Lead commodity management for sourcing, qualification, and relationships with suppliers at Celestica. Oversee daily operations and strategic procurement initiatives for semiconductor equipment.
About the role
- Associate Director of Research leading research and program evaluation at Braven non-profit. Driving strategic decision-making through data and insights for program improvement.
Responsibilities
- Lead qualitative research process from front to end (e.g., from designing interview/focus group protocols and facilitating sessions to analyzing data and surfacing actionable insights.
- Own content creation of thought leadership papers, including outlining, drafting sections, and coordinating with external designers for final publication.
- Support managing external research partnerships by synthesizing insights from both Braven's data and external research to create a compelling, unified narrative.
- Own a subset of continuous improvement priorities from Braven’s Research Agenda
- Define and prioritize the most important learning questions to help Braven monitor and analyze fidelity of implementation, and understand where and how we can best improve
- Design and run pilots and other projects to answer learning questions, in partnership with Product and regional team colleagues
- Translate research findings into strategy to inform continuously improving program design and processes, in partnership with Product and regional team colleagues
- Synthesize research findings in clear and compelling reports, presentations, dashboards, etc. for internal and external audiences.
- Lead analyses for special and/or ad hoc data analysis that provides timely and useful information to other teams at Braven
- Be a member of Braven’s cross-functional project teams, as needed. Project teams centrally plan and execute Braven programming, as well as other strategic projects.
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements
- BA/BS in a quantitative field or work experience that demonstrates expertise in quantitative and qualitative analysis
- 5+ years of experience in a program evaluation or other analytical/learning role
- Proficiency in at least one statistical programming language (e.g., Stata or R)
- Master’s Degree Preferred
- You are committed to continuous learning and improvement and, as such, are comfortable seeking out, receiving, and implementing constructive feedback.
- You have a researcher’s mindset and have fun designing pilots and experiments to test hypotheses.
- You enjoy telling stories with data and pair that with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- You have experience leading qualitative research from top to bottom, resulting in compelling case studies or narratives
- You have experience conducting quantitative analysis with different tools and statistical packages while working with others to make use of findings, preferably in the non-profit field.
- You love collaboration and are good at it.
- You excel at daily operations, paying close attention to detail and communicating well with stakeholders.
- You have the following technical skills and knowledge:
- Proficiency in Google Suite, Slack, Jira Proficiency in at least one statistical programming language (e.g., Stata or R)
- Proficiency in Salesforce
- Demonstrated commitment to building strong and welcoming cultures that help to develop others.
- Exemplification of Braven’s core values.
- Experience that has informed your belief in Braven’s mission and has prepared you to work with or for Braven’s student Fellow population.
Benefits
- Unlimited vacation time in addition to org-wide holidays and week-long shutdowns in July and the end of the calendar year (this is a minimum of 19 days per year)
- Braven supports your path to parenthood and beyond with $25,000 in lifetime Carrot benefits for fertility, family-building, and hormonal health
- Match of your 401K contribution up to 5% of your base annual salary, starting your first full month
- Coverage of 85% of health insurance premium for employee and dependents
- A one-month paid sabbatical after 4 years on staff
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