Researcher
Outset
- San Francisco, United States
- Hybrid
- $120K – $140K /yr
- Mid Level
- Posted
Responsibilities
- Own the research process end-to-end for your projects and pilots: scoping, guide design, recruitment, fieldwork oversight, and analysis
- Manage participant recruitment for the projects you run: define audiences and screeners, work with recruitment partners and our central Ops team, monitor fill and quality, and troubleshoot projects at risk
- Partner with customers and prospects to clarify their research questions or business objectives and turn them into well-structured studies on our platform
- Review and optimize studies customers build themselves, and advise prospects through their evaluation
- Manage project scoping and recruitment operations requests from Sales and customers
- Turn qualitative data into clear, actionable findings customers can use
- Deliver experiences that build satisfaction and lead to strong, ongoing partnerships, whether that means converting a pilot to paid or earning continued work with an existing customer
- Partner with Research Managers and the Senior Research Manager for review and guidance on scoping and strategic decisions, and support them on larger accounts when needed
- Collaborate with Account Executives, Account Directors, and Customer Success Managers on opportunity strategy and to keep research tied to the customer's broader goals
- Collaborate with contractors on projects where they are assigned
- Flag platform and process improvements based on patterns across your projects
Responsibilities
Lead customer meetings and readouts with confidence, navigating challenges and guiding customers with research expertise
Qualifications
- 3-5+ years in research, insights, consulting, or strategy roles, with strong hands-on qualitative research experience
- Comfortable owning a study and leading customers to a successful project, including navigating challenges and guiding customers with research expertise
- Working knowledge of participant recruitment (screeners, panels and vendors, incentives, quality control)
- Strong written and verbal communication, able to explain research clearly to technical and non-technical audiences
- A proactive, detail-oriented approach to juggling multiple projects and timelines at once
- Curious and coachable
- Comfortable with ambiguity in a fast-moving startup environment
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