**Company description** Verilogue brings patients, physicians and the healthcare industry together to share information, enhance disease understanding and participate in medical marketing research. In order to develop more effective medicines and communication materials for patients and physicians, the healthcare industry requires more insightful customer data. Verilogue's patent-pending technology system captures information at the point-of-practice™ and enables physicians to digitally record conversations with select patients each month. Verilogue provides a secure and confidential way for patients and physicians to share opinions during office interactions. To learn more, visit http://www.verilogue.com . **Overview** Verilogue seeks a dynamic, strategic individual for a research leadership role within the Insights team. The ideal candidate will demonstrate creative thinking, the ability to understand client business needs and propose research-based solutions to address those needs. Associate Directors will be expected to ensure excellent delivery on a project-by-project basis and also work to grow Verilogue's business by cultivating client relationships while helping innovate. **Responsibilities** **Team Leadership & Research** + Lead direct report researchers + Engage and inspire junior team members + Provide mentoring and coaching to career goals/objectives and providing feedback on performance + Work to provide a supportive, productive environment for all Verilogue team members + Conduct research on dialogue data sets as part of project teams **Innovation** + Use professional experience and expertise to identify strategic client needs + Contribute to the development of new products, services and solutions + Bring a unique perspective to help the Verilogue team evolve our offerings and our business **Project Management** + Independently manage a portfolio of projects and client engagements + Manage team resources to ensure successful project delivery and team satisfaction + Proactively identify potential project issues and manage them autonomously **Customer Focus & Business Development** + Advocate for clients and ensure their needs are being met + Build strong relationships with clients at key accounts + Support business development efforts to grow our business **Collaboration** + Work with other groups throughout Verilogue in a positive way to accomplish our client and internal goals + Foster relationships with other PH team members and agencies to grow our business **Qualifications** **Education/Experience:** + Bachelor’s Degree Required, Master’s Preferred + 4-5 years applied research experience + Individuals with a background in the pharmaceutical industry, applied social science, sociolinguistics, qualitative market research, or AI / prompt engineering preferred + Demonstrated successful experience in managing teams and client engagements **Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:** + Strong analytical, problem solving skills and strong business acumen + Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills + Strong focus on providing customers with superior support and service + Ability to successfully work in matrixed environment + Excellent persuasion and presentation skills and ability to create impactful communications in Word and presentations in PowerPoint + Solid organizational and planning/prioritizing skills, strong attention to detail and accuracy. + Flexibility, ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and focus on high priority opportunities + Drive for results and continuous improvement + Strong project management skills + Solid judgement/decision making skills + Demonstrated leadership abilities and sound business ethics + Ability to lead and mentor a team and develop staff members + Ability to display high-levels of initiative, effort and commitment successfully complete projects and assignments + Must be self-motivated and disciplined + Ability to work independently and as a team member + Must be able to deal with people at all levels inside and outside of the company + Strong working knowledge of MS office modules (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) **Additional information** Compensation Range: $116,235 - $185,955 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 02/21/2025.