Director / Analyst / Junior Project Manager

Courageous Insights is hiring for Director, Analyst, and Junior Project Manager roles supporting custom market research for life science and healthcare clients. The roles span selling and leading research engagements, analyzing qualitative and quantitative data into client-ready insights, and coordinating project operations.

Responsibilities:

• Sell, lead and support custom research projects and multi-phase engagements
• Oversee execution from kickoff to report
• Manage 1 to 2 team members in your pod
• Commit to leading $1M+ and selling $500k+ of projects in the next calendar year
• Conduct research, synthesize findings and build screeners, notes templates, data tables and report slides
• Support interview and focus group moderation, and contribute to survey and guide design
• Analyze quant and qual data and turn it into clear insights, with growing independence
• Design and build engaging, cohesive insights narratives for clients on study findings
• Partner with Project Management and senior Research staff to keep work on time and on strategy
• Support scheduling, tracking and day-to-day operations on research projects
• Send respondent confirmations and interview, debrief and readout invitations
• Build and update sample grids, notes schedules and task lists
• Draft project management updates for clients and the team

Requirements:

• 8+ years in primary market research, including life sciences, tech or biotech
• Strong qual moderation and analysis, plus quant experience across pre- and post-launch methods
• A track record of leading and selling over $1,000,000 of work a year and managing client engagements directly
• People leadership and confident, data-driven presentation skills
• A bachelor's degree in social sciences, business, marketing, statistics, economics or a related field
• 3+ years in primary market research or a related analytical field
• Foundational qual and/or quant analysis skills
• Comfort building data-driven narratives and slides
• A bachelor's degree in business, marketing, social sciences or a related field
• 0 to 2 years in project coordination, operations or client services
• Strong organization, attention to detail and clear writing
• Moderation experience is a plus
• Life sciences experience is a plus
• Recruiting, survey platform or panel experience, and life sciences exposure, are a plus