Manager, Market Research (ic)

Capital One Capital One · Banking · Chicago, IL +3

Manager, Market Research role focused on driving consumer insights to shape brand strategy, marketing, and advertising. Responsibilities include translating business needs into research objectives, leading research design and execution (brand health tracking, ad testing, custom studies), managing third-party partners, leveraging data sources, developing learning agendas, and presenting insights to senior leaders. Requires experience in market research, brand measurement, and influencing business decisions.

What you'd actually do

  1. Translate complex business needs into clear and actionable research objectives. Provide ongoing research expertise and consultation to internal partners and senior leaders in support of marketing strategy decisions
  2. As an individual contributor, lead research design, execution and delivery of insights utilizing a variety of brand measurement sources, including brand health and communications trackers, creative pre-testing, in-market advertising and media effectiveness studies, and custom qualitative and quantitative studies. This entails effectively working with and managing third-party research partners
  3. Leverage data and insights across a variety of primary, secondary and syndicated sources to bolster insights and recommendations delivered to internal partners
  4. Partner with marketing leads to develop an annual brand strategy, advertising, and media learning agenda to address knowledge gaps and test assertions
  5. Present brand and marketing insights to internal partners, peers and senior leaders, influencing others through story-telling and impactful insights that drive discussion and business action

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's Degree or Military experience
  • At least 5 years of experience in a market research role

Nice to have

  • Bachelor Degree in market research, marketing, business, sociology, psychology, behavioral economics, or biology
  • Advanced degree, such as an MBA or an MS (business, marketing research, consumer psychology, management consulting, or related field)
  • Experience leading brand health and communications tracking research.
  • Experience leading creative and media effectiveness research
  • Experience with B2B and international research
  • Experience in Employer Brand research
  • 3+ years experience in a market research role on the client side
  • 2+ years of experience at a Fortune 500 company or a company well-known for the marketing and market research disciplines
  • 2+ years of experience working with analytical tools such as Python, R, SAS, SPSS, SQL or similar relational database tools
  • 2+ years experience in a marketing strategy role
  • 1+ year of experience managing advertising campaigns for Fortune 500 brands
  • Familiarity with technologists and technology subject matter.