Senior Research Strategist, Research Studio

Alida’s Research Studio is a full-service strategic research function that pairs experienced researchers with enterprise-grade AI tooling to take client projects from brief to final reporting. We're looking for a Senior Research Strategist to help build it with us from the ground up.

This isn't a traditional project-execution role. You'll lead end-to-end research for some of the world's best-known brands, and you'll become an ongoing strategic thought-partner to those clients - helping them shape research roadmaps, connect insights across studies, and get more value from their entire research program, not just the next project.

Research Studio is human-led by design. Our researchers own the thinking, the judgment and the client relationship. Our proprietary AI tools, developed in-house, move the starting point forward, so you get to the thinking faster instead of getting caught up in the doing. Why this role is different:

• Build something from the ground up. Research Studio is new, and you'll be one of the people who shapes it. Working with team leadership and our internal research experts, you'll help define how we deliver: the processes, the workflows, the standards and the client experience.
• Be a strategic partner, not just a project executor. You'll work with clients at the account level, not only project by project. That means advising on research roadmaps, synthesizing learnings across studies through meta-analyses, and helping clients get more value from their whole insights program.
• Get to the thinking faster. Alida's proprietary AI tools build efficiencies with every project. Instead of getting caught up in the doing, you start where the real thinking begins: interpreting, challenging and shaping what the work means for the client.
• Build skills the industry is heading toward. You'll get hands‑on experience with AI‑assisted research and workflows, using AI tools we've built ourselves, inside a real, client‑facing practice. It's the kind of experience that will set you apart as the research industry evolves.
• See your impact. Faster turnarounds and more time for strategic thinking mean your insights reach decision‑makers sooner and carry more weight.

• Serve as an ongoing strategic thought-partner to clients, providing guidance and collaboration well beyond any single project
• Partner with clients at the account level to shape research roadmaps aligned to their business priorities
• Lead meta-analyses that connect findings across studies and surface bigger-picture insights
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders through regular communication and proactive updates
• Anticipate client needs and bring strategic solutions before challenges affect outcomes or timelines
• Act as primary point of contact through the full project lifecycle, from brief and proposal to final reporting and debrief
• Scope the right methodology for each business question, including designing questionnaires from client requirements
• Analyze data and build reports that tell a clear story and answer the client's research objectives
• Navigate complex requirements while protecting scope, budget and timeline

• Work with team leadership and internal experts to design, test and refine how Research Studio delivers
• Help set up the processes, workflows, templates and quality standards that will scale the offering
• Bring client feedback and on-the-ground learnings back to the team to continuously optimize the service

• Use Alida's proprietary AI tools to move the starting point forward across methodological design, analysis and reporting, so your time goes into the strategic thinking
• Review, refine and apply expert…