Director of Strategic Insights

Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Hybrid schedule with at least four days per week in the office and one day per week working from home.

Base salary: $131,000–$180,100 per year, with potential variable compensation and benefits.

Company

hirify.global is a diversified financial services company providing financial planning and advice, asset management, insurance, and annuity services to individual, small business, and institutional clients.

What you will do

• Lead strategic research initiatives supporting business units and enterprise-wide strategies.
• Design and execute qualitative and quantitative research using Excel, Qualtrics, secondary sources, and multiple data sets.
• Lead client experience measurement and voice-of-the-customer programs, translating feedback into trends and recommendations.
• Combine behavioral, qualitative, quantitative, and syndicated research into clear data stories, reports, and presentations.
• Partner with business leaders as a trusted advisor and influence strategic decision-making.
• Mentor team members and advance research tools, systems, methodologies, compliance, and operational excellence.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience designing research methodologies, analyzing data, and translating findings into business strategies.
• Experience leading and mentoring others.
• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to connect insights to broader business questions and present clear implications to senior leaders.
• Project management skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities independently.

Nice to have

• Education or coursework in business, marketing, market research, statistics, data analytics, data science, economics, consumer insights, or applied social sciences.
• Experience in financial services or other complex organizations.
• Experience building and coaching high-performing insights teams.
• Experience leading organization-wide client experience measurement or voice-of-the-customer programs.

Culture & Benefits

• Face-to-face collaboration and in-person relationship building are core to the working model.
• Benefits include vacation time, sick time, 401(k), and health, dental, and life insurance.
• Compensation follows a pay-for-performance philosophy and may include bonuses, commissions, or long-term incentives.
• Applicants must already have United States work authorization and must not require visa sponsorship now or in the future.