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Open Positions

Director of Research

Location: Remote (U.S.) · Reports to: CEO · Type: Leadership, Full-time

We’re seeking a full-time Director of Research to lead our research programs as they dramatically grow in revenue, quantity and quality. 

This role reports to AllSides CEO, John Gable. If you want to be a leader in the most rapidly growing part of a rapidly growing company, and want your work to matter — commercially and civically — read on.

About AllSides

AllSides frees people from filter bubbles so they can better understand the world — and each other. We're best known for our media bias ratings and balanced news, trusted by millions of readers and by educators in classrooms across the country. We bring that same lens of understanding to dialogue and research. 

The new AllSides Roundtables video dialogue event and research platform brings together dozens to hundreds of small groups of people from different backgrounds to deliberate at length about important topics. Our patented, proprietary and AI-enhanced systems analyze these natural conversations, revealing depth, nuance and shifts in attitudes that traditional surveys and focus groups miss. 

This is a ground-breaking innovation in qualitative research. The conversations are authentic and human and our technologies make it possible to achieve large samples at a very low cost. For years we have been providing clients, including Fortune 500 enterprises, specialized research into their audience perceptions and bias. Now we have the opportunity to radically grow and take a leadership position in the $3.5-$5 billion US qualitative research industry.

What You'll Do

Deliver applied research for clients 

• Own the end-to-end delivery of our Roundtables dialogue research for clients: scoping, research design, discussion guides, recruitment and sampling criteria, moderation, analysis, final deliverables, and briefing support.
• Oversee media bias research in coordination with the Director of Media Bias — design and run AllSides Blind Bias Surveys and ensure qualitative and quantitative findings tell one coherent story, for both clients and the AllSides audience.
• Roll up your sleeves: Summarize mixed-methods findings through writing and data visuals that are crisp, compelling and thrill both clients and the public.
• Lead quality control. Make sure every deliverable is rigorous, balanced, defensible and clear enough for an executive to act on.
• Partner with sales and client success to shape proposals, scope engagements, present findings and turn first projects into lasting relationships.
• Direct research into topics supporting our business and strategic decisions, including traditional surveys of our customers. 

Build AllSides' Thought Leadership & Methodological Research

• Run an ongoing program of research on themes AllSides sets.
• Be a credible voice for AllSides research with media, partners and clients.
• Lead internal research to improve or invent qualitative and quantitative research processes that only AllSides can do.

Research Leader

• Lead a cross-functional research team, including a part-time direct report. Coach, prioritize and unblock so the team ships high-quality work on time. Build a winning team as AllSides scales. 
• Work closely with product, marketing, editorial and sales to make research a driver of AllSides' growth.
• Identify where technology and AI can make research faster, deeper or more scalable, from recruitment and moderation to coding, synthesis and reporting.
• Write clear requirements for our dev team and partner with them to build, test and refine research tools.

Who You Are

• A qualitative research expert: You have 8+ years of experience designing and running qualitative research — focus groups, in-depth interviews, deliberative or dialogue-based methods — and turning it into insight that clients pay for and act on.
• Fluent in quantitative analysis: You understand survey design, sampling, descriptive statistics and how to interpret results for statistical significance well enough to oversee the work. You are fluent in Excel and/or Google Sheets. Using tools such as R and Python are a bonus.
• Deeply Curious and Committed to the AllSides mission: You want to understand why people believe what they believe, especially people who see the world differently than you do.
• Proven Track Record of Evidence Based Research: You have experience integrating a variety of methods to design and run research that is balanced and credible to people across the political spectrum. You think big about what's possible and are energized by the idea of building research products no one else can offer.
• A leader-doer: You've led research teams or practices, and you still love doing the work. You get things done with people who don't report to you, by building trust, setting clear direction and making others better. You can take ambiguity and turn it into clear, repeatable processes that maintain quality as we scale.

Compensation

• Salary: $90-130K, depending on experience, plus equity
• Health insurance: AllSides reimburses premiums for an individual health plan you choose. Coverage starts the first of the month after 30 days.
• Time off: 16 paid holidays, including a paid week between Christmas and New Year’s. You also get 10 days of PTO starting on day one and 40 hours of sick leave each year.
• Technology stipend: $1,800 a year for your home office setup, starting after six months
• Remote: Work flexibly from anywhere in the U.S.

How to Apply

Email your resume and a cover letter to [email protected] with the subject line "Director of Research," telling us about a qualitative research project you're proud of and one idea for what AllSides research could become. Please include 1 sample of prior written work.

AllSides is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity of all kinds — including diversity of thought and political perspective — and we encourage people from all backgrounds and across the political spectrum to apply.