Manager, Insights and Growth

King Technology, Inc.; Minnetonka (MN); On-site; USD 109,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

King Technology, Inc. is seeking a Manager, Insights and Growth to identify growth opportunities and convert research into strategic recommendations. This hands-on role conducts research, runs analysis, builds business cases, and partners across functions to test and validate concepts.

Final investment decisions rest with executive leadership. The role requires leading structured experiments, collaborating with Product Management, R&D, and Marketing, and applying advanced analytics to drive

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in business, marketing, economics, analytics, or strategy.
• Progressive experience in consumer or market insights, strategy, or analytics.
• Proven ability to translate data into actionable business recommendations.
• Experience designing and running structured experiments (A/B, concept tests).
• Experience presenting findings to senior leaders.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled research and synthesis tools.

Responsibilities

• Identify growth opportunities by analyzing markets, segments, products, and adjacencies.
• Conduct primary and secondary research including voice of customer and surveys.
• Translate research into clear implications and recommendations for leadership.
• Build business cases with quantitative and qualitative data.
• Partner across functions to test and validate concepts and investments.
• Maintain visibility into the opportunity pipeline and portfolio impact.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Market research

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Economics, Analytics, Strategy

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

Qualtrics

Job description

Grow, innovate, and enrich lives with us.

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• Base Pay $109,000.00 - $125,000.00 / Year
• Employee Type FT Exempt

Description

Job Summary

The Manager, Insights and Growth identifies and validates growth opportunities by anticipating market and consumer shifts and converting research into clear, actionable recommendations for the business. This is a hands-on individual contributor role. The Manager conducts the research, runs the analysis, builds the business case, and partners across functions to test and validate concepts — then recommends where the organization should invest its time, talent, and resources. Final investment decisions rest with the Chief Marketing Officer and the executive leadership team.

Essential Functions

• Research and identify emerging trends, unmet customer needs, and growth opportunities across current markets, segments, products, and services, as well as adjacencies and new spaces
• Conduct primary and secondary research — voice of customer, surveys, interviews, competitive analysis, and market sizing — and coordinate outside research partners as needed
• Monitor market, competitor, and KPI performance; translate findings into clear implications and recommendations
• Synthesize qualitative and quantitative data into business cases that leadership can act on
• Partner with Business Enablement to apply advanced and AI-enabled analytics for faster, better-informed decisions
• Apply and build capability in design thinking tools — journey maps, personas, prototypes, and usability testing — to shape consumer-centric concepts and experiences
• Design and run structured tests — hypothesize, test, measure, recommend kill or scale — to shorten the path from insight to validated concept
• Partner with Product Management, R&D, and Engineering on concept validation and prototyping of high-potential opportunities
• Document test results and recommend which opportunities merit continued investment and which should be retired
• Prepare the analysis and materials for quarterly innovation and portfolio reviews and the annual growth strategy refresh
• Maintain the opportunity pipeline — what has been tested, what is in flight, and what has been retired — giving leaders clear visibility into what is working and where the next investment should go
• Partner with Product Management, Marketing, R&D, Engineering, Sales, Finance, and Business Enablement / Analytics; present findings and recommendations to the executive leadership team
• Build strong working relationships across functions and bring partner teams into the research and testing process
• Share insights broadly in a usable, decision-ready form
• May direct the work of analysts, interns, or agency partners without formal reporting authority
• Own the Insights & Growth Scorecard measures and quarterly Rocks, and participate in Marketing L10 meetings
• Other duties as assigned.

• Critical Thinking: Ability to analyze information objectively and evaluate sources such as data, facts, observable phenomena, and research to make a reasoned judgment.
• Customer Focus: Builds a deep understanding of consumers, customers, and channel partners, and brings their voice into business decisions.
• Business Acumen: Understands how King makes money and connects insights to revenue, margin, and growth outcomes.
• Communicates Effectively: Turns complex findings into clear, concise stories and recommendations tailored to the audience, from partner teams to the executive leadership team.
• Bias for Action: Evaluates, acts, and communicates in a timely manner. Decisive, makes timely practical, effective decisions. Takes initiative without being asked.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Economics, Analytics, Strategy, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 5–8 years of progressive experience in consumer or market insights, strategy, innovation, analytics, or related disciplines
• Demonstrated track record contributing to consumer‑centric, data‑informed initiatives that produced measurable business outcomes (e.g., revenue, retention, NPS, customer experience)
• Strong ability to synthesize qualitative and quantitative data into clear, actionable business recommendations
• Experience designing and running structured experiments (e.g., concept tests, A/B or in‑market tests) and converting results into business recommendations
• Experience presenting findings and recommendations to senior leaders
• Working fluency with analytics and research tools (e.g., advanced Excel, Power BI or Tableau, survey platforms such as Qualtrics) and AI-enabled research and synthesis tools
• Comfortable owning work end to end in a lean environment, from research design through final recommendation
• Advanced degree in a related field preferred
• Experience in marketing, eCommerce, retail, consumer insights, or innovation environments preferred
• Familiarity with design thinking, journey mapping, prototyping, and usability testing preferred
• Experience with syndicated data sources, research platforms, and survey tools preferred
• Embrace and foster company values of Integrity, Excellent, Selfless, Safety and Courageous.