Polling Manager

Summary

Join BlueLabs' Polling Team as a Polling Manager and play a pivotal role in shaping our clients' strategic decisions through data-driven insights. You will oversee the entire polling process, from questionnaire design and sample construction to data analysis and client presentations. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, to ensure the highest quality results. This role demands meticulous attention to detail, strong analytical skills, and experience with survey data and programming languages like SQL, R, or Python. You'll contribute to process improvements and stay abreast of industry innovations. BlueLabs offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, including a friendly work environment, flexible hours, remote work options, and comprehensive health and wellness benefits.

Requirements

• You likely have at least a Bachelor’s degree and a few years of experience working with survey data
• You understand how to distill requests for a lot of detail down to the most important points and find the most relevant information in a sea of facts
• You are a stickler for detail and ensuring each element of the process gets done
• You’re able to conduct a data analysis on tight deadlines where the problem is unstructured, or the guidance is open ended
• You have experience with programming languages such as SQL, R, and/or Python
• You can manipulate data and are comfortable working with spreadsheets
• You are passionate about harnessing data-driven solutions to improve social outcomes

Responsibilities

• Work cross-functionally with the BlueLabs project teams to design our polling solutions
• Oversee the polling process from end-to-end, including programming survey questionnaires, pulling samples, tracking and monitoring surveys while in the field, and weighting the results
• Help to prepare and deliver client deliverables such as toplines and crosstabs
• Determine final results in concert with the team and develop insights for clients in presentation materials
• Coordinate with team members on experiments, modeling, and other analytics surveys
• Collaborate with our Data Science team on polling methodology and to work on research questions to improve our operations and polling processes
• Work with the Director of Polling to suggest and implement polling process improvements and keep a pulse on new innovations in the industry
• Help oversee relevant vendor relationships; regularly interacting with and evaluating our vendors

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working in the polling field is a particularly strong bonus

Benefits

• Salary: $85,000
• Premier health, dental, and vision insurance plans
• 401K matching
• Unlimited paid time off
• Paid personal and volunteer leave
• 13 paid holidays
• 15 weeks paid parental leave
• Professional development stipend & tuition reimbursement
• Macbook Pro laptop & tech accessories
• Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) stipend for mobile device
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Supportive & collaborative culture
• Flexible working hours
• Remote friendly (within the U.S.)
• Pre-tax transportation options for commuting to our office in Washington, DC
• Lunches and snacks