Role Description Morning Consult is looking to hire a market research professional and team leader to join our Research Solutions team. Those in this role must understand survey research scoping, design, fielding and analysis for a variety of methodologies, as well as possess excellent client relationship-building, client management and project and team management skills. In this role, you will be eager to develop creative and impactful projects that help our clients make the most of our data-focused technology products and capabilities. You will work closely with leadership to retain and expand current client engagements and ensure all client needs are exceeded. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in global brand tracking and/or brand and communication research, with an ability to leverage insights to support and shape strategic initiatives. What You’ll Be Working On - Client & Account Management: - Own client relationships for accounts of varying sizes. - Create research strategies that embed Morning Consult data into clients’ workflows and align with the Research Solutions team’s broader growth priorities. - Build strong relationships with clients and executive stakeholders to drive growth at the account-level and secure renewals. - Work hand-in-hand with AEs to pitch, price and deliver proposals to clients. - Efficient Delivery: - Manage large, complex research projects and programs both personally and through direct reports to ensure the team delivers quality data and strategic insights to inform critical business decisions. - Effectively manage execution to ensure delivery is properly aligned with contracted scope of work. - Ensure best practices and processes are adopted to optimize efficiency. - Research Excellence: - Expand existing foundation of research expertise to be developing a highly specialized skill set related to methodologies and/or industry knowledge. - Advise prospects/clients on research and survey design to get the most meaningful data and answers to key business questions. - Partner with other senior leaders to establish and execute strategic initiatives at the Portfolio- and/or Commercial-level. - People Management: - Coach and mentor direct and non-direct reports and provide important inputs into Continuous Performance Management and talent decisions. - Delegate effectively and empower others to execute tasks with accountability. Qualifications - 8+ years of professional experience in quantitative market research. - Proven track record of success; experience with survey research and its methods, providing strategic consultation and project planning and delivering quality and timely project deliverables. - Significant experience managing clients and driving account-level revenue growth. - Strong prioritization and delegation skills based on the scale of impact, and ability to focus on key business objectives through moments of change. - An effective planner who can focus their team on achieving long-term objectives and translating strategic priorities and decisions in a clear and relatable way for the team. - Able to drive project teams to get the best output from available capacity. - Ability to mentor, coach and develop top talent; promote a positive work experience. - Strong communication skills with the ability to influence decision-makers without authority through compelling arguments, presentation skills and domain expertise. - Uncompromising attention to detail with high technical standards. - Creative problem solver with an ability to simplify complex scenarios and challenges. - Feedback-oriented and recognizes and proactively raises inefficiencies and barriers to success. - Willing to take feedback, learn and grow; an ethos of continuous self-improvement. Requirements - The expected salary range for this position is $93,300 - $150,100, with a midpoint of $121,700. - This role is eligible for additional variable compensation and an equity grant, which will be discussed in your initial recruiter conversation. Benefits - Join us in the office for catered lunch on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays or grab a beverage from the fridge for an impromptu after-work happy hour!

Role Description We’re seeking a Director, Intelligent Spend Management & Insights Products to lead the data product and data science team that power enterprise spend management and predictive insights decisioning—covering domains such as T&E, procurement, invoice and payments. You will own the end to end vision for reporting, analytics, and data science embedded in our SaaS products, building scalable data capabilities and high impact, customer facing insights that drive measurable savings, compliance, traveler experience and merchant insights across a global enterprise customer base. This role blends product leadership with advanced analytics: you’ll guide roadmaps, mentor multi disciplinary teams (product analysts, data scientists, analytics engineers/BI developers), and partner with Product, Engineering, Customer Success, Finance, and Sales to turn data into outcomes. As a Director, Intelligent Spend Management & Insights Products (SaaS), you will: - Set the platform development roadmap for enterprise reporting, self service analytics, and insight products embedded in our SaaS platform, aligned to OKRs and customer outcomes. - Lead & grow high performing teams spanning product analytics, data science, and BI/analytics engineering; establish clear role expectations, coaching rhythms, and succession plans. - Build & scale the data/analytics stack: semantic metrics layer, governed datasets, event instrumentation/telemetry, experimentation frameworks, and analytics observability; drive reliability, performance, and cost efficiency at scale. - Deliver customer facing and internal stakeholder insights (dashboards, anomaly alerts, executive scorecards) and internal decision tools that quantify value (savings, leakage, compliance, adoption, ROI). - Advance data science use cases across forecasting, optimization, anomaly/fraud/leakage detection, causal inference, and personalization; operationalize models with robust monitoring and A/B testing. - Institutionalize data governance (quality, lineage, privacy/security) and champion Responsible AI; partner with Security/Compliance on controls (e.g., SOC 2, GDPR/CCPA). - Own portfolio execution—from discovery and design to GA and iteration—using evidence based prioritization, strong program management, and crisp executive communication with internal stakeholders, leaders and clients. - Partner across the business to support commercial motions (value narratives, demos, analytics SLAs) and customer outcomes (adoption playbooks, benchmarks, and health KPIs). - Hire, grow, and mentor team members to effectively and efficiently build, deploy and scale data and insights products. Qualifications - Extensive experience leading analytics/insights organizations with direct management of product team members and data science practitioners in a SaaS or data rich product context. - Proven track record building and scaling enterprise reporting, analytics, and insights platforms/products used by external customers. Experience with Databricks, Snowflake, Power BI, Thoughtspot or Sigma preferred. - Domain experience in corporate travel or spend management (e.g., T&E, procurement/AP, payments) or adjacent B2B data products. - Deep fluency with cloud data warehousing, semantic/metrics layers, BI tooling, and experimentation; solid grasp of ML lifecycle and MLOps best practices. - Strong product sense and storytelling; ability to translate complex analytics into simple narratives and actions for executives and customers. - Excellence in stakeholder management, roadmap prioritization, and change leadership across matrixed, global organizations. - Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field or equivalent experience; advanced degree a plus. Benefits - Flexible working hours and work-from-home or remote opportunities. - Opportunities to grow your skillset and career. - Generous vacation days so you can rest and recharge. - A compensation package that feels fair to you, including mental, physical, and financial wellbeing tools. - Travel industry professional perks and discounts. - An inclusive work environment where diversity is celebrated. Company Description BCD Travel helps companies travel smart and achieve more. We drive program adoption, cost savings and talent retention through digital experiences that simplify business travel. Our 15,000+ dedicated team members service clients in 170+ countries as we shape a sustainable future for business travel. BCD’s leading meetings and events management and global consultancy services complete our comprehensive suite of solutions for all aspects of corporate travel. In 2024, BCD achieved US$22.9 billion in sales.

• Responsible for directing all aspects of the development and implementation of assigned projects and provides a single point of contact for large scale complex projects. • Develops and directs the planning, control resources, procedures, and timing of assigned projects. • Develops project deliverables including project plans, schedules, and status reports. • Provides solutions and identifies appropriate resources needed and manages schedules to ensure timely completion of project. • Takes projects from original concept through final implementation. • Develops and implements project plans specifying goals, strategy, and staffing, scheduling, identification of risks, contingency plans, budgets, and allocation of available resources. • Conducts risk monitoring and controls during a project's duration to ensure ability to achieve expected outcomes, on time and on budget. • Works closely with the end users, business technologies, and others to understand and prioritize business goals and information needs related to the project. • Ensures operational and financial controls are not adversely affected by project activities and deliverables. • Integrates vendor tasks and manages vendor deliverables as needed to ensure project success. • Organizes project teams and assigns individual responsibilities. • Recommends and drives the analysis and solutions of complex problems. • Determines, oversees, and plans budgets. • Identifies and resolves issues to completing projects on time and within budget. • Identifies and addresses future concepts and implements best practices. • May be required to perform duties outside of normal work hours based on business needs.

• Detect and interpret industry inflection points by synthesizing regulatory shifts, policy developments, social pressures, and emerging assumptions — translating what changed, why it matters, where Neara fits in, and how executive thinking should adjust. • Operationalize industry insight across Neara by maintaining a centralized signal log and embedding intelligence into Sales, Product, and GTM strategy through executive briefings, internal guidance, and strategic framing. • Partner closely with Product Marketing to shape Neara’s narrative and editorial calendar, ensuring industry themes reinforce category leadership and are backed with coordinated product-level substance, inform positioning, and keep Neara top-of-mind as executives plan for structural change. • Independently produce thought-provoking executive editorial in a variety of channels including POV briefs, videos and social posts that are evidence-led, implication-focused, and naturally aligned to product strategy without promotional tone. • Shape revenue conversations through narrative by equipping customer-facing teams with forwardable perspectives and executive-level language that strengthens credibility and influences how strategic deals are understood. • Safeguard Neara’s point of view by stress-testing positioning against real market sentiment, challenging internal assumptions, and ensuring the company’s narrative is credible, earned, and externally resonant. • Rally cross-functional teams around shared narrative frameworks through storytelling excellence, strategic influence, and collaborative leadership