Escalent

• Develop, test, and maintain AI-powered applications and intelligent workflows using Python in a cloud-native environment • Design and implement RESTful APIs, microservices, and backend services to integrate AI models, external tools, and enterprise systems • Build and optimize data pipelines for structured and unstructured data used in AI application workflows • Support the implementation of retrieval-based and prompt-driven AI experiences, including semantic search and contextual response generation • Optimize application and model integration performance for scalability, reliability, latency, and maintainability • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship AI-enabled features and solutions • Implement best practices for security, testing, monitoring, and CI/CD automation across AI application development • Debug and resolve issues across application logic, model integrations, and system performance to ensure high availability and reliability • Write clean, structured, and well-documented code aligned with the team's engineering standards and development best practices • Stay updated with emerging AI technologies, Python frameworks, and industry trends relevant to intelligent application development.

• Assume end-to-end ownership of key strategic initiatives in AI/automation/innovation. • Develop a strong understanding of Escalent groups products, tools, solutions, and technological roadmap. • Demonstrate capability to link findings and recommendations to desired business impact. • Present findings and recommendations to senior/executive leadership. • Scope out research-focused AI products/features/agents with a clear understanding of the use case. • Work with industry/methodology/technique SMEs to chalk out the product workflow. • Co-develop the development/implementation and scaling plan in collaboration with tech, development, and product teams. • Craft and co-implement alpha and beta testing plans, and rollout roadmaps. • Own the feature and scaling roadmap, and hold teams accountable for their tasks and timelines. • Organize and administer demos, show-n-tells, and lunch-n-learns.

• Contact consumers all over the United States • Gather the opinions of respondents who have experience with our clients products and services

• Contact consumers all over the United States • Gather the opinions of respondents who have experience with our clients' products and services • Follow a provided script closely

• Contact consumers all over the United States • Gather the opinions of respondents who have experience with our clients products and services • Follow a provided script closely • Collect detailed opinions and deliver quality data to clients

• Contact consumers all over the United States • Gather the opinions of respondents who have experience with our clients products and services following a provided script

• Contact consumers all over the United States following a provided script • Gather opinions of respondents who have experience with our clients' products and services • Collect detailed opinions and deliver valuable, quality data to our clients

• Contact consumers all over the United States • Gather the opinions of respondents who have experience with our clients' products and services • Follow a provided script closely • Collect detailed opinions and deliver valuable, quality data to our clients

• Contact consumers all over the United States • Gather the opinions of respondents who have experience with our clients' products and services by closely following a provided script • Join a diverse and energetic team driven to collecting detailed opinions and delivering valuable, quality data to clients

Role Description We’re looking for a Senior Consultant who thrives in fast-moving environments and brings deep qualitative expertise, strong client leadership, and a passion for designing agile research experiences that solve complex business challenges quickly. - You are equally comfortable facilitating rich human conversations, designing rigorous research approaches, and translating ambiguity into actionable insight. - You enjoy moving between strategy and execution, can quickly immerse yourself in new categories and bring curiosity, creativity, and confidence to every stage of the research process. - You have experience managing multiple workstreams simultaneously and excel at delivering high-impact work under accelerated timelines. - Experience with online qualitative platforms – particularly Recollective – and designing engaging digital research experiences is strongly preferred. What You’ll Do As a Senior Consultant on our Pop Up Spaces team, you’ll lead agile, mixed-method research engagements designed to answer urgent business questions with speed, depth, and creativity. - Leading end-to-end research programs, from framing client challenges through designing and executing mixed-method research to deliver actionable insights. - Translating business problems into effective research strategies, shaping briefs, challenging assumptions, and identifying the right approach. - Developing and facilitating engaging research experiences for real people, including moderation and activity design to drive rich participant insight. - Synthesizing complex data into clear, actionable insights, articulating the “what, so what, and now what.” - Communicating insights through compelling storytelling, creating deliverables and presenting recommendations to drive client action. - Managing client engagements and relationships, ensuring high-quality delivery across multiple projects while acting as a trusted advisor. - Working across global teams and managing hand offs and deadlines across 24 hour operational cycles, to ensure we are meeting our clients' demands for speed. - Supporting (global) team and capability growth, coaching junior colleagues and contributing to methodological innovation. Qualifications - 5+ years’ experience within market research, consumer insights, or strategic consulting with strong exposure to qualitative research and agile project delivery. - Strong experience with online research platforms, particularly Recollective, and a proven ability to design engaging participant experiences. - Deep qualitative research expertise, including designing, moderating, and synthesizing online and mixed-method research. - Successful experience leveraging AI tools across the research lifecycle, including research design, analysis, and synthesis. - Experience building and scaling AI-powered solutions across team workflows to increase speed & efficiency of client work. - Translate ambiguous business challenges into structured research approaches and actionable recommendations. - Operate effectively in fast-paced, high-demand environments, managing multiple concurrent projects with strong organization, time management, and attention to detail. - Apply creative and innovative thinking to develop engaging activities, methodologies, and approaches that unlock deeper human insight. - Communicate insights with clarity and impact, through compelling storytelling, confident facilitation, and engagement with senior stakeholders. - Demonstrate strong client leadership and collaboration skills, building trusted advisor relationships while contributing to team development and a culture of learning. - Bonus: Experience in focus group & IDI moderation (virtual and in person). Benefits - Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance - Large carriers on a national level (domestic partner coverage included). - 401k with Company Match. - Flexible PTO - Feel no guilt in taking off a minimum of 3 weeks of “real” vacation time. - Paid Parental Leave. - 12 Paid Company Holidays. - Hybrid/Virtual Work - Virtual-first workforce with employees in most states - Occasional travel may be required. - Base salary range for this role is $80,000 - $95,000 (determined by level of experience).