Knit
ResearchDirector
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“Research Director at Knit. Skills: Customer Success, Market Research, AI Product Innovation. Serve as dedicated research lead for customer projects. Be accountable for research project success”
What You'll Achieve.
Achieve desired research outcomes; Deliver on Quality SLAs; Deliver on Speed SLAs; Achieve Research Objectives; Positive customer retention; Customer expansion; Net Revenue Retention; Successful Pilot to Subscription Conversions; Maximize project success
Industry & Context.
Strategic problem solver; Propose solutions
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years market research experience, Supplier side market research agency experience, Experience leading discovery calls, Experience leading scoping calls, Experience writing quant questionnaires, Experience editing quant questionnaires, Experience writing qual questionnaires, Experience editing qual questionnaires, Experience drafting analysis plans, Experience creating stakeholder-ready insights topline, Experience presenting stakeholder-ready insights topline, Experience creating stakeholder-ready reports, Experience presenting stakeholder-ready reports, Ability to drive initiatives in ambiguous environments, Proven track record owning client relationships, Experience with Enterprise Fortune 500 companies, Experience working with insights professionals, Ability to drive initiatives with competing priorities, Ability to manage multiple research projects, Ability to manage simultaneous business demands, Effective people management skills, People management driving clarity, People management driving accountability, People management hiring, People management onboarding, People management performance management, People management conflict resolution, People management morale building
Nice to Have
Proven track record operating in early stage startup
What You'll Do.
Serve as dedicated research lead for customer projects
Be accountable for research project success
Drive in-depth project scoping
Uncover deep understanding of research objectives
Uncover deep understanding of project context
Set up project success
Serve as strategic problem solver for customers
Serve as research subject matter expert partner
Propose solutions to business needs
Propose solutions to research needs
Serve as solutions architect for customers
Educate customers on research capabilities
Consult with customers to adjust for fringe requirements
Propose solutions to maximize project success
Maintain customer context
Enrich customer context
Improve ability to meet custom research needs
Participate in continuous innovation on AI product
Minimize delta between AI output and human output
Approve final topline delivery
Present key insights to customers
Present recommendations to customers
Collect feedback on the last mile
Uncover what happens after delivery
Document stakeholder readiness process
Support product vision for stakeholder ready reports
Manage direct reports
Ensure direct reports fulfill responsibilities
Ensure direct reports grow in impact
Drive performance of direct reports
Drive clarity and accountability for direct reports
Onboard direct reports
Upskill competencies of direct reports
Manage performance of direct reports
Resolve conflict for direct reports
Build morale of direct reports
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional teams; Customer insights professionals
Communication Scope
Presenting insights; Presenting recommendations
Process & Methodology
Project scoping, Project success
Full Job Description
A little about us… Knit is the AI-native consumer research platform helping brands automate and accelerate primary research. With our Researcher-Driven AI, we’ve condensed the entire quant + qual research process from weeks into days (sometimes hours!) for 50+ enterprise brands — including Amazon, T-Mobile, Mars, NASCAR, and more. We’re on a mission to scale and democratize world-class research. From survey generation to stakeholder-ready reports, our platform is redefining how insights teams operate — and we need your help to push the limits of what’s possible. Overview The purpose of the Research Director role is to ensure Knit customers successfully achieve their desired research outcomes through their partnerships with Knit. By owning customer relationships, getting deeply engrained in customer research needs, and driving high-quality project deliverables, the Research Director’s impact is ultimately measured by positive customer retention and expansion. Responsibilities | What you will own... The research function is a primary contributor to Knit’s shared business objectives of customer retention and upsells, ultimately measured by Net Revenue Retention (NRR) in addition to supporting successful Pilot to Subscription Conversions for acquiring new business. The levers the Research Director role owns to influence these key business objectives are: Research Success → Ensuring Knit Customers successfully achieve their desired research outcomes through their projects with Knit, measured by successfully achieving Research Objectives and delivering on Knit’s Quality & Speed service-level agreements (SLA’s) Primary responsibilities of this role: Serving as the dedicated research lead for all customers’ projects (on assigned accounts) and serving as the ultimate accountable party for research project success Driving and documenting in-depth project scoping to uncover a deep understanding of research objectives and project context to set up project success Driving as the
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