At Curion, We Connect Brands to People. Our expertise and passionate pursuit of insights enable our clients to make informed decisions that drive meaningful impact. Our vision? Advancing the way brands connect to people to build a better future. Our core values: Integrity, Resiliency, Accountability, Curiosity, and Collaboration.
Location/Travel Requirements
- While location-flexible, this role requires regular working hours from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time to support teams in multiple time zones.
- While this position is primarily remote, candidates must be able and willing to travel approximately once per quarter for team meetings.
Role Overview
- The Director of Data Analytics & Data Innovation is responsible for the strategy, execution, and evolution of insights data and analytics capabilities at Curion. This leader owns analytics delivery for client research projects, sets standards for data quality and methodologies, and drives innovation in analytics, automation, and AI-enabled tooling.
- This role provides direct leadership to two regional analytics managers, while overseeing a broader team of analysts across multiple countries and time zones, ensuring consistent excellence in client deliverables (tabulations, advanced analytics, insights) while continuously modernizing Curion’s analytics platforms, processes, and talent.
- The ideal candidate combines deep hands-on market research analytics expertise, strong people leadership, and a forward-looking mindset around AI, automation, and advanced modeling.
Key Responsibilities
Analytics Strategy & Leadership
- Help define and execute the data & analytics strategy supporting Curion’s research offerings and growth objectives.
- Serve as the analytics authority (SME) for internal stakeholders.
- Partner with executive leadership, research leaders, and operations to ensure analytics capabilities align with business strategy and client needs.
- Establish a scalable global operating model for analytics (regional teams, shared services, centers of excellence).
Client Delivery & Advanced Analytics Excellence
- Serve as the escalation point for complex analytical and data quality issues, providing hands-on guidance and resolution.
- Join client-facing meetings and presentations to explain advanced analytics approaches, interpret results, and provide expert advisory guidance to clients and internal stakeholders.
- Own and oversee analytics delivery for company clients, ensuring accuracy, methodological rigor, and on-time execution.
- Provide executive-level oversight and guidance on advanced analytical approaches including Conjoint Analysis, MaxDiff Analysis, TURF Analysis, Penalty Analysis, Advanced statistical modeling and segmentation.
- Ensure analytics outputs (tabulations, models, reports, visualizations) meet Curion’s highest quality standards.
People Leadership & Talent Development
- Lead and develop regional analytics managers and senior analysts across multiple countries and time zones.
- Build, mentor, and scale a world-class analytics organization.
- Establish career paths, skill frameworks, and training programs for analysts and analytics managers.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, collaboration, and innovation across geographies.
- Manage global resource planning, workload balancing, and capacity forecasting.
Standards, Quality & Operational Excellence
- Define and enforce standards, best practices, and documentation for: Data processing and validation, Tabulation structures, Coding practices, Advanced analytics methodologies.
- Drive consistency in data quality, reproducibility, and auditability across all regions.
- Continuously evaluate and streamline analytics workflows to improve efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.
- Oversee the use of internal and contract resources to ensure cost-effective delivery.
Data Innovation, Automation & AI Enablement
- Co-Lead (with SVP, Technology) Curion’s analytics innovation roadmap, including experimentation and adoption of: AI-enabled analytics tools, Automation of data processing and tabulations, Advanced modeling and insight acceleration techniques.
- Act as a strategic AI and analytics business partner, collaborating closely with innovation and technology functions to drive business value through AI, advanced analytics, and automation initiatives.
- Research, test, and implement new platforms, software packages, and methodologies that improve speed-to-insight and competitive differentiation.
- Partners with technology, IT, and research leaders to responsibly integrate AI while maintaining data integrity and client trust.
- As directed, assist in research and implementation of client-facing data product offerings.
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Analytics, or related field, or equivalent industry experience.
- 8+ years of progressive experience in data analytics within market research, including hands-on analytics delivery.
- 4+ years of people leadership experience, including managing managers and/or distributed teams.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (complex formulas, pivot tables, lookups).
- Strong understanding of market research methodologies; sensory preferred.
- Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to data integrity.
Preferred / Differentiators
- Experience leading multi-country analytics teams.
- Experience with tabulation tools.
- Demonstrated success driving process standardization and analytics transformation.
- Hands-on curiosity and experience with AI-enabled analytics tools.
- Strong executive communication and presentation skills.
For Curion’s Director of Data Analytics & Data Innovation position, we offer a starting salary between $140,000-$150,000 plus bonus eligibility based on the qualifications and experience of each individual. Curion offers a benefits package for this position which includes:
- 401(k) retirement account with company match
- Health, dental, vision, basic life, short and long-term disability, accident insurance, critical insurance, pet insurance, and more.
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Company paid holidays
Curion is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status.
About Curion:
Curion specializes in delivering impactful insights to the world’s top CPG companies, helping them develop winning, repeatedly purchased products. Curion’s deep data-driven product insights, sensory expertise, and state-of-the-art consumer centers enable them to uncover responses to critical client objectives. With over five decades of experience in the product testing industry, Curion is dedicated to guiding clients with their proprietary XP Xperience Performance platform, connecting brands to consumers at every step.
An innovator in the industry, Curion recently developed a groundbreaking benchmarking product testing method, the Curion Score™, which has become a trusted and sought after tool within the industry. As one of the largest product and consumer insights companies in the U.S., Curion has built a reputation for excellence and trust among the world’s leading consumer brands. Curion’s commitment to innovation and expertise, coupled with a passion for delivering actionable insights, makes Curion a valuable partner for companies looking to develop and launch successful products.
