Senior Vice President of Research & Analytics, Tech Lab

Senior Vice President Of Research & Analytics

Ruder Finn is seeking a Senior Vice President of Research & Analytics to join its award-winning TechLab team in a leadership role. As a Senior Vice President, this role will lead the research and analytics department, overseeing a global team across the U.S. and India and reporting to our Head of AI and Chief Technology Officer. The SVP will partner with experienced client leaders across the organization, join forces with branding and communication strategists, and leverage creative teams to create strategy and insights for our clients and prospects.

The ideal candidate should possess strong strategic thinking skills and be well-versed in research tools and platforms; particularly adept in crafting narratives and storytelling, statistics, web analytics, and social media analytics. This is a strategic leadership role in our TechLab group with hands-on management of research and analytics projects, supporting major accounts and working with the CTO on the agency's focus on AI and technology initiatives. This is an opportunity to join a growing team and help shape the future of research and analytics in a fast-evolving, technology-driven environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Spearhead complex and diverse communication research projects, which include primary research efforts (both quantitative and qualitative), measurement, and secondary research in partnership with our account teams
• Independently run projects and provide strategic counsel to clients and internal account teams
• Deliver market and audience intelligence, including social and digital landscape analysis, audience behavior analysis, sentiment analysis, keyword research, search performance, and competitor analysis including but not limited to share of voice and message pull-through
• Lead client analytics discussions involving reporting, optimization, and recommendations for improving performance
• Build measurement frameworks, set up searches and dashboards, and develop client-facing insights and reports
• Drive insights generation, storytelling, and strategic recommendations grounded in data to support client strategy and planning
• Possess a curiosity about new analytics tools and introduce them to the agency with a recommendation on best use cases
• Manage and develop staff of research analysts and analytics managers in learning best practices, and improving speed and accuracy of reports as well as ad hoc analytics deliverables
• Collaborate closely with the creative planning group and other cross-functional teams
• Support training initiatives, including advanced analytics and AI training for the broader organization

Qualifications

Benefits & More

The anticipated salary range for this position, at the time of posting, is $175,000 - $200,000. The salary of the applicant selected for this role will be based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, education, internal equity, geography, relevant years of experience, certifications, skills, abilities of the selected applicant, and other job-related qualifications. In addition, a range of medical, dental, vision, disability, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and / or other benefits also are available by the company.

Ruder Finn provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Ruder Finn will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Ruder Finn believes that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.