Research Operations Project Manager

March 24

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Veris Insights

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Veris Insights is a company that provides university recruiting and talent acquisition leaders with intelligence and strategic insights. They support over 200 employers through research memberships and services, conducting tens of thousands of candidate interviews and surveys each year. Veris Insights focuses on helping organizations develop effective diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies, manage internship programs, and improve offer acceptance rates through real-time candidate insights. With a strong presence in the market, they offer tools, templates, and resources to facilitate inclusive recruiting processes and help organizations benchmark their recruiting performance against competitors.

51 - 200 employees

🎯 Recruitment

👥 HR Tech

🏢 Enterprise

📋 Description

• The Company You’ll Join: It is our mission to create an exceptional firm that betters the world of work. Through granular candidate insights, in-depth employer benchmarking, continuous market pulses, actionable strategies, and recruiting feedback platforms, the team at Veris Insights is advancing the way companies across North America approach recruiting, employer branding, DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion), and talent management. We work with hundreds of Fortune 1000 organizations to help them solve their hardest talent challenges, and it is our aspiration to be nothing less than the single, unequivocal best partner to every one of these leaders in that pursuit. • The Team You’ll Join: The Research Operations team is a newly established function that will serve as the central hub for executing, standardizing, and optimizing research processes at Veris Insights. This team is responsible for ensuring the integrity and efficiency of the data that fuels our research division, from survey programming to data collection, cleaning, analyzing, and creating reports. • As Research Operations Project Manager, you’ll build this function from the ground up—setting its vision, defining best practices, and driving operational excellence. You’ll ensure research quality and consistency while partnering with other teams to improve processes and data integrity. • Beyond team operations, this role will also play a key part in shaping the development of early-career research professionals at Veris Insights. As the team structure matures, you’ll take ownership of designing a program that provides structured training and mentorship for entry-level researchers. • How You’ll Grow: Leading a new function offers unmatched opportunities for impact and professional development. In this role, you’ll start by establishing and refining Research Operations, ensuring processes are standardized, workflows are efficient, and data quality remains high. Managing this team will strengthen your leadership and mentorship skills, while cross-functional collaboration will deepen your ability to drive strategic initiatives forward. • At Veris Insights, we believe in investing in our people, and as the team evolves, so will your opportunities to take on new challenges, expand your impact, and grow alongside us. With strong performance, this role provides a clear path to Senior Project Manager, where you will take on greater strategic ownership—including designing a structured training curriculum, creating a scalable mentorship framework, and equipping early-career researchers with the foundational skills needed for long-term success through a new Entry Talent Research Program. • The Character: People-First Leadership. You thrive in managing, coaching, and developing talent, creating an environment where they can grow and succeed. • Operational Excellence. You take pride in building and improving processes that drive efficiency, consistency, and high-quality research execution. • Strong Project Management. Organized and proactive, you manage multiple priorities, ensure projects stay on track, and communicate effectively across teams. • Problem Solver. You tackle challenges with a solutions-oriented mindset, ensuring smooth operations and continuous improvement. • Detail-Oriented. You uphold high standards of accuracy and consistency in research processes. • Adaptable. You embrace change and continuously refine processes as the team evolves.

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years of leadership or people management experience, with a passion for coaching and developing early career talent. • 4+ years of experience as a mixed-methods researcher, with demonstrated career progression and expanded responsibilities. • Experience with research tools like Qualtrics (or similar), statistical software, and data visualization platforms. • Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint for data analysis and presentation. • Proven ability to collaborate across teams and effectively communicate with stakeholders at all levels. • High attention to detail and a commitment to data integrity and research quality. • Process-oriented, proactive in creating structured workflows and driving efficiency. • Comfort navigating ambiguity and building a function from the ground up.

🏖️ Benefits

• Annual salary: $80,000-92,500 based on experience • Fully remote (or hybrid opportunity if you live in the DC area!) • Unlimited PTO • Medical, dental, and vision • 401K match up to 4% of employee contributions • Paid parental leave • Learning and development opportunities • Mental health days • $1000 annual employee wellness stipend