Research Principal

TalentNeuron is the world's leading provider of labor market analytics, delivering high-fidelity talent data on an unmatched global scale. TalentNeuron delivers actionable talent insight for every region of the world covering countries that collectively represent more than 90% of the world's GDP. Through deep investments in machine learning and artificial intelligence, our technology platform ingests and normalizes hundreds of millions of structured and unstructured data points each day, delivering critical talent insights in support of workforce planning, strategic skills analysis, location optimization, DEI tactics, and sourcing strategies for local, regional, and global talent. These insights can be delivered to clients via software as a service, data as a service, or fully custom research efforts from our team of expert data scientists and advisors.

Humanity First: We lead with humanity. We foster empathy, kindness, respect, and inclusiveness in all contexts and support one another.

Customers at the Core: We engage in meaningful and constant dialogue with clients to deeply understand and anticipate their needs, and consistently deliver exceptional value. We operate with integrity and do what’s right for our clients, no matter how difficult.

Diverse Minds, One Team: We are curious and seek different perspectives and find common ground, but we act, succeed, fail, and celebrate as one. We openly collaborate, communicate, debate, and compromise across groups.

Pioneering Innovation: We take risks, fail fast, and learn from our experiments. We champion change and evolution without fear and inspire a culture where innovation thrives.

Resilient Perseverance: We think creatively and pragmatically to find solutions, remove barriers, and overcome obstacles. We are equally accountable for the results of the whole team and for our individual commitments, and we find a way to get things done by embracing a “yes we can” attitude.

About the Team: The TalentNeuron research team forms the core of the TalentNeuron suite of products and plays a crucial role in supporting all other business areas that leverage our data and insights. As a member of this team, you will assist our clients in making critical business and talent decisions. This includes helping them identify key roles by location, occupation, and skill set; providing data on competitors’ hiring trends and sought-after skills and roles; and offering location intelligence to help them find and hire top talent at the right cost.

What You Will Do:

• Learn and execute TalentNeuron’s proven methodology for conducting world-class research that helps identify best practice solutions to many of today’s biggest business challenges.
• Manage key research deliverables, including presentations and webinars, guidebooks, templates, and custom inbound research requests.
• Serve as a thought partner to senior leadership and help shape the team’s strategy by identifying and driving innovations in line with the goals of the research team.
• Participate in interactions with C-Level executives and use these interactions to drive research deliverables and inform research colleagues of key insights shaping the landscape.
• Present research findings to senior managers and client companies. Stay abreast of key trends affecting HR and the companies/advisory board members.
• Analyze, validate, and normalize large datasets using statistical techniques to identify actionable insights for research and consulting teams.
• Conceptualize and build internal research tech tools using R, Python, SQL, and AWS.
• Partner with Product Data Science and IT to develop features and tools needed for data assessments, data validation, and research efficiencies.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with product, consulting, and research leaders to assist and storyboard current and future use cases.
• Use AI (Artificial Intelligence) tools like ChatGPT or Co-Pilot to enhance and streamline the research process

What You Will Bring:

• A critical thinker and problem solver demonstrating the ability to assist business problems and provide actionable outcome-based insights.
• Flexible in your research approach with a positive attitude
• An excellent communicator and relationship manager who enjoys working with C-level executives and can disseminate complex data through relevant means.
• Possess strong interpersonal skills
• Someone who enjoys working independently as well as part of a team.
• Master’s degree.
• 6 to 9 years of experience conducting primary and secondary research utilizing qualitative and quantitative data.
• Strong business acumen and intellectual curiosity to process and understand information quickly as well as diagnose issues to make actionable recommendations.
• Experience converting qualitative and quantitative information into frameworks, narratives, and visually compelling presentations.

We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.