our survey product could be leveraged by clients

At a minimum, you will have the following:

• Bachelors degree or higher
• 2-4 years of market research experience, including experience with online survey platforms (Decipher and/or Qualtrics)

We would love if you also have most of these qualifications:

• Market research experience within one of the main industries that we service: financial services, consultancies, private equity, healthcare, technology, industrials
• Experience collaborating with team-members in a high-throughput, deadline-driven, process-oriented, client-servicing environment
• Superior writing, logic and interaction skills; including oral and organizational skills
• Experience managing a product team or book of business a plus
• Experience analyzing results and/or communicating research results to stakeholders a plus
• Management consulting or investment banking experience or a demonstrated strong understanding of professional services a plus

Other Highlights:

• Salary/Benefits: Competitive base salary, eligibility for a quarterly performance-based discretionary bonus, and a comprehensive benefits program that includes our flexible/open PTO policy. All U.S. GLGers also have access to other benefits such as tuition reimbursement, wellness programs, speaker series events, employee resource groups, and ample social impact programs.
• Work Environment: GLG Americas is currently on a flexible working policy during the global pandemic. This means that while working in the office is not required at this time, all of our U.S. offices are open for employees who would prefer to work in an office setting. Our U.S. offices offer numerous perks and vary by location. When working in our New York or Austin offices, employees can enjoy incentives such as complimentary meals, full-service barista bars, and access to on-site gyms.

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.

To learn more, visit www.GLGinsights.com.

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.