Hybrid Vice President, Polling & Thought Leadership

at Ipsos North America

• Job title: Vice President, Polling & Thought Leadership
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $170,000 - $175,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Postgraduate Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Washington, DC, United States

About the role

• Vice President, Polling & Thought Leadership leading Ipsos' US Public Affairs team. Focused on evidence-based strategic insight and communications strategies for clients in public opinion polling.

Responsibilities

• Leads the development and execution of Ipsos’ thought leadership content across North America and within US Public Affairs for Ipsos.
• Cultivates and leverages strong relationships with journalists and pollsters at prominent media outlets (e.g., CNN, The New York Times, ABCNews, Washington Post, etc.)
• Spearheads the creation of high-profile media releases for significant events like elections and major media clients such as ABCNews and The Washington Post.
• Oversees a weekly/monthly newsletter and podcast/webinars (?) disseminating key polling data and analysis to clients, media contacts, and internal Ipsos stakeholders.
• Serves as a media spokesperson, representing Ipsos on air and in print
• Represents Ipsos doing webinars, panels, and industry conferences, develop and delivering presentations, and sharing expertise.
• Co-leads client relationship management, serving as a key media contact
• Reviews and checks public release materials produced by other Ipsos service lines, ensuring they comply with Ipsos’ Media Release Policy, providing editing and guidance to internal teams and clients.
• Mentors and develops junior team members, including data journalists, enhancing their writing and analytical skills
• Driving business growth - expectation of an 40%/60% split between development of new business and launching/advising new projects to ensure high quality delivery and managing junior staff to achieve project goals
• Collaborating with methodologists and sampling/weighting teams to improve Ipsos’ data collection and sampling assets (KnowledgePanel) to maintain top quality data delivery for Ipsos clients.
• Serving as a senior leader on the team to ensure junior staff are trained and prepared to deliver highest quality work; understands and leads in the development in data collection and analysis tools
• Consulting with Client Thought Leadership team to improve client data story delivery – to drive compelling and market impactful thought leadership in requisite areas of expertise

Requirements

• 15+ years in the areas of public polling, public policy, and strategic communications consulting
• MA/MBA/PhD/Above or equivalent experience
• Expertise in public polling questionnaire development, survey program and sample management
• Experience overseeing social science research projects, including complex survey programs and analytical products
• Knowledge of social science research methods and ability to advise clients on issues of research and sample design
• Strong dynamic speaking skills and a commitment to developing and disseminating thought leadership.

Benefits

• Career Development
• generous PTO
• healthcare plans
• wellness benefits
• flexible workplace policy
• strong collaborative culture