Executive Director - Research Excellence (Dow Jones Energy)

Dow Jones; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

PTO

Retirement plans

Comprehensive insurance plans

Wellness resources

Education benefits

Family care benefits

Commuter transit program

Employee referral program

Financial health programs

Cybersecurity protection

Job summary

Dow Jones Energy is hiring an Executive Director - Research Excellence to modernize market research processes, lead cross-functional teams, and ensure customer-aligned outputs. You will report to the VP of Research and collaborate with clients, data partners, and product teams.

The role requires deep, long-tenured experience in research, strong data visualization skills with PowerBI/Spotfire/Tableau, and global collaboration across teams. Travel is expected.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of professional work experience across end-to-end research.
• Experience in commodity research shops preferred.
• Experience managing direct reports and skip-level reports.
• Ability to identify core issues and deliver modernized solutions.
• Able to establish trusted relationships with clients and data partners.
• Strong data visualization and tool management skills (PowerBI, Spotfire, Tableau).
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally.
• Education or equivalent experience in technical field.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and modernize market research processes across commodities.
• Upgrade analytical tools and streamline data ingestion workflows.
• Steward decentralized vertical teams for new coverage areas.
• Oversee Voice of the Customer initiative for existing research.
• Serve as liaison between clients, research teams, and product management.
• Own relationships with third-party data suppliers and resolve issues.
• Administer contracts and royalties with high-level third-party partners.
• Contribute to global coverage and analysis across all research verticals.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Data visualization

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Information Systems, Engineering, or Economics

PhD or master's in data science, chemical or petroleum engineering

Equivalent work experience

Tools

PowerBI

Spotfire

Tableau

Job description

About The Team

Dow Jones Energy delivers trusted price transparency, benchmarks, analytics, news, and insights across the global energy, chemicals, metals, and fuel supply value chains. Our offerings support institutional investors, analysts, and traders navigating spot, wholesale, and retail markets, as well as emerging segments tied to the global energy transition.

About The Team

Dow Jones Energy delivers trusted price transparency, benchmarks, analytics, news, and insights across the global energy, chemicals, metals, and fuel supply value chains. Our offerings support institutional investors, analysts, and traders navigating spot, wholesale, and retail markets, as well as emerging segments tied to the global energy transition.

Through authoritative data, real-time intelligence, and deep market expertise, Dow Jones Energy enables financial professionals to mitigate risk and make high-stakes commercial decisions in volatile, fast-evolving global markets.

About The Role

As Executive Director - Research Excellence, you will be responsible for developing, modernizing, and stewarding our market research processes and cross-functional initiatives. You will be a member of the research leadership team and report to the Vice President of Research.

You Will

• Evaluate current market research processes across various commodities and propose, execute, and oversee comprehensive modernization strategies
• Upgrade analytical tools and streamlines data ingestion workflows to eliminate inefficiencies and enhance internal data visualizations
• Steward and steer decentralized, vertical-specific teams tasked with planning and developing new areas of coverage, ensuring milestones and research development goals are met.
• Oversee the "Voice of the Customer" initiative for existing research
• Act as a vital conduit between clients, research teams, and product management to ensure research outputs continuously align with customer needs
• Own relationships with third-party data suppliers, interfacing directly to resolve outstanding service issues and ensure organizational needs are fulfilled
• Serve as the key contact administrator for high-level third-party partners, managing complex contractual commitments and royalty obligations
• Contribute to team dynamics to ensure consistent global coverage and analysis across all research verticals

You Have

• 15 or more years’ professional work experience, demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of the end-to-end research process
• Prior experience working within commodity research shops (highly preferred)
• Experience in managing direct reports & mentoring skip-level reports
• Ability to identify and articulate core/essential issues within complex problems and deliver modernized solutions
• Ability and willingness to establish and maintain trusted personal relationships at multiple levels with clients and data partners
• Strong data visualization and technical tool management skills, with PowerBI, Spotfire, and/or Tableau
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally
• Bachelor's degree in Business Information Systems, Engineering, or Economics, related discipline -OR- post-graduate academic work in a technical field (such as PhD or master’s in data science chemical or petroleum engineering) -OR- equivalent work experience

Our Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Plans
• Paid Time Off
• Retirement Plans
• Comprehensive Insurance Plans
• Lifestyle Programs & Wellness Resources
• Education Benefits
• Family Care Benefits & Caregiving Support
• Commuter Transit Program
• Subscription Discounts
• Employee Referral Program
• Financial Health Programs
• Cybersecurity Protection

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. EEO/Disabled/Vets

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Business Area: Dow Jones - Energy

Job Category: Data Analytics/Warehousing & Business Intelligence

Union Status

Non-Union role

Base Pay Range: $200,000 - $245,000

We’re committed to offering competitive and flexible compensation to attract top talent. This pay range reflects our good faith estimate for the role and may vary based on a candidate’s experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors.

For bonus-eligible roles, targets are determined based on multiple considerations, including market benchmarks and individual contributions.

For benefits-eligible roles, we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package covering health, retirement, wellbeing, and more, along with optional benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees.

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations across the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world’s largest newsgathering operations globally.

It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America’s largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron’s, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance and Dow Jones Newswires. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).