Market Innovation Researcher

Job description

At Medical Solutions, we're people who care, helping people who care. No matter how you look at it, there's a whole lot of care going on in our world and that's just the way we like it.

What do we do? Medical Solutions is one of the nation's largest providers of total workforce solutions in the healthcare industry, connecting nurses and allied health clinicians with hospitals and healthcare systems across the country and around the corner. Through our family of brands, we also serve a segment of clients outside of the healthcare space. And we're the very best at what we do.

You'll love our culture that's filled with heart and soul. As a company and employer, we're sincerely and unabashedly us. We lead as humans first and believe the unique qualities of each team member make us better together. We share a purpose for helping others and the drive to make a difference. And we offer endless opportunities for personal and professional growth, throughout your career.

At Medical Solutions, you'll find a great place to work and a career home. We've received Best Places to Work awards, landed top industry awards, and received accolades for the impact we've made in business and within our community.

But the only way to really get to know us, is to join us. We think you'll fit right in.

Market & Innovation Researcher - Job Description

Medical Solutions seeks a Market & Innovation Researcher who will be responsible for managing, organizing, and delivering customer, client, competitive and environmental research projects designed to help fuel new product development and continued, extraordinary company growth and profitability. The Market & Innovation Researcher will be working in a fast paced, demanding, and fun environment, and will report directly to the Executive Vice President of Product & Services Innovation of Medical Solutions. If you have experience as a Market & Innovation Researcher and are interested in working cross-functionally and collaboratively in an exciting, fun and high growth environment, apply to become part of our dedicated team today!

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop proposals and participate in client meetings and communications, as requested, and needed, to maximize new product development.
• Design, execute and manage Quantitative and Qualitative projects including, analyses, execution, report writing and presentations to ensure schedule, sales and client needs, and budget requirements are met, all to ensure company growth and profitability. Access secondary market research as need and appropriate.
• Conduct and maintain competitive research and analysis.
• Apply and demonstrate an advanced level of understanding and knowledge of appropriate statistical applications and research design techniques to provide consultancy to marketing, sales and clients for maximum sales and growth.
• Evaluate ongoing research needs and potential team structure to ensure success of this important function.
• Collaborate with other staff members on projects to ensure projects are completed according to project management plans for seamless and timely quality work.
• Develop and provide expertise in target business industries to both external clients and internal teams.
• Deliver superb communication skills in client management, project presentation, company product and service promotion, and team collaboration.
• Practice and demonstrate exemplary work ethics, and self-motivation in learning and taking on new challenges to support sales for the company.
• Identify new, innovative and competitive product opportunities.
• Knowledgeable about market research, dedicated to the goals of the company while promoting a positive, fun, and engaging culture to ensure good relationships, overall employee and client satisfaction, and profitability.
• Must speak clearly and fluently to communicate on a wide range of topics. Interpersonal skills as needed to persuade, debate, and negotiate.
• Comprehension of job requirements and procedures. Can initiate and perform work assignments under minimal direction that may be broad, varied, and complex in nature. Employee must be comfortable and have the ability to use educated and intuitive judgment to make decisions.
• Must be able to work in a shifting environment with ability to juggle and prioritize multiple, competing tasks and demands and to seek supervisory assistance as appropriate.
• Mathematical aptitude; use of numeric calculations for accuracy of reports and tasks.
• Organizational and time management skills sufficient to plan and accomplish assigned goals.
• Deductive reasoning ability to enable the appropriate application of general concepts to specific situations. Able to translate theory into business practices. Employee must apply experience, skills, and information to identify problems and plan strategic resolutions.
• Must be willing to work hard, be dependable and responsible, possess a positive attitude and maintain a sense of honesty and integrity.

Job Qualifications:

• 5+ years' experience in market research leadership.
• BS Degree or equivalent work-related experience.
• Experienced and skilled in research methodologies, analysis, working with web analytics data and tools.
• Able to determine, synthesize and develop market research solutions to deliver insights and solutions to marketing, sales, and clients.
• Strong ability to work with Senior Management and Sales to contribute to the overall sales and revenue growth for Medical Solutions.
• Strong ability to direct and manage a (potential future) team to fulfill all projects on time and within the budget while providing rich insights to marketing, sales, and clients.
• Distinguished presentation skills with strong ability to translate and communicate data and findings into understandable, interesting, actionable business implications and recommendations using visualization through charts and graphs.
• Exceptional sales and client interaction ability.
• Experience in using software for market research, such as Conjoint and tabulation software.
• Experience with statistical packages such as SPSS, SAS, R, or SQL scripting is preferred but not required.
• Being open to learning new processes and take on new challenges.
• Quick learner as well as detail oriented.
• Independent thinking skills.

Preferences:

• Staffing Industry experience
• Travel Nursing experience
• Medical field or terminology background

Some of the benefits we offer…

• Insurance: Day 1 benefits (health, dental, vision, 401(k) + employer match) and company-paid life insurance; short and long-term disability; supplemental life insurance for yourself, spouse & child(ren); and multiple voluntary benefits
• Remote work option - we're where you are!
• Flexible PTO (PT-Oh!)
• Flexible schedules
• Award-winning training program
• Connectivity stipend
• Competitive compensation as part of our total rewards package
• (8) paid Holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Why us?

• We live our Values in all we do
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Focus on total wellbeing
• Employee Experience Team that provides perks in-office and virtually
• Relaxed culture and casual dress (t-shirts and flip-flops welcome!)

Learn more about Medical Solutions and what it's like to be part of our team. Check out our Careers website, .