This Specialist conducts market research and competitive intelligence projects that help the business understand its customers, competitors, and markets.
Responsibilities
Designs and executes research studies to gather insights that support marketing and business objectives.
Analyzes advertising, campaign, and creative trends to identify key findings and opportunities.
Translates research results into clear, actionable insights and recommendations for marketing and business stakeholders.
Supports marketing creative evaluation and campaign trend analysis.
Partners with external research vendors to manage and successfully deliver research projects.
Maintains research data repositories to ensure information remains accurate, secure, and easily accessible.
Collaborates with internal stakeholders to understand business questions and research needs.
Adheres to ethical, legal, and data privacy requirements in all research activities.
Contributes to larger cross-functional initiatives and projects under general direction.
Education & Experience Recommended
Four-year or Graduate Degree in Marketing, Communications, Business Administration, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
Typically has 3-5 years of work experience, preferably in marketing, project management, or a related field.
Proven track record of leading end-to-end market research and competitive intelligence projects, from scoping the business question through final recommendation.
Hands-on experience shaping both syndicated and primary research agendas, including defining research priorities with business stakeholders.
Demonstrated ability to identify key industry issues and turn trends into clearly stated opportunities and threats for the business.
Experience developing actionable marketing recommendations that have informed strategic planning decisions, with examples of business impact.
advertising and creative campaign experience.
Experience managing research vendors, including scoping work, evaluating proposals, and participating in contract negotiations.
Ability to partner with internal stakeholders to frame business problems and design research projects (methodology, sample, instrument) that answer them.
Working knowledge of research ethics and data privacy and protection requirements (e.g., GDPR, CCPA), with experience applying them to research programs.
Proven ability to work independently on complex, ambiguous projects and use sound judgment to resolve business issues.
Strong storytelling and presentation skills, with experience presenting insights to senior leaders.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in the technology, hardware, or B2B/commercial sector.
Experience with syndicated data sources and analyst firms such as IDC, Gartner, or Forrester.
Proficiency in Power BI or similar tools for dashboards and data visualization.
Applied knowledge of statistics and quantitative methods (e.g., segmentation, regression, conjoint).
Experience contributing to new product development or go-to-market planning through research.
Experience using AI tools to accelerate research synthesis or analysis.
Experience and passion for engaging with creative and effective advertising and understanding of campaign impact
Preferred Certifications
NA
Knowledge & Skills
Analytics
Business Intelligence
Business Strategies
Competitive Intelligence
Customer Insights
Dashboard
Data Analysis
Data Visualization
Economics
Market Intelligence
Market Research
Marketing
New Product Development
Power BI
Statistics
Thought Leadership
Cross-Org Skills
Effective Communication
Results Orientation
Learning Agility
Digital Fluency
Customer Centricity
Impact & Scope
Impacts function and leads and/or provides expertise to functional project teams and may participate in cross-functional initiatives.
Complexity
Works on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of multiple factors.
Conditions
The pay range for this role is $75,400.00 - $109,350.00 USD annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Benefits
HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position, including:
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Long term/short term disability insurance
Employee assistance program
Flexible spending account
Life insurance
Generous time off policies, including;
4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
11 paid holidays
Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview
[https://hpbenefits.ce.alight.com/])
The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this
posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time,
with or without notice, subject to applicable law.