Sr. Director, Activation Delivery

Location: Remote in the US or hybrid in Boston, Massachusetts. Travel up to 15%. No visa or work authorization sponsorship is available.

Salary: $130,000–$150,000 annual base salary, plus bonus, benefits, and ESOP.

Company

Chadwick Martin Bailey is a Boston-based full-service custom market research and strategy firm helping leading brands engage, innovate, and grow through research, analytics, consumer psychology, and market strategy.

What you will do

• Lead strategic activation engagements that turn market research and customer insights into business strategies, executive narratives, and organizational action.
• Partner with clients to define business challenges, shape consulting approaches, and advise stakeholders through ambiguity and decision-making.
• Synthesize qualitative and quantitative research, client materials, market context, and business inputs into strategic recommendations.
• Develop executive-ready presentations, strategic narratives, workshops, activation plans, toolkits, thought leadership, and other client communications.
• Lead project workplans and multiple consulting workstreams while ensuring scope, timeline, quality, analytical rigor, and client readiness.
• Coach colleagues, support proposals and business development, and scale activation methodologies, tools, workflows, and delivery best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• At least 10 years of experience in market research, insights consulting, strategy consulting, brand strategy, innovation, customer insights, strategic activation, or a related discipline.
• Experience translating research into strategic recommendations, stakeholder decisions, activation approaches, and organizational implementation.
• Exceptional writing, executive presentation, facilitation, and verbal communication skills.
• Experience leading executive workshops, client presentations, complex engagements, and multiple workstreams simultaneously.
• Experience coaching, mentoring, and developing colleagues, with curiosity about markets, consumer behavior, business strategy, AI, and emerging technologies.

Nice to have

• 4+ years of experience in activation, innovation, and/or strategic consulting.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, inclusive, and diverse workplace recognized as a Great Place to Work.
• Fully paid sabbatical and generous paid time off.
• Annual wellness stipend and paid time off for volunteering.
• Medical plans and a 401(k) match.
• 100% employee-owned company with an employee stock ownership plan.
• Opportunities for continuous learning, skill development, and career advancement.