Metaforms is redefining how market research gets done. Our AI platform helps the world's leading research agencies — Dynata, Savanta, Borderless Access — scale 10x faster without sacrificing quality, automating survey programming, data processing, and project management.
1,000+ surveys processed monthly
Serving Fortune 500 companies
Backed by $9M Series A, scaling fast
We're hiring a Research Manager who lives and breathes primary research — someone who can pick up a business problem and turn it into a sharp questionnaire, then turn the data back into an insights report a client actually acts on.
You'll own research quality end-to-end at Metaforms: designing and reviewing questionnaires, sense-checking data, and building reports that hold up to client scrutiny. You'll also be the research conscience for our product and engineering teams — making sure the AI we build actually reflects how good research gets done, not a shortcut version of it.
Design questionnaires from a brief: objectives, sampling plan, screener logic, scale choice, routing — the full craft, not just clean-up
Review and QA questionnaires and data for methodological soundness (bias, leading questions, sampling issues, logic errors)
Turn survey data into insights reports and decks that make a clear, defensible argument — not just banner tables
Be the domain expert other teams call on for “is this research right” — Product, Engineering, AI teams included
Partner with Product & Engineering to make sure AI-powered research tools (auto-programming, auto-tabbing, auto-reporting) meet the bar a good researcher would hold them to
Test and give structured feedback on new tools/prototypes before they ship
Train and calibrate other researchers and tech teams on research standards and edge cases
Core
5+ years in market research, with real ownership of questionnaires and insights reports — not just fielding or coordination
Strong grounding in questionnaire design, sampling, and methodology
Can independently write an insights report that tells a story, not just describe charts
Sharp eye for what's wrong with a survey or a dataset
Comfortable being the person who says "this isn't good research" to a client or a product team
Bonus
Experience working alongside survey programmers / DP teams
Hands-on with Excel, PowerPoint, and a BI/viz tool (Tableau, Power BI, Displayr, Crunch.io)
Curiosity about how AI changes research ops — not required to be technical, just not allergic to it
Work at the frontier of AI-powered market research
Your research judgment directly shapes the product, not just a project
Zero-bureaucracy culture — speed, quality, customer impact
Series A funded, scaling fast
Full family health insurance
$1,000 USD/year for skill development
Dedicated mentor/coach support
Free lunch & dinner at office
Monthly food/snacks allowance
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience in market research with ownership of questionnaires and insights reports
- Strong grounding in questionnaire design, sampling, and research methodology
- Ability to independently write insights reports that tell a clear story rather than merely describe charts
- Strong quality-control skills for identifying problems in surveys and datasets
- Ability to challenge clients or product teams when research quality is insufficient
- Experience working alongside survey programmers or data processing teams
- Hands-on experience with Excel, PowerPoint, and a business intelligence or visualization tool such as Tableau, Power BI, Displayr, or Crunch.io
- Curiosity about how AI changes research operations
What We Do
Metaforms is the AI platform that helps market research agencies operate smarter, and win more business. We've built AI Agents that get your business; learning your exact standards, integrating with your tools, and augmenting your team's capabilities across every research workflow. • Generate survey code with AI • Process data with intelligent flagging • Respond to RFPs faster with automated structuring • Coordinate vendors with smart routing • Conduct voice research with AI moderation The result? Agencies win more business. Handle exponentially more projects. Scale without the complexity or quality trade-offs. Trusted by world's leading agencies; Metaforms is defining the future of market research.
