VP, Research Job Description
VP, research
provides analysis, coordination, and communication support to market research projects on a regional and enterprise level on market research approaches.
VP, Research Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Ensure compliance with safety regulations and quality procedures
These stakeholders will primarily be European and Country Heads of Marketing and Comms but will also comprise Sales teams, Country Heads, Government Relations and Product Development teams
Own the agency relationships for all EMEA market research projects
Develop and manage the third party research calendar (syndicated research), the distribution of reports to relevant stakeholders
Respond to requests for information and analysis from multiple clients, including traders, institutional salespeople, institutional investors, company management teams
Become the key research leader for VIMN Americas, ensuring collaboration between brands and across geographies and functions
Responsible for regular (weekly, monthly, quarterly) cross-brand summaries of multi-platform (TV, web, apps, games, etc) analysis ad-hoc strategic explorations on the cluster, providing senior management teams with research information on which management and directional decisions can be based
Present research findings and insights in large forums to high level clients, government officials, public relations leaders, research professionals
Build and maintain a strong relationship with the corporate and brand HQ research leads cluster brand research leads
Represent the cluster view at VIMN international research councils, actively participate in shaping international projects and take the lead in managing assigned international tasks, duties and projects including development & strategy projects consumer insights development
VP, Research Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for VP, Research
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CFA, JD, MBA, CRA, CIPP
Education for VP, Research
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Employers hiring for the VP, research job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Engineering, Finance, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Physics, Business, MBA, Math
Skills for VP, Research
Desired skills for VP, research include:
Regulations
Commissioning and managing primary qualitative and quantitative research projects on a multi-market basis
CMO issues and challenges
Conflict of interest
Datarama
Digital and mobile media
Enterprise-focused IT industry and market place
Excel
Federal grants policy
Human and animal research protections
Desired experience for VP, research includes:
2+ years relational database
2 - 5+ years user support experience, ideally within the banking sector
Knowledge of scripting languages like Perl, UNIX shell script
An undergraduate degree in economics or closely related subjects such as finance or business plus seven years of experience in private or public equity real estate, CMBS collateral analysis or regional economics
Ability to intelligently and efficiently synthesize disparate economic information into an investment decision
The individual will be responsible for valuing individual ABS positions, communicating results both in writing (presentations, write-ups, ) and verbally, helping maintain EABS systems, pricing and analysis tools, and identifying and evaluating research ideas independently
VP, Research Examples
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VP, Research Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for a VP, research. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for VP, research
- Analyse key macro and micro trends affecting corporates in a specific sector
- Support other CS businesses globally by providing insight into key trends
- Advise IFC senior sales management to help maximize sales revenue brand and position each network with viewers and advertisers in a distinctive out-of-the box creative position
- Advise IFC senior affiliate management in their efforts for to help grow and maximize distribution maintain coverage in current DMAs and analog position where possible
- Create and update company models for European Utilities stocks
- Undertake industry, sub-sector and competitor analysis
- Host One-on-One meetings with company management and maintain regular dialogue with companies under coverage
- Prepare valuation summaries for presentation to Portfolio Managers and peers
- Maintain equity valuations and recommendation notes using Research Databases
- Manage an Analyst portfolio
Qualifications for VP, research
- The candidate will have experience in a Financial Services Capacity—including internships — Investment Banking/M&A/Equity Research preferred
- Excellent writing skills, client presentation experience
- Technical experience would include use of public manager databases (such as Evestment) and analytical software (FactSet, Morningstar) performance analytics (Zephyr)
- Ownership mindset – takes personal responsibility for outcomes
- BS/BA in chemistry preferred
- Demonstrated expertise and knowledge in the fragrance market
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Our growing company is looking for a VP, research. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for VP, research
- Undertake ad hoc presentations to assist with business pitches to clients
- Candidate will publish research on a broad range of equity derivatives, including directional options, volatility, correlation, dividends and futures trading strategies for Asian stocks and indices
- Knowledge of the regional structured products markets useful
- Strong communication skills are required to market ideas to internal and external clients and work closely with DB's equity derivatives structuring, sales, and trading teams
- The candidate will work with DB's company, equity strategy and macro research teams to leverage market views into Derivatives strategies
- Candidate will work on bespoke analyses related to equity derivatives products, , finding optimal portfolio hedging solutions, backtesting option strategies and building models for scenario analyses on the equity derivatives markets
- Provide top line and detailed analysis, reports, presentations and highlights for the brand and franchises
- Analyze and explain the relationship/impact between linear ratings and other viewing platforms such as VOD, desktop/mobile streaming, SVOD, and other emerging platforms
- Work hand-in-hand with the Programming team to maximize linear and multi-platform performance, monetization, of all content
- Deliver meaningful in-person and written insights on programming trends, performance, the competitive landscape, and audience behavior to inform strategies
Qualifications for VP, research
- Ability to influence organization and drive change in an international organization
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, with an emphasis on presenting scientific data in a clear and concise manner
- Independent fact based able to defend the consumer voice when needed
- Open to external world and proactive approach to identifying consumer and market trends
- Willingness to adapt in a fast-paced work environment
- Basic investment product knowledge Equities and Fixed Income
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Our innovative and growing company is looking for a VP, research. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for VP, research
- Serve as trusted advisor, facilitator and liaison between clients and internal resources, while providing account group leadership and oversight of research quality for all Media clients
- Meet revenue goals related to both protected and incremental revenue among existing MBD Agency clients, while finding ways to identify business opportunities
- Coach and mentor the research team in analytical and client services capacities
- Work with support teams to lead and drive innovations in processes, deliverables, analyses, and other key areas
- Drive integration between our growing suite of solutions and sources
- In collaboration with clinical operations, project management and finance staff, generate study and departmental budgets
- Identify and develop collaborative relationships with key investigators and key opinion leaders globally
- Liaise with the QR model developers, model managers
- Lead OPA research projects
- Serve as trusted advisor, facilitator and liaison between clients and internal resources, while providing account group leadership and oversight of research quality for all clients
Qualifications for VP, research
- Deep understanding of options pricing theory
- Extensive experience in the financial markets and preferably a strong understanding of multi-asset portfolios and Defined Contribution
- A bachelor’s, master’s or PhD degree or Equivalent in finance or coursework in asset pricing, financial economics, statistical analysis, macroeconomics or econometrics, and some experience with financial databases
- Familiarity with stochastic modeling and scenario analysis and experience in researching capital market anomalies
- Translate research reports (equity, strategy, economics) from Japanese to English
- Handle various aspects of quality control for the English-language product
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Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of VP, research. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for VP, research
- Manage, coach and mentor a matrixed research team of 3-5 individuals in analytical and client services capacities
- Build a marketing strategy that articulates NRG messaging and branding consistently
- Develop (4) NRG integrated Marketing teams to be key value contributors in the evolution/success of all customer, revenue and products/projects management
- Create and develop a scalable organization that provides operational and administrative support to multiple international sales teams including lead generation, market intelligence, sponsorship project management, business systems and work flow management
- Drive higher overall advertising, sponsorship, custom publishing (B2B) and optional author service revenues (B2B/B2C.) Develop integrated brand strategies and communication capabilities that further advance the company’s leadership position
- Oversee B2C consumer marketing efforts in content sales for Scientific American, Nature, Nature branded journals and other products/services
- Build end user customer development strategies (B2C)with publishing teams on new Journal and product launches/plans
- Maintain strong Marketing role(B2C and B2B) in the Nature Careers product team driving revenue
- Propose and manage cost effective marketing budgets including staff, promotion and travel expenditures
- Champion and lead best practice marketing standards across the department
Qualifications for VP, research
- Experience in presenting technical matters to trading and model validation personnel
- Contribute to the timely publication of accurate research in English
- Interact with a wide range of research stakeholders, including analysts and production
- Approval and distribution of research
- Knowledge of Japanese industry and economic trends and eagerness to learn more
- Basic understanding of accounting and corporate financial statements and willingness to learn more if required
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Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of VP, research. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for VP, research
- Actively participate in all SN cross company initiatives to develop and implement customer data and product development strategies, practice and/or technologies including CRM tools
- Initiate from project conception to delivery with focus on addressing business issues, pinpoint key questions and ultimately propose, design and execute high level custom research solutions
- Lead, train, and develop personnel, which would include managers/directors of research
- Review and consult with Account Executives for mid to large program RFPs and projects
- Guide the development of the team’s knowledge and coach them in the use of analytical skills to conduct high quality research
- Focus on meeting clients’ needs and work to build client relationships along with industry knowledge expertise
- Offer insights on lifecycle of research including proposals, applications/methods, execution and delivery
- Display a strong understanding of Brand and Communications (including, but not limited to equity, tracking, ,segmentation, advertising assessment)
- Analyse data and policies
- Publish the analyses, forecasts and reports accordingly
Qualifications for VP, research
- Experience in translation of securities industry research
- Minimum level for the role is VP with at least 5 years of European Utilities research experience in either Asset Management or closely related business
- Documented compelling performance record in European Utilities
- CFA and IMC qualifications
- 10+ years of related media research experience
- Expertise with Nielsen data, Rentrak VOD data, Omniture and social media data