Ipsos North America

Vice President, Polling & Thought Leadership

Ipsos North America

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Washington, DC • District of Columbia, New York, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $170,000 - $175,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Leads the development and execution of Ipsos’ thought leadership content across North America and within US Public Affairs for Ipsos.
  • Cultivates and leverages strong relationships with journalists and pollsters at prominent media outlets (e.g., CNN, The New York Times, ABCNews, Washington Post, etc.)
  • Spearheads the creation of high-profile media releases for significant events like elections and major media clients such as ABCNews and The Washington Post.
  • Oversees a weekly/monthly newsletter and podcast/webinars (?) disseminating key polling data and analysis to clients, media contacts, and internal Ipsos stakeholders.
  • Serves as a media spokesperson, representing Ipsos on air and in print
  • Represents Ipsos doing webinars, panels, and industry conferences, develop and delivering presentations, and sharing expertise.
  • Co-leads client relationship management, serving as a key media contact
  • Reviews and checks public release materials produced by other Ipsos service lines, ensuring they comply with Ipsos’ Media Release Policy, providing editing and guidance to internal teams and clients.
  • Mentors and develops junior team members, including data journalists, enhancing their writing and analytical skills
  • Driving business growth - expectation of an 40%/60% split between development of new business and launching/advising new projects to ensure high quality delivery and managing junior staff to achieve project goals
  • Collaborating with methodologists and sampling/weighting teams to improve Ipsos’ data collection and sampling assets (KnowledgePanel) to maintain top quality data delivery for Ipsos clients.
  • Serving as a senior leader on the team to ensure junior staff are trained and prepared to deliver highest quality work; understands and leads in the development in data collection and analysis tools
  • Consulting with Client Thought Leadership team to improve client data story delivery – to drive compelling and market impactful thought leadership in requisite areas of expertise

Requirements

  • 15+ years in the areas of public polling, public policy, and strategic communications consulting
  • MA/MBA/PhD/Above or equivalent experience
  • Expertise in public polling questionnaire development, survey program and sample management
  • Experience overseeing social science research projects, including complex survey programs and analytical products
  • Knowledge of social science research methods and ability to advise clients on issues of research and sample design
  • Strong dynamic speaking skills and a commitment to developing and disseminating thought leadership.
Benefits
  • Career Development
  • generous PTO
  • healthcare plans
  • wellness benefits
  • flexible workplace policy
  • strong collaborative culture

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
public pollingquestionnaire developmentsurvey program managementsample managementsocial science research methodsdata collectiondata analysisanalytical productsthought leadership content developmentmedia release writing
Soft skills
relationship managementdynamic speakingmentoringcollaborationpresentation skillseditingguidancebusiness growth strategyteam leadershipclient consulting
Certifications
MAMBAPhD