Senior Project Manager, Survey Research

YouGov

Senior Project Manager leading survey research projects from inception to delivery at YouGov. Managing client relationships and ensuring high-quality research methodologies.

Posted 6/17/2026full-timeRemote • California, Colorado, New York, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $100,000 - $130,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

SQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead projects end to end: own design, implementation, and delivery, and keep management, partners, and clients informed of progress.
Translate ambiguous client requests into rigorous, defensible research designs — and guide clients toward sound methodological choices, pushing back where needed.
Write and execute surveys; manage sample and field.
Conduct statistical analysis of survey data, including panel participation, nonresponse, weighting, imputation, and matching.
Respond quickly and credibly to internal and external client requests.
Write and deliver clear reports and presentations.
Bring methodological rigor to every engagement — choosing the right design, weighting, and analysis approach for the problem at hand.
Improve how we deliver: identify reusable methods, tooling, and quality checks that make client work faster and more rigorous, and run internal methods experiments that feed directly back into our work.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Advanced degree (PhD or master's-plus-experience) in statistics, quantitative social science, computer science, or a related quantitative field.
Demonstrated expertise in survey methodology and quantitative research design is essential.
Five or more years of related experience (graduate research experience counts).
Strong client and stakeholder management — comfortable advising sophisticated clients and steering them to better decisions under real timelines.
Experienced programming in R, QSL, and SQL.
Strong attention to detail and a track record of delivering rigorous work to deadline in a fast-paced environment.
Excellent written and verbal communication.
Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, and the ability to pick up new software and techniques quickly.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Paid vacation, holidays and sick days
Flexible working arrangement available
Group medical, dental and vision insurance
Company-paid life and disability insurance
Paid parental leave
401(k) with company match

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Hard Skills & Tools

statistical analysissurvey methodologyquantitative research designprogramming in Rprogramming in QSLprogramming in SQLweightingimputationmatchingdata analysis

Soft Skills

client managementstakeholder managementcommunicationproblem-solvingattention to detailtime managementadvisingmethodological rigorpresentation skillstroubleshooting

Certifications

PhDmaster's degree