Senior Managing Editor, Business Thought Leadership

Job Description

Travel:
Occasional travel for client meetings, workshops and team collaboration.

These are the conversations occupying executive teams around the world and the subjects you’ll help bring to life through world-class thought leadership.

Ipsos Strategy3 is seeking an exceptional business writer and editorial leader to transform original market research, executive interviews and complex business ideas into compelling thought leadership that informs, influences and inspires senior decision-makers.

This is a rare opportunity for someone who combines exceptional writing talent with strong business acumen, intellectual curiosity and executive presence — and believes that great thought leadership can shape the way organizations think, decide and act.

As Senior Managing Editor, Business Thought Leadership, you'll lead the development and writing of flagship thought leadership from early research through publication. You'll work directly with clients, consultants, researchers and subject matter experts — contributing to research hypotheses, identifying the strategic story within the findings and translating insights into reports, white papers and executive perspectives that influence business decisions.

This is a hands-on, highly collaborative role for someone who is as comfortable interviewing a CEO as they are digging into the latest developments in artificial intelligence, workforce transformation or the next emerging business challenge. You'll need to learn quickly, ask insightful questions, manage complexity and have the rare ability to make difficult business issues clear, compelling and impossible to ignore.

• Develop Exceptional Executive Thought Leadership
• Partner with researchers to transform complex quantitative and qualitative market research into compelling executive narratives that reveal strategic implications for business leaders.
• Identify the strategic story behind the data and develop clear, cohesive storylines that connect research, market context and business strategy.
• Serve as lead author on key publications, writing and rewriting content to ensure it is engaging, intellectually rigorous and relevant to senior business audiences.
• Bring a strong editorial point of view, continually pushing the work toward sharper insights, clearer arguments and more differentiated perspectives.
• Contribute to Research Thinking and Emerging Perspectives
• Stay deeply informed about the technologies, economic forces and societal shifts shaping business leadership and executive decision-making.
• Contribute to the development of research hypotheses and areas of inquiry, bringing an informed perspective on emerging business issues, executive priorities and the evolving thought leadership landscape.
• Lead the Editorial Process
• Manage the end-to-end writing and editorial process across multiple concurrent thought leadership initiatives, from early storyline development through final publication.
• Develop and manage editorial work-plans, milestones and writing schedules in partnership with project teams.
• Coordinate writers, researchers, consultants, subject matter experts and other contributors to keep work moving and ensure clarity around roles, inputs and deadlines.
• Lead draft and review cycles, synthesizing and reconciling feedback from multiple stakeholders while protecting the integrity of the overall narrative and proactively addressing risks, dependencies and bottlenecks that could impact delivery.
• Partner with Clients and Executive Leaders
• Partner directly with clients throughout the development of thought leadership, helping shape the strategic direction, narrative and executive relevance of each publication.
• Conduct interviews with CEOs, C‑suite executives and industry leaders, asking thoughtful, probing questions that uncover meaningful business insights.
• Facilitate storyline discussions and review sessions with senior client stakeholders and subject matter experts.
• Build trusted relationships through exceptional communication,…