Vice President or Senior Vice President, Technology Market Research

About NRG

NRG is a leading global insights and strategy firm at the confluence of content, culture, and technology.  We stay ahead of what’s next, providing fresh insights to spark new ideas. We’re a trusted partner to our clients, working behind the scenes to bring imagination, depth, and clarity to their biggest challenges—in entertainment, technology, lifestyle, sports, and gaming.  Together, we create with confidence.

We’re proud of our company’s values – these values guide us as we navigate sunny days, gray skies and everything in between:   

• Do what you love. With conviction.
• Where discovery lives. And impact drives.
• Celebrate difference. Cultivate belonging.
• Big thinking. Collectively inspired.
• Embrace the journey. Be human.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a strategic and versatile Vice President or Senior Vice President to lead a team within NRG’s Technology research practice.  This role will oversee an established team and client portfolio, building on a strong foundation while elevating the strategic impact and quality of our work.  We are looking for a senior researcher and strategist with deep experience advising technology clients, leading complex engagements, and mentoring high-performing teams within a supplier-side organization.

In this role, you will serve as a trusted advisor across your client portfolio – strengthening existing relationships, contributing to new business conversations, shaping proposals, and providing senior leadership on strategic research initiatives.  If you are passionate about technology research and enjoy leading teams to deliver meaningful, actionable insights, this is an opportunity to make an impact within a collaborative and growing practice. 

Your Impact

• Lead end to end custom qualitative and quantitative research projects for technology clients, including proposal design, methodology approach, questionnaire and discussion guide development, data analysis, and storytelling.
  • Projects will include audience, landscape, and brand studies, with methods such as messaging or positioning evaluation, market sizing, conjoint, segmentation and tracking, as well as a range of qualitative methodologies including UXR. 
• Translate research data into clear, actionable insights and recommendations through visual, creative and story-driven reports.
• Develop and mentor a team of analyst to director level researchers, providing training, guidance, and career support, while effectively balancing workloads.
• Develop, maintain, and deepen strong relationships with clients, ensuring their needs and objectives are met through our research offerings. 
  • This would include tapping into your existing network of clients to bring in business on NRG’s behalf.
• Stay up to date with tech industry trends and best practices in research and incorporate this knowledge into the development of new research solutions.  
• Contribute to and leverage thought leadership research to showcase NRG’s expertise and knowledge in technology research.  

Who We're Looking For

• Experience – We’d love for you to have 8+ years’ experience working in consumer research and/or B2B research, or in an analyst/strategy role at a technology company (ideally some combination thereof, but supplier side experience is a must).
• Your degree(s) – Ideally looking for a B.A./B.S. degree in areas such as Social Sciences, Business, Marketing, Market Research, Statistics, Economics, or a related field. Additional degrees are welcome!
• Passion – An enthusiasm for research, data driven approaches, and strategic thinking. You live and breathe all things technology and enjoy staying up to date on industry trends and developments. Small talking or deep diving on these topics fuels you
• Executive presence – Experience in handling complex client issues, providing well-informed strategic counsel, at times under tight time pressure.
• Research practitioner – Expert-level understanding and experience with a range of complex qualitative and quantitative research methodologies Ability to use thought leadership research to help build NRG’s profile as a trusted and innovative research provider in the technology sector.
• Client-centric – Proven experience nurturing and building relationships with clients, confidently providing strategic guidance to them.
• Business Development mindset– You are excited about proactively driving new business opportunities.
• Leadership – You have a well-developed research acumen and can lead and develop a team. You have no problem helping with decisi