Qualitative Senior Insights Manager - Life Sciences

**Who We Are** Escalent is an award\-winning data analytics and advisory firm that helps clients understand human and market behaviors to navigate disruption. As catalysts of progress for more than 40 years, our strategies guide the world’s leading brands. We accelerate growth by creating a seamless flow between primary, secondary, syndicated, and internal business data, providing consulting and advisory services from insights through implementation. Based on a profound understanding of what drives human beings and markets, we identify actions that build brands, enhance customer experiences, inspire product innovation and boost business productivity. We listen, learn, question, discover, innovate, and deliver—for each other and our clients—to make the world work better for people. **Role Overview** Our Senior Manager, Qualitative Insights plays a central role in running projects that deliver fresh, strategic insights that get to the heart of questions for healthcare brands and audiences. Working with Client Managers (business development/client relationship owner) and Project Managers (logistics), Senior Insights Managers at Escalent lead the development of insights and storytelling and own the data analysis and reporting phases of our work. This role can be performed remotely but is likely to involve 25% \- 30% travel. This will mostly be domestic but could include international. **Responsibilities** Strategic Thought Leadership: * Work closely with account managers \& project teams to bring strong qualitative thinking on study approaches, methodologies, and discussion exercises that meet client needs and deliver high\-quality insight * Demonstrate strong working knowledge of the healthcare ecosystem, including patients, HCPs, and broader market dynamics, while continuing to deepen expertise across therapeutic areas and client businesses * Contribute to Escalent’s broader organizational initiatives by bringing forward innovative ways of working, including new solutions, tools, and approaches that enhance team effectiveness and support the thoughtful implementation and use of AI in qualitative research Research Execution: * Own day\-to\-day execution of qualitative projects and major workstreams from kickoff through delivery, with responsibility for project momentum, quality, and strong client communication throughout * Partner closely with Project Mangers to oversee timelines, recruitment quality, respondent grids, fieldwork coordination, and collaboration with freelancers to ensure a high\-quality executional and client experience * Develop key study materials, including discussion guides, screeners, respondent criteria, analysis frameworks, note\-taking tools, and reporting plans * In partnership with Senior Strategists/Moderators, participate actively in fieldwork, debriefs, and internal working sessions, helping connect emerging findings to the research objectives and broader business questions * Experience and/o