Remote Senior Tech Research Director

yougov; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

YouGov is seeking an accomplished market research professional with deep expertise in custom quantitative research for clients across Technology, AI, Digital Entertainment, and Gaming. As a Senior Research Director, you will lead the Custom Technology Research team, guiding ad hoc and tracking programs and serving as a trusted advisor to clients and internal stakeholders.

This role reports to the leader of YouGov's Custom Technology team in Portland, Oregon.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of supplier-side custom market research experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end quantitative research engagements, from proposal development and study design through questionnaire development, fieldwork, analysis, reporting, and presentation of findings.
• Manage multiple complex projects simultaneously while balancing quality, timelines, budgets, and client expectations.
• Serve as the senior day-to-day contact and strategic advisor for client research programs.
• Translate business challenges into research objectives, actionable insights, and recommendations that drive decision-making.
• Build and grow client relationships through exceptional delivery, consultative partnership, and identification of new opportunities.
• Support business development through proposal writing, study design, pricing, and solution development.
• Develop insight-driven reports and presentations that transform complex findings into compelling business narratives.
• Partner with internal analytics and Marketing Science teams to apply and interpret advanced methodologies such as segmentation, driver modeling, MaxDiff, conjoint, and pricing research.
• Contribute to thought leadership and deepen YouGov's expertise across Technology, AI, Gaming, and Digital Entertainment sectors.

Skills

Client advisory

Project management

Survey design

Data interpretation

Storytelling

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Advanced degree

Tools

PowerPoint

Google Slides

Excel

Word

SPSS

Job description

YouGov is seeking an accomplished market research professional with deep expertise in custom quantitative research for clients across Technology, AI, Digital Entertainment, and Gaming. As a Senior Research Director, you will lead the Custom Technology Research team, guiding ad hoc and tracking programs and serving as a trusted advisor to clients and internal stakeholders.

This role reports to the leader of YouGov's Custom Technology team in Portland, Oregon.