Insights Director - Consumer & Retail
Atlanta, GA, United States
Insights Director - Consumer & Retail At a glance Location: US-GA-Work From Home Posted: 01/13/2022 Closing: 02/12/2022 Degree: Not Specified Type: Full-Time Experience: Not Specified Job description **Insights Director - Consumer & Retail Sector**
At Escalent, the **Insights Director** is a senior-level project role that helps the Sector leader fulfill on the objectives for projects while maintaining strong client relationships. Depending on the account teams size and needs, this role may take the lead on day-to-day project related decisions and client correspondence. Insights Directors contribute to client retention and growth through consistent responsiveness and delivery of high-quality insights.
Insights & Consulting positions are accountable for:
* Presenting insights that address the client or industrys needs.
* Proper application of analytical techniques & tools
* Creating client-ready materials on time
* Sound process & integrity of insights
* **Lead** the development of **insights and storytelling** and own the data analysis and reporting phases of our work.
* You will work closely with your fellow team members in other Insights roles, in Project Management positions and Sales & Strategic Growth roles in **delivering our solutions** in a high-quality manner.
* You will **leverage a variety of methods and tools** and will have the benefit of **collaborating with experts across Escalent**, including our Centers of Excellence like Marketing & Data Sciences for advanced analytics, our Qualitative team, Syndicated & Javelin practices or external partners in Behavioral Science, etc.
* As you gain understanding of the nuances of the types of projects (methodologies), a particular client, the industry (or industries), and Escalent solutions, **you offer consultative guidance to clients and colleagues.**
**Qualifications:**
* Must have a Bachelor degree in a related field. An advanced degree is preferred
* Minimum of 7 years of related experience within the desired industry or sector
* Considered Highly skilled in analytics functional skillset
+ Breadth of research methodology expertise & experience including survey / instrument design
+ Able to distill findings into meaningful insights
+ Formation of story architecture
* Highly skilled in all aspects of Reporting (deliverables)
+ Prescriptive / Consultative Writing skills reports and client communications
+ Data viz / PPT / Excel
+ Autonomous report design / analysis plan
+ Strong presentation and storytelling abilities
* Ability to effectively lead project insights team
* Ability to contribute to research design and/or proposal writing
* Ability to manage a number of client engagements concurrently.
* High degree of professionalism & situational awareness (particularly related to client interactions)
* Highly collaborative, capable of getting others across the organization to collaborate
**Growth Potential:**
From this position, you would have the following options available for future growth/roles at Escalent:
* **Insights Director** on a different sub-sector or Industry
* **Director of Insights** a leader of the function, supervising others within an industry team
* **Insights Consulting roles** Individual contributor positions within the Insights & Consulting path
* **Sales & Strategic Growth roles** consultative sales role with incentive plan
* **Leadership of a Sector / Practice** consultative sales over a sector/industry with leadership responsibility & management incentive plan
* **VP, Project Management & Insights** leadership role over delivery teams in a large industry or multiple teams
* **Centers of Excellence ** i.e.Qualitative Consultant, Data Sciences
* **Advisory Practice (Javelin Roles)** offering advisory services over a particular sector of an industry (i.e. Wealth, Health Insurance, Payments, Electric Vehicles, etc.)
**Insights & Consulting Roles Overview**
People in the Insights & Consulting roles at Escalent lead the development of insights and storytelling and own the data analysis and reporting phases of our work.
There is a parallel path of roles called Project Management that focuses on the project logistics, timing and budget.
We have a development path that encourages continual growth. The progression steps from entry-level to mastery include: Associate, Insights Analyst, Senior Insights Analyst, Insights Manager, Senior Insights Manager, and Insights Director.
At the most senior levels of this path are the Insights Consultant roles which have no Sales Quota but serve a critical role in sales by delivering high caliber insights and consulting that make clients want to work with us.
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