Market Research Manager - KMK Consulting

KMK is a global data analytics and technology consulting company empowering leaders across the Life Sciences industries to make better data-driven decisions.

KMK has four business arms spanning sales force effectiveness, HEOR/RWE, data science on-site staffing and support, and Market Research. We help to optimize business strategy and operations by delivering cutting edge analytics from the broadest set of data sources, combined with deep technical and domain expertise. 

We have more than 180 employees worldwide, are growing rapidly, and are proud to count a number of the top 10 global Life Sciences companies as our customers. We serve clients with a high-touch on-site and onshore presence, leveraged by a global delivery platform.

Job Overview

We are looking for a Research Manager (RM) or Associate Director (AD) to join our market research team. KMK is currently mapping out its strategy for integrating the offerings of its business units and developing holistic approaches for our client"s business questions, so it"s an exciting time to join and be part of the creation of the strategy.

Reporting into the business unit lead, this individual will be responsible for leading the day-to-day activities of current projects and coaching and mentoring juniors in the US and in our offshore India team. They will be involved with proposal writing and managing qual and quant projects from start to finish through design, fieldwork, analysis and presentation. They should have a strong background of hands on research in terms of design and presentation creation. They will guide, train and coach juniors and will have line management responsibilities.

Ideally this individual will have qualitative and quantitative experience in primary market research and is comfortable moderating interviews, but we would also entertain candidate who only have experience in qual or quant.

Why join KMK?

KMK Consulting, Inc. is a fast growing company with passionate, energetic, and dedicated people working in a dynamic and friendly environment. 

• Great career opportunities and no glass ceiling to promotion
• Competitive salary, vacation, self-directed 401(k) plan, life, long-term disability and health insurance benefits
• Centrally located office in a metropolitan atmosphere with convenient access to major transportation, highways and attractive amenities
• This role can be predominantly remote, although the individual will be asked to come to the office for training sessions, team socials and brainstorming on presentations on an as needed basis
• Flexible work schedule as long as you get all your commitments completed
• Accessible and transparent leadership
• Proactive workload/resourcing management
• Uplifting culture that is supportive of its employees
• Ability to choose your own path across qual, quant, therapy area expertise and business development

Qualifications: 

• A strong educational background (a Bachelor"s degree as a minimum)
• 5+ years" experience in a market research agency 
• Experience working in healthcare or pharmaceuticals projects
• Ideally experience in both qual and quant 
• Strong moderation skills in a qualitative research setting an added bonus
• A desire to work in a client-focused, commercial environment
• Desire to coach and mentor junior team members
• Enthusiasm and a desire to meet and exceed goals
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strategic thinking skills
• A commitment to producing high quality work
• The ability to work well in a team
• The ability to take responsibility and make decisions
• The ability to handle multiple priorities
• A proactive approach to work
• High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Word and PowerPoint