Associate Director, Research & Insights New York, NY - 225 Liberty Street Full time job requisition id JR15334 About The Position | Major Goals and Objectives and Location Requirements: People Inc. is looking for an Associate Director of Research & Insights to lead our research strategy for our Beauty, Style, & Entertainment verticals (Core endemic portfolio: People, Entertainment Weekly, Instyle, Byrdie). Our high-quality content is aimed at helping people make decisions, find inspiration, and take action. And our first-party data is at the heart of informing everything we do--and not just on our beauty, style, & entertainment sites, but across powerful brands in home, food & beverage, tech, travel, family, and health (including powerhouses like Better Homes and Gardens, Food & Wine, Travel + Leisure, and AllRecipes). Hybrid 3x a week- (New York) In-office Expectations: This position is hybrid in-office, with the ability to work remotely for up to 2 days per week. About The Team | The Team and/or Brand: Across our brands and platforms People Inc.'s content engages, informs and entertains over 175 million U.S. consumers each month. Our team helps Beauty, Style and Entertainment brands understand and connect with these consumers, using data to surface insights that inform content, media and advertising strategies. About The Position’s Contributions: Weight % Accountabilities, Actions, and Expected Measurable Results Team Enablement (60%) Develop and maintain systems that enable our current analysts/category experts to continue to provide best in class service and insights to our stakeholders while also ensuring their growth and professional development. Responsibilities include: - People Management - Advise and mentor analysts in both day-to-day work and project management - requires understanding and knowledge of media sales/strategic advertising process, broader industry landscape (B/S/E categories and media in general), and tools and resources for audience and content positioning (including but not limited to MRI-Simmons, comScore, social media measurement tools, 1P resources, Print/Magazine resources, etc.). - Personnel administration | Includes but is not limited to process management. time off management, identifying and flagging challenges, escalating development opportunities, etc.) - Personnel development | Partner with Senior Director for opportunities for development as well as career path growth within the team and support your team in achieving those goals - Task Management | Manage analyst workflows, monitor capacity, & ensure deliverables are timely and meet the strategic objectives of our stakeholders. - Systems and processes | refining and maintenance (project trackers, dashboards, report macros, external calendars, etc.) Individual Contributor (40%) - Collateral Creation & Curation | Work with the Senior Director in the development and regular updating of collateral. Examples include category one-sheets and on-the-shelf go-to-market (GTM) materials, for both B/S/E Sales and Marketing teams and all other corporate divisions (Print, Enterprise, PR, Commerce, Content, etc.) - Insights & Analytics | Support and coverage for RFPs and day-to-day ad hoc requests when analyst bandwidth is stretched and/or PTO coverage. This means direct use of our toolkit (of 1st and 3rd party solutions) to deliver insights and strategic recommendation. - Expertise in working with large data sets to synthesize information and draw out key insights - Expertise in using multiple sources of data and information (whether syndicated, quantitative, qualitative, secondary, etc.) to guide business decisions The Role’s Minimum Qualifications and Job Requirements: Education: College degree required Specific Knowledge, Skills, Certifications and Abilities: Must Haves - Proficiency with at least 3 (or more) of our tools or resources as a direct end user (includes comScore, MRI-Simmons, Telmar, Looker, Tubular, other social tools) - Experience directly supporting an Ad Sales and Marketing team(s) - Experience managing and mentoring analyst teams of three or more - Understand the digital advertising landscape, products, and trends that are important to industry media buyers - Strong interest in engaging with and understanding key audiences, topics, trends, and events to tie market and world events to audience insights and present a point of view that is appropriate for and in context with the these industries - A true self-starter who provides proactive ideas, understands organizational goals, and moves initiatives forward - with a proven track record of leading projects from start to finish and delivering business value - An excellent communicator with outstanding research storytelling skills which allow you to draw out key insights, and can tailor compelling and engaging messages for different audiences - A strategic thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving skills - Solid grasp of media math, statistics, digital engagement metrics, and research methodologies Nice to Have - Direct Beauty, Style and/or Entertainment category experience - Passion for Pop Culture Travel %: 5% or less, to support client/business needs It is the policy of People Inc. to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, the Company will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. Accommodation requests can be made by emailing hr@people.inc. The Company participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For further information about the E-Verify program, please click here: https://www.e-verify.gov/employees Pay Range Salary: New York: $105,000.00 - $125,000.00 The pay range above represents the anticipated low and high end of the pay range for this position and may change in the future. Actual pay may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to work location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of People Inc's total compensation package for employees. Other compensation may include annual bonuses, and short- and long-term incentives. In addition, People Inc. provides to employees (and their eligible family members) a variety of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, unlimited paid time off (PTO), adoption or surrogate assistance, donation matching, tuition reimbursement, basic life insurance, basic accidental death & dismemberment, supplemental life insurance, supplemental accident insurance, commuter benefits, short term and long term disability, health savings and flexible spending accounts, family care benefits, a generous 401K savings plan with a company match program, 10-12 paid holidays annually, and generous paid parental leave (birthing and non-birthing parents), all of which may vary depending on the specific nature of your employment with People Inc. and your work location. We also offer voluntary benefits such as pet insurance, accident, critical and hospital indemnity health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance.

Associate Director of National Employer Engagement Bethesda, MD Category: Nonprofit Type: Full-time Min. Experience: Manager Salary: $65,000 - $75,000 REPORTS TO: Director of Strategic Programs This is a remote position. Job Summary: The Associate Director of National Employer Engagement provides national leadership for Bridges’ employer engagement strategy, formal partnership development, and multi-market coordination. This role is responsible for building the structure, systems, and partnership model that connects strong site-based employer relationships into a cohesive and scalable national strategy, while preserving local ownership of placements, day-to-day employer relationships, and market execution. The Associate Director will help Bridges strengthen its employer value proposition, formalize priority partnerships, improve employer related visibility and reporting, and support the development of tools, resources, and education that position Bridges as a trusted workforce partner for employers. Core Responsibilities: The Associate Director of National Employer Engagement’s primary responsibilities include but are not limited to: National Employer Strategy & Partnership Development - Lead the design, implementation, and ongoing refinement of Bridges’ national employer engagement strategy, governance model, and partnership framework. - Develop and manage a national employer portfolio by identifying, segmenting, prioritizing, formalizing, and stewarding employer partnerships based on strategic fit, market relevance, growth potential, and partnership opportunity. - Establish clear definitions, criteria, pathways, and engagement models that move employers from informal relationships to formalized partnerships with clear commitments, hiring goals, named owners, and partnership agreements as appropriate. Cross-Functional Coordination & Site Partnership - Coordinate national and multi market employer relationships, including National Anchor and Regional Scaling opportunities, in partnership with site leadership and under the direction of the Director of Strategic Programs. - Partner with Program Directors, site teams, and internal leaders to identify, strengthen, and scale employer relationships across markets while preserving local ownership of day-to-day relationship management and placement activity. - Collaborate across teams to align employer strategy with organizational priorities, program growth, fundraising opportunities, external communications, and internal adoption of the national employer engagement model through practical tools, resources, guidance, and support. Systems, Reporting & Strategic Visibility - Oversee national employer engagement systems, reporting, and partnership visibility, including Salesforce enhancements that improve employer data, pipeline visibility, account management, and strategic decision making. - Monitor partnership activity, employer trends, performance indicators, and field input to identify what is working, assess gaps, strengthen tracking across markets, and inform decision making, priority setting, and partnership growth opportunities. Employer Value Proposition, Materials & External Representation - Lead the development and stewardship of Bridges’ employer value proposition, employer facing messaging, pitch materials, and related tools that position Bridges as a trusted workforce partner. - Develop employer education, training resources, and employer focused materials that build confidence, reduce barriers, strengthen inclusive hiring, onboarding, and retention practices, and support organizational growth opportunities. - Represent Bridges in employer-facing and workforce development settings and seek opportunities to build awareness of Bridges as a trusted partner in disability inclusive youth employment. Other Responsibilities - Support special projects and strategic initiatives related to employer engagement, partnership growth, and national program development. - Other duties as assigned. Education and Experience: - Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in a related field such as workforce development, business, nonprofit management, public policy, education, communications, human services, or a similar discipline. - Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in employer engagement, workforce development, partnership development, business development, or related strategic roles. - Demonstrated success building and managing strategic partnerships across multiple markets, regions, or locations. - Experience developing scalable systems, partnership models, or governance structures that support consistency and growth. - Experience using data and reporting to inform decision making, assess performance, and guide strategy. - Experience in a nonprofit, workforce development, education, social services, or other mission driven environment preferred. - Familiarity with disability inclusion, youth employment, school to work transition, or employer engagement in mission aligned settings preferred. Required Skills: - Strong strategic thinking and ability to translate ideas into practical action. - Strong relationship building, communication, presentation, and facilitation skills. - Ability to influence and collaborate effectively without direct authority. - Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities. - Proficiency with Microsoft Office, database or CRM platforms, and data informed decision making. - Ability to maintain security and confidentiality of sensitive information. Physical Requirements: - Prolonged periods sitting or standing at a desk and working on a computer. - Ability to operate general office equipment. - Ability to travel.

• The Associate Director of Strategic Accounts plays a critical role in advancing enterprise objectives by deepening engagement with priority clinics, IDNs, and academic centers across the Great Lakes territory (MI, OH, IN, PA). • This individual drives strategic planning, cross-functional alignment, and execution excellence to accelerate adoption of key resources, optimize customer experience, and deliver measurable business impact. • The ADSA will coordinate pull-through efforts of the strategic account plans, partnering closely with Sobi cross-functional colleagues (i.e RBD, CAM, Medical, Market Access, Compliance, etc). • They will lead dynamic, insight-driven account planning aligned with evolving customer needs and enterprise strategy.

About Airwallex Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software, we empower over 200,000 businesses worldwide - including Brex, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, SHEIN and many more - with fully integrated solutions to manage everything from business accounts, payments, spend management and treasury, to embedded finance at a global scale. Proudly founded in Melbourne, we have a team of over 2,000 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 26 offices around the globe. Valued at US$8 billion and backed by world-leading investors including T. Rowe Price, Visa, Mastercard, Robinhood Ventures, Sequoia, Salesforce Ventures, DST Global, and Lone Pine Capital, Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If you're ready to do the most ambitious work of your career, join us. Attributes We Value We hire successful builders with founder-like energy who want real impact, accelerated learning, and true ownership. You bring strong role-related expertise and sharp thinking, and you're motivated by our mission and operating principles. You move fast with good judgment, dig deep with curiosity, and make decisions from first principles, balancing speed and rigor. You're humble and collaborative; turn zero-to-one ideas into real products, and you "get stuff done" end-to-end. You use AI to work smarter and solve problems faster. Here, you'll tackle complex, high-visibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career as we build the future of global banking. If that sounds like you, let's build what's next. About the team The Legal and Licensing team at Airwallex is a collaborative group of legal minds and licensing experts. We provide expert guidance and support to all areas of the business, proactively identifying, mitigating, and managing legal and financial risks. What you'll do As an (Associate) Director, Product Legal, Financial & Strategic Partnerships, you will lead the legal strategy and execution for Airwallex's global network of banking and strategic partners, with a primary base in Singapore. You will partner closely with our Financial Partnerships, Strategic Partnerships, Product and Risk teams to structure, negotiate and scale complex deals that underpin our issuing, payments, embedded finance, yield and new product initiatives. You will build and manage a high-performing legal team, design processes and playbooks that enable fast, repeatable contracting, and help embed AI into our workflows to increase quality and velocity. This role is ideal for a senior product / partnerships lawyer who is comfortable operating at pace in a high-growth fintech, balancing commercial outcomes with rigorous risk management. This role is based in Singapore. Responsibilities: - Lead and execute complex negotiations with banking partners, payment schemes and other financial institutions, using centralized playbooks, escalation matrices and AI-enabled workflows to manage legal and commercial risk. - Lead legal support for strategic partnerships with global technology, ecosystem and platform partners, ensuring fund flows, data flows and user journeys are robust, scalable and compliant across multiple jurisdictions. - Manage, mentor and develop a team of legal counsel focused on financial and strategic partnerships, setting clear priorities, coaching for growth and aligning the team to company and LRC OKRs. - Design, implement and continuously improve processes, templates and playbooks for contracting with banking and strategic partners, including intake, risk review, escalation, execution, storage and implementation handoffs to product domain owners and user terms owners. - Champion the use of AI tools in Product Legal, including AI-assisted contract review, legal risk reviews and PRD analysis, to drive scalable, repeatable workflows and measurable improvements in speed and quality. - Partner with Product, Financial Partnerships, Strategic Partnerships, Regulatory Legal, Risk and Commercial teams on new product launches, new regions and complex deal structures, ensuring alignment with Airwallex's licensing, risk appetite and AI-native strategy. - Establish and maintain high standards for documentation hygiene, including centralized deal trackers, legal risk registers and contract repositories integrated with AI tooling, so the business can self-serve and re-use prior work effectively. - Act as a senior advisor to executives and deal owners on risk-weighted options, escalation decisions and trade-offs in high-value or strategically significant partnerships, including stablecoin and other next-generation infrastructure initiatives. Who you are We're looking for people who meet the minimum requirements for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory. Minimum qualifications: - 10+ years of post-qualification experience as a lawyer, including significant time at a top-tier law firm and in-house in fintech, payments, banking or adjacent financial services. - Deep experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial and regulatory-sensitive agreements with banks, payment schemes and other financial partners, ideally across multiple regions. - Proven experience advising on and negotiating strategic partnerships with large technology, platform or ecosystem partners, including multi-product and multi-market arrangements. - 3+ years of experience managing lawyers or cross-functional legal teams, with a track record of hiring, coaching and developing high-performing talent. - Demonstrated ability to build and improve legal processes, playbooks and templates that enable efficient, repeatable contracting at scale, while maintaining strong controls and clear escalation paths. - Strong familiarity with payments, issuing, embedded finance or related products, and the regulatory frameworks that apply to cross-border financial services. - Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior commercial, product and risk leaders in a fast-moving, high-growth environment. - Qualified to practice law in a common law jurisdiction (for example, Singapore, England & Wales, US, Australia) or equivalent, with strong academic credentials. Preferred qualifications: - Prior experience in a senior partnerships legal role at a high-growth fintech or global payments company, supporting banking and scheme relationships and strategic technology partnerships. - Experience implementing or working with AI-enabled legal tools for contract review, matter intake, knowledge management or PRD / product documentation review, and comfort driving AI adoption and change management in a legal team. - Direct experience supporting partnerships that enable issuing, card programs, embedded finance, stablecoin or digital asset rails, or other next-generation financial infrastructure. - Ability to operate autonomously, prioritize ruthlessly and move fast with conviction in an AI-native, global organization, while upholding high standards of craftsmanship and long-term risk management. Applicant Safety Policy: Fraud and Third-Party Recruiters To protect you from recruitment scams, please be aware that Airwallex will not ask for bank details, sensitive ID numbers (i.e. passport), or any form of payment during the application or interview process. All official communication will come from an @airwallex.com email address. Please apply only through careers.airwallex.com or our official LinkedIn page. Airwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Airwallex will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specific open position(s). Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes to Airwallex on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary. Equal opportunity Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We don't regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.