Insights Analyst

Summary

Join Penta's Custom Research team as an Insights Analyst and contribute to data-driven decision-making for major corporations. Partner with analysts and directors to design and implement qualitative and quantitative research. This role blends research and statistical analysis (80%) with strategy consulting (20%). You will translate data into key insights and present actionable strategies to elite clients. The ideal candidate possesses strong analytical skills, experience in primary research, and a passion for uncovering actionable intelligence. This fully remote position offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing research, Statistics, Math, or a related field required
• Strong interest in public and/or international affairs, policy, advocacy, or political research
• Experience running primary research projects such as surveys, focus groups, in-depth interviews, online bulletin boards, etc
• Familiarity with quantitative and qualitative research tools, such as Qualtrics, Decipher, Dedoose, R, SPSS, Stata, etc
• Critical understanding of data and analysis
• Relentless attention to detail and accuracy of output
• Ability to understand data visualization
• Proven track record of multi-tasking and work cross-functionally to prioritize, schedule and work against tight deadlines
• Highly proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and related computer software packages

Responsibilities

• Assist in executing custom research projects, in partnership with senior staff, from proposal to presentation of key insights
• Participate in survey design, questionnaire and discussion guide development, and preparation of analytic reports and presentations
• Support client research needs and contribute innovative ideas and relevant solutions that exceed client expectations upon delivery
• Proactively coordinate research operations across multiple client accounts simultaneously to ensure everything stays on schedule
• Engage and work with vendors to ensure projects are hitting pre-established benchmarks for volume, quality, and timeliness
• Build a comprehensive understanding of research projects and subject matter by conducting secondary research as part of informing each research engagement
• Analyze data and identify relevant trends and insights; Simplify complex data into a user-friendly format, such as graphs, charts, and other visual aids
• Use critical thinking skills to translate raw information into actionable intelligence including preparing and presenting reports to elite clients and management

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with advanced analytics such regression, driver analysis, choice-based modeling, etc. is a plus, but not required

Benefits

• Excellent health care, vision, and dental coverage provided by United Healthcare with the majority of individual employee premiums and 50% of dependent premiums covered by Penta
• Competitive retirement benefits with a 401(k) match of 100% up to 3% of an employee’s deferred salary, and 50% of the next 2% deferred
• Employer paid short term disability, long term disability, and life insurance, with the option to buy additional coverage
• Twelve weeks paid parental leave
• Monthly stipend for cell phone
• Generous paid time off and holiday schedule
• Frequent firm-wide social events and activities
• Excellent environment for learning and growth