Darwin Research Group · 1 day ago
Research Manager, Recruiting and Research
Scottsdale, AZ
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$85K/yr - $100K/yr
5+ years expDarwin Research Group is seeking a Research Manager to lead their research and recruitment initiatives. The role involves managing a team, overseeing qualitative and quantitative research projects, and ensuring insights are integrated into products while developing recruitment workflows and strategies.
ConsultingHealth CareMedical Device
Hiring Manager
Anne Demetrio Downing
Responsibilities
Formalize Recruitment: Design and document SOPs for targeting, recruiting, and scheduling executive level IDN and health care stakeholders for IDIs and surveys
Panel Growth: Oversee the health and expansion of our executive panel, ensuring a robust pipeline of C-Suite and cross-functional health care leaders
Quality Control: Establish vetting protocols to ensure all participants meet the stringent requirements of pharmaceutical market research
Project Oversight: Manage the execution of custom qualitative and quantitative projects from kickoff to final delivery
Content Excellence: Oversee the creation of syndicated reports on the IDN, Oncology, VA/Federal, and broader health care landscapes
Moderation & Analysis: Lead or supervise 1:1 interviews; ensure insights are synthesized into high-impact, actionable narratives for pharmaceutical clients
Direct Management: Manage a team of 2–3 individuals responsible for recruitment, interviewing, and report writing
Quality Assurance & Final Review: Serve as the primary editor and final quality check for all custom and syndicated reports produced by your team, ensuring that insights are relevant, actionable, and accurate, and meet the high standards of pharmaceutical clients before delivery
Mentorship: Provide hands-on coaching to early-career staff on research methodology, professional communication with health care leaders, and insight extraction
Performance: Conduct professional development reviews and career pathing for your direct reports
Workflow Optimization: Partner with the Ops Team and Research Director to develop and integrate recruitment workflows into the broader company production schedule
Resource Management: Ensure syndicated and custom projects are delivered on time and within scope while maintaining the highest quality standards
Website & Digital Presence: Manage website updates to ensure our profile library and service offerings are accurately and compellingly represented
Content Strategy: Oversee the amplification of our research via LinkedIn and other professional platforms to position Darwin as an authority on IDN and health care intelligence
Event Strategy: Identify key industry conferences and leaders for the Sales team and CEO to engage with, ensuring our presence at the most influential industry events
Thought Leadership & Podcast: Identify and secure IDN and health care thought leaders for the CEO to interview on the company podcast; repurpose these insights into marketing briefs and/or white papers
Qualification
Required
5+ years in market research and recruiting, consulting, or health care intelligence
Proven experience managing teams and a desire to mentor early-career professionals
Comfortable interacting with healthcare C-suite and cross-functional leaders; ability to effectively engage IDN and health care leaders
A track record of building SOPs or formalizing previously informal workflows
Experience leveraging CRM or recruitment management platforms (e.g., Monday.com or DirectMail) to track outreach, manage stakeholder relationships, and maintain a clean and functional database of panel participants
Exceptional writing and editing skills, with the ability to turn raw interview data into strategic insights
Preferred
Experience in the pharmaceutical or IDN space is highly preferred
Company
Darwin Research Group
Darwin Research Group is a Home Health and Hospice consulting company located in Scottsdale.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
John Marchica
Founder and CEO
Dwight Peck
Chief Operating Officer
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