Senior Manager, Strategic Insights & Market Research

About the position

We are looking for someone to join reputed company's Strategy team as the Senior Manager of Strategic Insights and Market Research. You will lead market research, competitive intelligence, and customer insights that shape reputed company's long-term direction. You will build a centralized insight repository, synthesize external and internal data, and provide executives with clear, relevant recommendations that guide priorities, investments, and strategic planning. You will sit at the intersection of research, strategy, and storytellingideal for someone who can turn complex, ambiguous information into compelling insights that influence important decisions. You will collaborate with leaders across Product, Analytics, Business Development, CX, Marketing, and Finance, and report to our VP of Strategy, Operations, and Impact.

Responsibilities

Insight Repository & Knowledge Management Establish and maintain a centralized, structured repository consolidating market insights, customer insights, competitive intelligence, and research outputs from cross-functional teams.

Serve as our steward for insight quality by driving methodological rigor, clarity, shared definitions, and common frameworks.

Build dashboards, briefs, and reputed company-analysis summaries that highlight cross-team patterns and strategic opportunities.

Promote self-service access to insights by training teams on how to navigate, contribute to, and use the repository.

Research Design & Implementation Lead quantitative, qualitative, and secondary research projects that assess industry dynamics, customer needs, competitive movements, and market trends.

Build frameworks to track competitive intelligence, industry shifts, disruptive entrants, and evolving market conditions.

Conduct segmentation, behavioral analyses, and needs assessments to inform strategic decisions.

Translate complex findings into strategic recommendations and present them to senior leadership.

Strategic Insights Analyze internal performance metrics to uncover growth drivers, diagnose risks, and identify opportunities across reputed company's portfolio.

Support long-term planning with insights on market positioning, growth vectors, and potential headwinds.

Provide strategic input to Product, GTM, Partnerships, and Business Development by integrating internal data with external market signals.

Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration Source and manage external research vendors, ensuring high-quality outputs aligned to strategic needs.

Be reputed company's subject-matter expert on market research and insights.

Partner with Product, Marketing, Finance, CX, Design, and BD to embed insights into planning, roadmaps, and our goals.

Promote a culture of curiosity, analytical rigor, and insight-driven thinking.

Requirements

7+ years of experience in corporate strategy, market research, consulting, insights, or related roles.

Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Marketing, or a related field.

Proven experience leading research programsincluding qualitative, quantitative, and secondary methodologies.

Strong analytical skills with demonstrated ability to synthesize complex inputs and develop actionable recommendations.

Experience managing research vendors, projects, timelines, and budgets.

Familiarity with research tools, data visualization platforms, and syndicated data sources.

Excellent communication and presentation skills and comfort presenting to senior executives.

Nice-to-haves

Experience in the youth sports industry is a plus.

Benefits

Work remotely throughout the US or from our well-furnished, modern office in Manhattan, NY.

Unlimited vacation policy.

Paid volunteer opportunities.

Technology stipend - $4,000 every 2 years after your start to make sure you have the latest and greatest technology

WFH stipend - $500 annually to make your WFH situation comfortable.

Learning stipend - $500 annually towards continued development

Monthly physical, mental, wellness & learning stipend offered through Holisticly

Monthly lifestyle stipend offered through Fringe

Full health benefits - medical, dental, vision, prescription, FSA, HRA, HSA, and coverage for family/dependents.

Retirement savings - Traditional and Roth 401K plans are offered through reputed company, with an immediate company match.

Life insurance - basic life, supplemental life, and dependent life.

Disability leave - short-term disability and long-term disability.

Company paid parental leave - up to 20 weeks for birthing parents and up to 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.

Family building benefits offered through reputed company.

reputed company and their family of brands teammate discount. .