Research Strategist

Grow Progress•Washington, DC

3d•$85,000 - $95,000•Remote

About The Position

Grow Progress makes persuasion radically more efficient and affordable for social good strategists, progressive activists, marketers, and brands. Who We Are We’ve built powerful software that gives our customers unprecedented ability to run scientific message tests quickly and affordably, so they can identify the most effective messages. This capability powers campaigns, causes, and companies to make the world a better place. We currently work with many of the most prominent Democratic pollsters, marketing agencies, advocacy groups, and labor unions in the country. Grow Progress empowers our clients to persuade more people by tailoring their messages to what motivates their audience, their identities, and how they think. We help customers harness the latest persuasion science to create messages that are up to five times more effective than ads they didn’t test. We’re a team of experienced field organizers, campaigners, political researchers, and data scientists who are obsessed with harnessing the power of evidence to help our clients win hearts, minds, customers, and votes. Your Role The Research Strategist will advise our customers on how to more effectively use our products to improve their persuasion techniques. This role will report to the Director of Research Strategy, and will work closely with the Client Success, Sales, Survey Management, and Data Science departments, acting as a key team member across these critical teams. While this position requires familiarity with statistics, it is not a technical position.

Requirements

Passion for and experience with campaigns, advocacy groups, research design, and public opinion research
Knowledge of best practices in political science, psychology, sociology, or other related field
Applied experience with survey data and message testing. You’ve written and/or interpreted survey questions, tested messages for their efficacy, and know how to interpret data with a skeptical eye.
1-2 years of experience managing client projects and accounts
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, especially in communicating quantitative results clearly to non-technical audiences
Strong time management and organization skills, with the ability to handle multiple work streams and stakeholders with minimal supervision
Understanding, empathy, and problem-solving skills
US work authorization
Progressive values and an interest in politics

Nice To Haves

Experience working in SaaS Customer Success environment with a track record of driving customer results
Familiarity with online survey platforms, market research tools, or market research vendors
1-2 years of experience in statistical software or a programming language (e.g., R, Python, SQL)

Responsibilities

Proactively identify opportunities for clients to use our products in new ways or to answer emerging research questions
Evangelize our tools with prospective and existing clients; upsell services and products
Work with clients to develop research plans that take advantage of our platform and tools
Empower clients by coaching them to use our tools independently
Help clients analyze and interpret their results, conduct basic analyses to fulfill ad hoc requests
Work closely with our Data Science and Product teams to ensure clients’ perspectives are reflected in our tools and roadmap
Build institutional knowledge by documenting project best practices, lessons learned, etc.