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Managing Director, Insights at Bully Pulpit International

Managing Director, Insights

Bully Pulpit International · NY, US

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Managing Director, Insights

Bully Pulpit International · NY, US

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About the Role

Lead our Insights team across opinion research, behavioral analytics, and campaign measurement to help clients understand not just what's happening, but why, what to do next, and what's working. Optimize for persuasion at the point of impact by understanding what persuades people in the real world.

Responsibilities

  • Counsel senior clients
  • Oversee the design of qualitative and quantitative research and analytics programs to inform messaging, strategy, and tactics
  • Partner closely with senior communications strategists, digital experts, and creative teams to develop data-driven strategies that measurably drive real-world reputational and business outcomes
  • Serve as an integrator who bridges technical expertise with creative narrative
  • Guide the team through change by simplifying complex methodologies into clear, strategic narratives, ensuring our data-driven insights remain accessible, human-centric, and actionable for senior stakeholders
  • Lead & develop the team
  • Lead a team of researchers, analysts, and data scientists
  • Set the standard for the team's work, from research design to what we put in front of a client
  • Foster an environment of rigorous curiosity
  • Encourage the team to constantly challenge the status quo, move beyond experimentation to scale ideas into standard practice, and embrace a 'bias toward what’s new' to keep BPI on the cutting edge of modern insights
  • Structure capacity planning and team development
  • Build a culture of innovation, curiosity, excellence, and collaboration
  • Reinforce a supportive environment characterized by high expectations and low ego
  • Encourage risk-taking and collaboration by maintaining a culture of mutual responsibility and support
  • Build the future
  • Set the innovation agenda to keep BPI on the cutting edge of modern insights methodology and analysis
  • Explore new methods of research and measurement, from synthetic audiences to behavioral clickstream data
  • Champion the use of AI technology to make the team’s work faster and more effective
  • Partner closely with our Labs (product development) team to develop new offerings
  • Drive thought leadership internally + externally

Requirements

  • 12+ years of senior experience in research and analytics
  • Experience in public affairs, corporate reputation, or political campaigns strongly preferred
  • Demonstrated experience synthesizing multi-modal data across opinion research, behavioral analytics, social listening, and digital media to drive programs
  • A strong strategic and tactical command of data
  • Ability to explain results to the C-suite and interrogate how data was produced
  • An understanding of what matters to drive campaigns
  • Thrive in data but understand the difference between statistical significance and importance
  • Think in first principles and systems
  • Ability to scale solutions across the team
  • A deep intellectual curiosity for how to understand and influence opinion and behavior

Skills

  • Opinion research
  • Behavioral analytics
  • Campaign measurement
  • Strategic communications
  • Public affairs
  • Research
  • Digital marketing
  • Data-driven strategies
  • Technical expertise
  • Creative narrative
  • Modern insights methodology
  • AI technology

Location

  • DC
  • NYC
  • SF
  • CHI
  • LA

Work Type

  • Hybrid

Experience Level

  • Senior

Salary/Compensations

  • $215,000 (+ annual bonus)

Benefits

  • 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) program with employer match up to 4%
  • Generous time off for vacation
  • $50 monthly phone reimbursement
  • Unlimited sick time
  • 16 weeks of paid leave for new parents

About the Company

  • Bully Pulpit International is an outcomes agency made up of strategists, data scientists, and artists.
  • We come from politics, brands, and government and we communicate without barriers and measure what matters.
  • We have more than 400 team members in six countries and thirteen offices — Berlin, Brussels, Chicago, D.C., London, Los Angeles, New York, Oslo, San Francisco, and Zürich.
  • We apply our unique expertise across strategic communications, public affairs, research, and digital marketing to create sophisticated and customized strategies that make change possible for both American and European clients.
  • BPI Group is an integrated public affairs agency that delivers outcomes for the top organizations and leaders around the world.
  • With expertise in strategic communications, digital marketing, creative, research, and measurement, we offer a cohesive approach across corporate, policy, and public affairs strategy in today’s interconnected world.
  • By combining incisive strategy and deep tactical expertise, we make change possible.
  • Our transatlantic presence includes offices across eleven markets in the US and Europe.

Equal Opportunity

  • We are an equal opportunity employer and make employment decisions based on individual commitment to excellence.
  • We want to have the best qualified people in every job.
  • All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws.
  • We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
  • BPI is dedicated to building an inclusive, diverse, equitable, and accessible workplace that fosters a sense of belonging – so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to still consider submitting an application.
  • We consider applications holistically and you may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our openings!