Sr Market Research Consultant

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Compeer Financial is a member-owned cooperative located in Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. We bring together team members with a variety of backgrounds and experiences to help provide financial services to support agriculture and rural communities. Join us in a culture that not only promotes meaningful work and professional development, but provides a flexible, hybrid work environment and excellent benefits, which empower you to thrive both personally and professionally.

How we support you:

• Hybrid model - up to 50% work from home
• Flexible schedules including ample flexibility in the summer months
• Up to 9% towards 401k (3% fixed Compeer contribution plus up to 6% match)
• Benefits: medical, dental, vision, HSA/FSA, life & AD&D insurance, short-term and long-term disability, wellness program & EAP
• Vacation, sick leave, holidays/floating holidays, parental leave, and volunteer paid time off
• Learning and development programs
• Mentorship programs
• Cross-functional committee opportunities (i.e. Inclusion Council, emerging professional groups, etc.)
• Professional membership/certification reimbursement and more!

Casual/seasonal & intern team members are not eligible for benefits except for state-mandated programs.

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Where you will work: This position offers a hybrid work option up to 50% and can be based out of any of Compeer's office locations.

The contributions you will make: This position serves as a senior individual contributor within Compeer's Strategy and Innovation team. The incumbent leads and owns market research that drives high-stakes strategic initiatives and workstreams that span enterprise strategy, business development, and innovation. Partners directly with senior leaders to define strategic objectives, design and execute appropriate research, and develop actionable strategies to accelerate growth. Plays a central role in identifying, evaluating, and advancing business development opportunities and provides thought leadership and executional excellence in client experience measurement. Contributes to the design and assessment of innovation initiatives that strengthen Compeer's position as a leader in rural finance and agricultural services.


A typical day:


Strategy Research Leadership

• Leads multi-faceted client experience and other research initiatives, providing thought leadership across design, execution, and analysis to ensure insightful and actionable insights are efficiently delivered to advance strategic priorities.
• Delivers client-ready materials and briefings that influence enterprise decisions and actions.

Business Development, Innovation and Partnership Evaluation

• Apply market research to identify and assesses new growth opportunities, including new product offerings, market adjacencies, and emerging customer segments.
• Conducts secondary research, competitive benchmarking, and trend analysis to inform enterprise and business unit strategy.

Strategic Planning and Enterprise Alignment

• Facilitates planning processes for business units or functional areas, ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy and execution plans.
• Helps connect data and insights to resource allocation, financial forecasting, and key performance indicators.
• Contributes to internal frameworks and tools that support strategic clarity and prioritization.

Engagement and Development

• Influences senior-level stakeholders through compelling storytelling, logic, and data-backed recommendations.

The skills and experience we prefer you have:

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, economics, marketing, statistics, or related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the essential functions of the job.
• MBA or equivalent experience strongly preferred.
• 7+ years' experience in market research, strategy consulting, corporate strategy, innovation, business development, or corporate development.
• Expertise in Qualtrics survey platform strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to lead multi-faceted research projects and deliver actionable, strategic insights.
• Advanced expertise across a wide range of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, including Satisfaction/NPS measurement, panel management, UI/UX testing, segmentation, and interviewing/moderation.
• Advanced ability to design approaches to ambiguous problems and lead through structured frameworks.
• Advanced ability to synthesize complex findings into persuasive, high-quality documents and presentations tailored to senior audiences.
• Ability to build trust and alignment with senior business and functional leaders and external partners.

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How we will take care of you:

Our job titles may span more than one career level (associate, senior, principal, etc.). The actual title and base pay offered is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role is eligible for variable compensation and other benefits.

Base Pay

$105,700-$160,300 USD

Compeer Financial is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States. Compeer is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

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