Quantitative Consumer Researcher

Bose
Framingham - United States
S: Competitive

Bose Corporation is dedicated to developing breakthrough technologies and delivering experiences that enrich people's lives. To do so, we take a different approach than most companies. Our success in the complex and changing world of consumer electronics rests on our ability to out-smart rather than just out race the competition. Reaching our goals requires uniquely talented individuals with a strong desire to grow and achieve – individuals who share the values of passion, innovation, excellence and integrity that are embedded throughout our organization today.

The Quantitative Insights team is a big part of this core aspect of Bose competitiveness. The team helps Bose understand consumers, their problems and product needs, the ways they make decisions and how these are changing. We are looking for an experienced insights professional to join our team as a senior contributor.
Most of the team's work is done in-house, which means team members get their hands dirty with the details of programming surveys and cleaning and preparing the data between the fun stuff of designing the survey and doing the analysis.

As a senior member of this team you will use your creativity, energy and quantitative expertise to help with all stages of quantitative market research studies from design through reporting. You will lead sophisticated research studies that measure and model consumer preferences, attitudes and behaviors and then deliver compelling recommendations to influence decisions around critical business problems.

If you are our ideal candidate, you have a natural curiosity about why consumers think and act the way they do, the ability to draw insights from data using advanced multivariate methods and a passion for marketing and consumer-electronics products.

You have strong foundation in quantitative research methods, with at least 5 years commercial experience, are an accomplished survey/experiment designer and has something interesting to say about what results mean and how to apply them in a business context.

You are a stats whiz, at ease with SPSS, SAS or R and you probably know your way around some more specialized tools such as Latent Gold and various parts of the Sawtooth product line because techniques such as max-diff, discrete choice and LCA are part of your tool set.

You can tell stories with data and are comfortable expressing personal judgment and helping the business make intuitive leaps when necessary. You are confident and self-reflective when speaking to senior management and executives, and a great source of collaborative energy and enthusiastic engagement within the team.
You thrive in a collaborative environment and can coach other team members and share your expertise.
You have a degree (possibly a masters or more) in a quantitative social science such as economics, business or psychology.

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