Senior Thought Leadership Manager: Research & Strategy

Covista; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401k with match

Paid holidays

Annual incentive program

Job summary

Covista, a leading healthcare education organization, is hiring a Senior Manager of Thought Leadership to drive our research-based influence strategy and publish rigorous reports addressing the nation’s healthcare workforce shortage. This role partners with the senior director to translate complex analyses into compelling narratives for policymakers, investors, media and industry leaders.

The ideal candidate combines program management, research expertise and storytelling to advance Covista's

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Public Policy, Public Health, Economics, Business, Communications, Statistics, or Data Analytics required.
• 5+ years of experience in research, strategy, or thought leadership roles within healthcare, education, consulting, public health, or policy organizations required.
• 2+ years of senior individual contributor experience managing research projects or content programs.
• Proven project management skills, with the ability to lead research initiatives from concept through publication, managing multiple projects, vendors, and deadlines.
• Strong background in quantitative and qualitative research methods, with familiarity in data visualization and analytics tools.
• Exceptional writing and storytelling skills, with the ability to translate complex research into clear narratives for executive, media, and policy audiences.
• Experience working with senior executives and subject matter experts to shape strategic content.
• Knowledge of healthcare workforce trends, public policy, and media dynamics.
• Highly collaborative and intellectually curious, with a commitment to analytical rigor and brand integrity.

Responsibilities

• Design rigorous, novel research studies and methodologies for Covista's thought leadership publications.
• Manage the insight-generation process across the thought leadership pipeline, ensuring alignment with Covista's multi-year research strategy, healthcare education priorities and brand positioning.
• Conduct analysis of survey results and third-party data sets using business intelligence and data visualization tools.
• Produce high-impact research reports, white papers and data-driven analyses—translating findings into compelling narratives that highlight Covista's role in solving the healthcare workforce crisis.
• Manage the production process for thought leadership reports including writing, graphics planning and review process, ensuring accuracy, brand consistency and on-time delivery.
• Maintain rigorous quality standards across all published work, ensuring outputs are grounded in empirical evidence and statistical robustness and reflect Covista's intellectual integrity and independence.
• Manage relationships with research firms, data providers and analytics partners — evaluating and selecting vendors to ensure methodological rigor and high-quality production.
• Oversee day-to-day project execution with external partners, including timelines, deliverables and budget adherence.
• Partner with Communications, other Corporate Affairs functions and business leaders to develop and amplify thought leadership.
• Track and report KPIs for thought leadership initiatives, including media coverage, citations, downloads and stakeholder engagement.
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all policies and standards

Skills

Research strategy

Thought leadership

Project management

Data visualization

Data analysis

Academic writing

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Excel

Statistical analysis tools

Job description

Covista, a leading healthcare education organization, is hiring a Senior Manager of Thought Leadership to drive our research-based influence strategy and publish rigorous reports addressing the nation’s healthcare workforce shortage. This role partners with the senior director to translate complex analyses into compelling narratives for policymakers, investors, media and industry leaders.

The ideal candidate combines program management, research expertise and storytelling to advance Covista's