Qualitative Project Manager / Senior Project Manager / CHI
Egg Strategy

Chicago, Illinois

Posted in Consultancy


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COMPANY BACKGROUND

Egg Strategy is a strategic consulting agency dedicated to helping our clients find their true path forward.With creative rigor and genuine collaboration, we help uncover the truths that can inspire direction, change and transformation for our clients.We do this through our expertise in brand strategy, innovation and consumer insight which we deploy across our three business verticals of Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), Health and Lifestyle.

At Egg, our approach is strategic, thoughtful, and in service of a bigger long-term ambition.We are motivated by having our creative-thinking skills consistently stretched, seeing our ideas succeed in the marketplace and working to lead the world's most famous brands towards growth.

Collaborative, friendly and team-oriented, we place an enormous amount of emphasis on our team's growth and development by providing strong career mentoring to ensure personal success and job satisfaction.

Position Summary - Qualitative Project Manager / Senior Project Manager

Egg Strategy is an organization that is constantly winning new projects and thinking of more innovative ways to do business, uncover insights and engage client teams to produce great work.

We are looking for someone in our Boulder CO, Denver, CO or Chicago IL office.Can also be Austin/Atlanta based for the right candidate.

This candidate would work within our Project Management Team as the logistics lead for qualitative research projects employing various digital and traditional methodologies, as well as creative event planning (in-field immersions, workshops, brainstorm sessions). This role requires previous experience within qualitative recruiting, and market research field management.

Each week, Egg Strategy is in the field conducting consumer research with a wide range of people in a wide range of locations - in research facilities, in-home, in-situ, online, and through mobile and video interactions - in the US and abroad. To support our team, we are looking for a Qualitative Project Manager / Senior Project Manager to lead the logistics of this critical part of our process.

  • Manage the recruitment / field management process, including inputs on the best ways to find, identify and get the most from respondents within various types of methodologies such as focus groups, in-home ethnographies, online communities, mobile ethnographies, etc. Ideally, have experience managing complex international research projects and pharma / Healthcare recruiting, where hand harvested recruits and creative networking are required to secure sample
  • To ensure fieldwork success, proactively stay connected, provide guidance, and become a true partner to internal Strategist teams; Anticipates issues and proactively provides solutions that align with project's strategic objectives
  • Lead the development of fieldwork documents; proven record of strategic screener writing and ability to write comprehensive logistics documents
  • Proactively manage vendors / partners to ensure quality recruits and seamless in-field logistics; build relationships with vendors; build vendor database with best-in-class partners
  • As it pertains to events, plan the logistics of events that inspire project teams (clients + internal staff) to produce their best ideas and highest level of client service---Including thoughtful venue selection, invitation creation, expert hunting, handling catering and supporting the development of creative exercises and provocative stimulus
  • Be able to track, change, and adapt to project work as it evolves because, inevitably, it will
  • Manage / track project budgets, POs, project calendarsand other billing details; become an effective negotiator
  • Work autonomously and resourcefully to create solutions, often with incomplete information and under demanding timelines. But act as a team player with a collaborative spirit
  • Desire to stay and grow management skills within the Project Management Team (vs. becoming a Brand Strategist)

Qualifications

The candidate must have experience at a qualitative recruiting firm, research facility, agency, consultancy or something similar with at least 1-2 years (5+ years for Senior PM level) ) of relevant qualitative experience. Ideally, candidates will also have some exposure to quantitative research, although not required.

  • Undergraduate degree or similar certification
  • 1-5 years of well-rounded qualitative research project management experience, 3+ years preferred --Expertise in screener writing and managing traditional qualitative fieldwork, knowledge of digital qualitative platforms
  • Must have experience planning creative events in high pressure environments
  • Team first mentality; can-do attitude; not afraid of unchartered territory
  • Culturally aware, in the know, networked
  • Inherent ability to become an expert in various industries quickly via internet "sleuthing" / networking to become an expert in various industries
  • Ability to be the calm in the storm of a fast-paced, multitasking environment
  • Ability to remain exceptionally organized, detail-oriented, and proven to be effective at multi-tasking
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to establish good working relationships with the extended team and clients;Be a positive presence
  • Ability to complete work independently and handle most unique situations
  • Proven ability to manage vendor relations
  • Evidence of displaying an entrepreneurial approach to task management showing ability to take control and manage tasks independently to closure
  • Leadership skills
  • Creative problem-solving skill
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Self-motivated, energetic, disciplined, fast learner, and extremely proactive

If this sounds like your ideal next step, please send a note about yourself and why you are uniquely qualified to join our team. We're looking forward to learning more about you.

Egg Strategy is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.


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