Associate Vice President, Market & Client Research

Location: Irving, TX corporate headquarters, or facilities in Chicago, IL and Centennial, CO

Salary: $156,500–$290,100 per year, plus incentive eligibility

Company

hirify.global operates in the U.S. healthcare industry and develops market intelligence and strategic research for healthcare organizations.

What you will do

• Lead the market research capability within the Strategic Market Research & Industry Insights function.
• Own the research fact base, market-driver framework, and integrated market perspective for the hirify.global Market Outlook, Environmental Assessment, and strategic briefs.
• Design, execute, synthesize, and communicate primary, secondary, qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods research.
• Lead client research to identify evolving and unmet needs, assess adoption priorities, and support solution development.
• Run research readouts and decision-support sessions, helping leaders test assumptions and determine next actions.
• Establish research-quality standards, source-evaluation protocols, documentation practices, and AI-enabled research workflows.

Requirements

• 10 or more years of relevant experience.
• Relevant degree preferred; a master’s degree is preferred.
• Broad and deep knowledge of the U.S. healthcare industry, including providers, payers, reimbursement, policy, life sciences, workforce, care delivery, technology, and healthcare economics.
• Significant experience leading and directly delivering primary and secondary market research and enterprise-level strategic deliverables.
• Advanced knowledge of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods research, including research design, sampling, interviews, surveys, segmentation, regression, and multivariate methods.
• Advanced written, verbal, facilitation, and executive-presentation skills, with strong working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Nice to have

• Experience using AI-enabled research tools and workflows for environmental scanning, evidence synthesis, knowledge management, and deliverable development.
• Experience validating and auditing AI-generated sources, methods, analyses, calculations, and conclusions.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive environment supporting employee engagement, authenticity, and contribution.
• Extensive personal and professional development opportunities.
• Comprehensive employee benefits plan.
• Incentive-eligible compensation.