Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. YouGov America Inc. is seeking a Senior Project Manager, Survey Research to lead internal and external survey research projects from inception to delivery. The role involves managing multiple large projects, guiding clients in methodological choices, and improving delivery processes while ensuring high standards in client work.
Responsibilities
- Lead projects end to end: own design, implementation, and delivery, and keep management, partners, and clients informed of progress
- Translate ambiguous client requests into rigorous, defensible research designs — and guide clients toward sound methodological choices, pushing back where needed
- Write and execute surveys; manage sample and field
- Conduct statistical analysis of survey data, including panel participation, nonresponse, weighting, imputation, and matching
- Respond quickly and credibly to internal and external client requests
- Write and deliver clear reports and presentations
- Bring methodological rigor to every engagement — choosing the right design, weighting, and analysis approach for the problem at hand
- Improve how we deliver: identify reusable methods, tooling, and quality checks that make client work faster and more rigorous, and run internal methods experiments that feed directly back into our work
Skills
- Advanced degree (PhD or master's-plus-experience) in statistics, quantitative social science, computer science, or a related quantitative field
- Demonstrated expertise in survey methodology and quantitative research design is essential
- Five or more years of related experience (graduate research experience counts)
- Strong client and stakeholder management — comfortable advising sophisticated clients and steering them to better decisions under real timelines
- Experienced programming in R, QSL, and SQL
- Strong attention to detail and a track record of delivering rigorous work to deadline in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, and the ability to pick up new software and techniques quickly
Benefits
- Paid vacation, holidays and sick days
- Flexible working arrangement available
- Group medical, dental and vision insurance
- Company-paid life and disability insurance
- Paid parental leave
- 401(k) with company match
Company Overview
YouGov is a data and analytics group that enables companies to explore, plan, activate, and track marketing activities. It was founded in 2000, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://business.yougov.com.