Research Manager (Shopper Research)

Location: Remote from Toronto, Ontario, Canada; the role may change to hybrid in the future.

Salary: $80,000–$90,000 CAD per year, depending on experience and expertise.

Company

Explorer is part of hirify.global, a data, market research, and advisory company focused on shopper research, including Pack, Planogram, Retail, Signage, and Path-to-Purchase research.

What you will do

• Design and execute quantitative and mixed-methodology research projects from initial brief to final delivery.
• Act as the primary client contact, provide updates, resolve queries, and develop client relationships.
• Design sample plans, questionnaires, and analysis frameworks aligned with client objectives.
• Delegate and review questionnaire editing, field monitoring, data cleaning, tab checking, scripting, fieldwork, and supplier management.
• Analyze data to generate insights and recommendations, then create compelling reports and presentations.
• Moderate qualitative research such as IDIs and shop-alongs.

Requirements

• Strong experience across all phases of quantitative or mixed-methodology projects, from initiation to completion, preferably on the agency side.
• Ability to design research that meets client needs and demonstrate competency across the research lifecycle and insight techniques.
• Strong understanding of data analysis for insight generation.
• Experience building and developing client relationships and articulating insights to clients.
• Ability to operate independently and manage projects without extensive support.
• Passion for finding stories within data and bringing them to life through reports and presentations.

Nice to have

• Experience working with large datasets and using SPSS, R, Stata, or similar statistical software.
• Experience managing or mentoring other team members.
• Experience moderating qualitative IDIs, shop-alongs, or similar research.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work with flexible working practices; the role may become hybrid in the future.
• Salary of $80,000–$90,000 CAD, depending on experience and expertise.
• Bonus scheme and health package.
• Ongoing training and development.
• Team and company social events.
• Entrepreneurial culture with a focus on diversity, inclusion, and career development.

Hiring process

• Applications should use authentic responses that demonstrate experience and approach rather than generative AI-written answers.
• AI decoders may be used during the review process, and highly matching answers may affect the review.