Principal Researcher, Talent Intelligence

Comcast brings together the best in media and technology. We drive innovation to create the world's best entertainment and online experiences. As a Fortune 50 leader, we set the pace in a variety of innovative and fascinating businesses and create career opportunities across a wide range of locations and disciplines. We are at the forefront of change and move at an amazing pace, thanks to our remarkable people, who bring cutting-edge products and services to life for millions of customers every day. If you share in our passion for teamwork, our vision to revolutionize industries and our goal to lead the future in media and technology, we want you to fast-forward your career at Comcast.

Job Summary

The Principal Researcher, Talent Intelligence is a key member of Comcast’s Executive Research & Talent Intelligence team. This role delivers high-impact talent research, labor market insights, and competitive intelligence that inform enterprise-wide decisions related to hiring strategy, workforce planning, talent development, and organizational design.

Operating with a high degree of autonomy, this role serves as a trusted thought partner to Executive Search, Global Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Learning & Development, HR Business Partners, and business leaders, proactively identifying external talent risks and opportunities and translating complex market signals into clear, actionable insights that support enterprise-level decision-making and strategic initiatives.

The ideal candidate is an analytical thinker, strong communicator, insatiably curious, and a proactive problem-solver who thrives in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment, and who brings a talent-forward perspective to research, grounded in an understanding of how Talent and HR teams operate and make decisions.

Job Description

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Partner with Executive Search and Talent Acquisition to shape search strategies, inform role design, and deliver market maps and research relevant to critical and leadership roles.
• Conduct proactive and research-driven talent sourcing and market scanning to support leadership pipeline development, executive calibration discussions, and long-term talent strategy.
• Conduct comprehensive labor market research, supply/demand modeling, competitive benchmarking, and talent landscape assessments to guide hiring strategies, workforce planning, and capability-related decisions.
• Monitor industry, competitor, and labor market trends to proactively identify emerging talent risks, opportunities, and business implications, surfacing insights without waiting for formal requests.
• Own the delivery of high-impact Talent Intelligence outputs that directly inform enterprise workforce, hiring, and organizational decisions.
• Develop and deliver concise, executive-ready narratives, presentations, dashboards, and reports that explain market dynamics, highlight risks and opportunities, and offer practical recommendations.
• Utilize and enhance a suite of standardized Talent Intelligence products, ensuring consistent, scalable delivery of insights to internal partners.
• Support the creation and refinement of research frameworks, templates, and methodologies that enable a repeatable and efficient intelligence delivery model across the enterprise.
• Ensure accurate and appropriate use of labor market tools, research systems, and analytics platforms, maintaining a high standard of data quality.
• Collaborate with Talent Management, Learning & Development, and HR teams to bring external intelligence into internal planning, talent development discussions, and organizational strategy conversations.
• Maintain strong alignment with stakeholders to ensure Talent Intelligence insights remain relevant to evolving business priorities.
• Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
• Regular, consistent, and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Experience within Talent Acquisition, Talent Intelligence, Executive Research, or related functions, with demonstrated strength in market analysis, data interpretation, and insight storytelling.
• Hands-on experience creating clear, executive-friendly visualizations and dashboards using data visualization and reporting tools.
• Experience delivering insights that influence decisions beyond Talent Acquisition, such as workforce planning, organizational design, or location strategy.
• Demonstrated ability to operate in ambiguous environments, framing unclear business questions, working with imperfect data, and balancing proactive insight generation with stakeholder-driven requests.
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