Job Details

Job Title: Senior Consultant, MONITOR Consulting Team

Location: New York City or Chicago preferred

About the company

Kantar, the world’s leading marketing data and analytics company. We understand more about how people think, feel, shop, share, vote, and view than anyone else. Combining our expertise in human understanding with advanced technologies. Kantar’s25,000 people based in more than 100 countries help the world’s leading organisations succeed and grow. Nobody knows people better than Kantar. We provide insight and inspiration to help our clients, our people and society to create and flourish in an extraordinary world.

About the division

MONITOR is our subscription-based consumer insights, foresights and strategy platform. We track key marketplace dynamics and critical shifts in consumer attitudes and values that are reshaping the operating environment for businesses and brands. The MONITOR product team uses consumer survey data, cultural trends, qualitative insights, and foresight frameworks to create content ranging from infographics and newsletters to comprehensive reports and presentations of our thought leadership. MONITOR tools and outputs provide actionable intelligence to strengthen brand strategy, positioning, messaging, and planning. We have four core products: U.S. MONITOR, Global MONITOR, Canada MONITOR, and Sports MONITOR.

About the Job

A core member of a team of insights professionals responsible for addressing our client’s consumer, marketplace, and business challenges, using Kantar’s MONITOR syndicated research as the backbone of our support and consulting guidance. Senior Consultants lead and oversee MONITOR-focused consulting projects, assist senior leaders in cultivating new business opportunities, and supervise entry-level team members.

OVERVIEW OF ROLE

The most successful Senior Consultants in our business are strategic storytellers, see the big picture, deliver insightful client recommendations, and manage the day-to-day with unwavering attention to detail.

As a Senior Consultant, you will assist leaders in the MONITOR business in identifying and understanding client needs, developing and presenting compelling proposals, and managing and guiding project teams to deliver high-impact insights projects.

The role requires the ability to understand trends-social, technological, economic and consumer-and recognize the patterns and insights that others miss, turning them into actionable implications for our clients. We are looking for someone with a strong mix of analytical rigor and creative thinking -- someone who can take consumer research and both internal and external data and bring them life and explore with our clients what they mean.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with senior leaders in the design and delivery of client projects, from proposal to project deliverables and final recommendations

• Lead and work on project teams in the delivery of custom consulting engagements, participating in client management and the development of high-qualitydeliverables and recommendations to our clients

• Take responsibility for day-to-day project activities including team management, financial accountability and project management

• Develop and present future-facing insights, implications and recommendations

• Support the team in the generation of new business, including the uncovering and understanding of client needs, proposal development, and new business presentations

• Distill quantitative and qualitative insights and data into strategic implications (e.g., for corporate strategy, category / product strategy, pipeline innovation, marketing communications, brand strategy / positioning, segment profiles, target identification, etc.)

• Contribute to our proprietary knowledge base by identifying emerging marketplace shifts and their application to our clients' business issues

• Assist in planning, organizing and executing client workshops

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Ability to think strategically and work in project teams to support the development of insights, implications and recommendations for our clients

• Excellent organizational, time management and project management skills-attention to detail is a must

• Strong written and oral communication skills with a creative approach to story-telling and visual presentation of information

• Ability to develop deep relationships with both colleagues and clients at all levels of an organization

• Ability to tell stories with data: Strong analytic skills, with an ability to synthesize and translate data (soft and hard) from primary research and other sources into a cohesive and compelling storyline

• Ability to prioritize competing deadlines, interests and resources

• Collaborative and possessing a team-first orientation; willing to alternate between teaching and learning roles

• Tolerance for fast-paced environments

• Endless curiosity

• Comfort working in teams and as a self-starter

• Comfort taking ownership/project leadership

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

• BS/BA degree, preferably in the social sciences or related disciplines

• 4+ years of experience in market research or related field

• Experience leading multi-phase projects which leverage multiple methodologies and knowledge sources, including applying trends information, and integrating primary research

• Experience translating project approaches/scopes into actionable project plans including timelines, key tasks, etc.

• Solid knowledge of consumers, consumer trends, and macro (e.g., technological, economic, regulatory, social drivers) trends

• A familiarity and certain level of comfort with analyzing quantitative and qualitative data, as well as other forms of more observational insight

• Alignment with our brand values of intelligence, rigor, curiosity, imagination and business impact

• Relishes a challenge and applies resourcefulness and invention to a problem

• Collaborative and collegiate in style, respectful of others, good listener

• Energetic, enthusiastic and confident personality

• Adaptable and resilient

• Experience and comfort in a client-facing role

• Strong, natural curiosity for consumer and marketplace trends and shifts

• Experience and/or interest working on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion insights is a significant plus

Kantar Benefits

We provide a comprehensive, highly competitive benefits package, including

• Medical plans with comprehensive, affordable coverage for a range of health services

• Health Savings Account/FSA

• Dental, Vision and benefits to cover unique healthcare needs

• Wellness Program

• 401k with match

• Tuition Reimbursement, Commuter benefits

• Unlimited PTO

At Kantar we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitive and to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver.We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. Apply for a career that’s out of the ordinary and join us.We want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive working environment where people feel included, accepted, andare allowed toflourish in a space where their mental health andwellbeingis taken into consideration. We want to create a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes.

At Kantar, the diversity of our employees provides a richer environment for our employees and broader depth and breadth of thinking for our clients. Kantar is committed to inclusion and diversity; therefore, we welcome applications from all sections of society and do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status or any other legally protected characteristics.

Privacy and Legal Statement

PRIVACY DISCLOSURE: Please note that by applying to this opportunity you consent to the personal data you provide to us to be processed and retained by The Kantar Group Limited (“Kantar”). Your details will be kept on our Internal ATS (Applicant Tracking System) for as long as is necessary for the purposes of recruitment, which may include your details being shared with the hiring manager.

The salary range for this role in Illinois is $ 84,500.00 - $140,900 . Your final base salary will be determined based on several factors which may include but are not limited to location, work experience, skills, knowledge, education and/or certifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability

Location

Chicago, N. Green StreetUnited States of America

Kantar Rewards Statement

At Kantar we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitiveand alsoto support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver.

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. Apply for a career that’s out of the ordinary and join us.

We want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive working environment where people feel included, accepted and are allowed to flourish in a space where their mental health andwell beingis taken into consideration.

We want to create a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes.

Kantar is the world’s leading data, insights and consulting company. We understand more about how people think, feel, shop, share, vote and view than anyone else. Combining our expertise in human understanding with advanced technologies, Kantar’s 30,000 people help the world’s leading organisations succeed and grow.

Kantar is the world’s leading data, insights and consulting company. We help clients understand people and inspire growth. We have a complete, unique and rounded understanding of people around the world: how they think, feel and act, globally and locally in over 90 markets. We don’t just help clients understand what’s happened, we tell them why and how they can shape the future.