Senior Research Strategist
$73k - $80k USD
The Company You’ll Join: It is our mission to create an exceptional firm that betters the world of work. Through granular candidate insights, in-depth employer benchmarking, continuous market pulses, actionable strategies, and recruiting feedback platforms, the team at Veris Insights is advancing the way companies across North America approach recruiting, employer branding, DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion), and talent management. We work with hundreds of Fortune 1000 organizations to help them solve their hardest talent challenges and it is our aspiration to be nothing less than the single, unequivocal best partner to every one of these leaders in that pursuit.
The Team You’ll Join: The Rapid Insights team is a unique and highly visible part of the Veris Insights research function. Veris Insights has redefined the Talent Acquisition advisory space with world-leading research, analytics, and insight development - and Rapid Insights is tasked with producing tailored, time-sensitive research outputs that address specific client inquiries and apply Veris Insights’ broader research to real-world challenges. As we continue to lead the development of recruiting practices for the largest employers in North America, the Rapid Insights team plays a crucial and highly visible role in supporting our clients' executives in making their most challenging decisions.
Senior Associates create targeted research products on high-priority, time-sensitive topics. Your work on this team will involve analyzing primary and secondary sources, creating executive-ready research deliveries and other tailored research outputs that support our client-facing work. Additionally, you will develop deep expertise in Veris Insights’ body of research to provide relevant insights in support of company-wide initiatives.
How You’ll Grow: The Rapid Insights function invests significant trust in team members to develop and produce reports that are highly impactful on client strategy. Our culture of data-driven innovation provides every member of the team with a supportive environment for problem-solving and creative approaches to emerging challenges.
At Veris Insights, we believe in investing in our people, and as the team evolves, so will your opportunities to take on new challenges, expand your impact, and grow alongside us. With strong performance, this role provides a path to Project Manager, where you will oversee intake prioritization, coach team members, ensure quality control, and shape the evolution of the Rapid Insights mandate.
The Character:
Intellectually incisive: You can develop clear, useful insights from both qualitative and quantitative data and clearly communicate those insights to others.
Driven to lead: You are interested in people management. The opportunity to coach others and build sustainable processes for a research function excites you.
Obsessed with the details: You understand the importance of producing work of exceptional quality that is precise, correct, and error-free.
Opportunity-motivated: You are motivated by the opportunity to take initiative and help improve processes in a growing firm.
Dedicated to service: At Veris Insights, we all care about one another and about our clients. You embrace a culture centered around service as we pursue our always-exciting, always-challenging mission of helping to serve industry leaders in their hardest work.
Key Responsibility: Tailored Insight Generation
Key Responsibility: Trusted Advisorship
Key Responsibility: Innovation & Process Improvement
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Please keep in mind: Research has shown that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds only apply to jobs when they meet 100% of the requirements vs. their majority counterparts, which apply at a much higher rate if they meet 50-60% of the requirements. So, with that being said, if you are interested in the role, we would love to hear how you can leverage your talents to be an awesome culture add.
Our Values & Culture, In Brief: Talent is in our DNA. It is what we study, who we serve, and the quality we most pride ourselves on internally. In order for our team members to be at their best, we provide individualized benefits and support. At the most basic level, benefits include unlimited PTO, health insurance benefits, and career development opportunities. We believe a well-rounded and diverse team is the key to our success. To provide the widest range of experiences and perspectives in our member service and internal culture, we never discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. Please let our recruiter know if there are any accommodations we can provide for you to ensure an equitable and comfortable recruitment process.
We highly value diversity, equity, and inclusion, and this shows up in everything we do. Our research has a significant focus on the experiences of candidates from diverse backgrounds. Internally, we have Employee Resource Groups for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ employees, and Affinity Groups to support women and neurodiversity. Furthermore, we’ve established a Diversity Council to promote a workplace environment that is safe, respectful, and inclusive for all and acts as an active partner to People Ops and Leadership in service of our broader firm-wide DEI goals.