Strategist Jobs in Irvine

This is a contract-to-hire role designed for a generalist researcher who can adeptly analyze market trends, conduct competitive analysis, and deliver valuable customer insights.

• Market Research: Conduct thorough and creative market research to evaluate subject company position relative to landscape competitors.
• Customer Insights: Design and execute studies to gather customer insights. Develop hypotheses on major problems to solve and use them as inputs to ideation. Facilitate customer cohort discussions, manage surveys/interviews, analyze results, and validate prototypes through customer feedback. Present findings and actionable insights to senior management.
• Strategic Analysis: Synthesize client, competitor, and customer information to identify key problems and opportunities. Create associations and sequence information to develop clear, data-driven recommendations.

• 3-5 years of consulting experience, preferably with top-tier consulting firms or venture studios.
• Proven experience in market research, customer insights, and prototype development.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong critical reasoning skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Proficient in data analysis tools and methodologies.
• Bonus points for experience in project management and creating strategy or concept-based presentations.
• High tolerance for ambiguity and ability to work independently.