Associate Director - Research (FMCG)

Location: Fully remote, applicants must be based in the United States; the team is primarily based in New York, NY.

Base salary: $100,000–$110,000 USD for roles based in California, New York, Colorado, Massachusetts, or Washington State.

Company

hirify.global is a global opinion and market research company whose research supports local, national, and international communities.

What you will do

• Own and manage connected and custom research projects from proposals and bids through survey design, field management, data processing, analysis, reporting, and presentations.
• Work with clients, senior executives, internal departments, and account management teams to deliver project and client-book outcomes.
• Advise clients on research projects, build trusted relationships, and support repeat business and account growth.
• Develop research designs, methodologies, pricing, timelines, surveys, facilitator guides, and statements of work.
• Write research reports with actionable insights, recommendations, narrative synthesis, and data visualizations; present findings to clients.
• Apply advanced statistical approaches to interpret business questions and supervise junior researchers, operations, and marketing sciences staff.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of experience conducting custom primary market research projects, with most experience on the supplier or vendor side.
• Specific expertise and interest in the FMCG sector.
• Broad experience with research techniques and business contexts including new product development, concept testing, segmentation, pricing, branding, portfolio optimization, messaging, positioning, market opportunity assessment, market sizing, brand health drivers, and continual tracking.
• Knowledge of statistics and advanced approaches including segmentation, driver modeling, discrete choice, conjoint, choice-based techniques, MaxDiff, and CHAID or tree diagrams, including business interpretation.
• Ability to independently develop complex quantitative surveys and qualitative facilitator guides that address and operationalize client questions, objectives, needs, and hypotheses.
• Ability to independently write complex slide-based research reports using narrative synthesis, data visualizations, graphics, infographics, and insights-driven headlines.
• Experience managing and supervising junior researchers, operations functions, and marketing sciences staff, including training and supervision.
• Strong experience with Word or Docs, Excel or Sheets, PowerPoint or Slides, and SPSS.
• Effective writing, time management, multitasking, communication, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills.

Nice to have

• Experience moderating focus groups and/or one-on-one interviews.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote working arrangement available for U.S.-based applicants.
• Paid vacation, holidays, and sick days.
• Group medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus company-paid life and disability insurance.
• Paid parental leave and a 401(k) with company match.
• Values-driven environment focused on accuracy, ethics, proven methodologies, innovation, and mutual respect.
• Equal opportunity employment and wellbeing-focused benefits.