Research Manager - Metaforms

About MetaformsMetaforms is redefining how market research gets done. Our AI platform helps the world's leading research agencies — Dynata, Savanta, Borderless Access — scale 10x faster without sacrificing quality, automating survey programming, data processing, and project management.1,000+ surveys processed monthlyServing Fortune 500 companiesBacked by $9M Series A, scaling fastThe RoleWe're hiring a Research Manager who lives and breathes primary research - someone who can pick up a business problem and turn it into a sharp questionnaire, then turn the data back into an insights report a client actually acts on.You'll own research quality end-to-end at Metaforms: designing and reviewing questionnaires, sense-checking data, and building reports that hold up to client scrutiny. You'll also be the research conscience for our product and engineering teams - making sure the AI we build actually reflects how good research gets done, not a shortcut version of it.What You'll DoDesign questionnaires from a brief: objectives, sampling plan, screener logic, scale choice, routing - the full craft, not just clean-upReview and QA questionnaires and data for methodological soundness (bias, leading questions, sampling issues, logic errors)Turn survey data into insights reports and decks that make a clear, defensible argument — not just banner tablesBe the domain expert other teams call on for “is this research right” — Product, Engineering, AI teams includedPartner with Product & Engineering to make sure AI-powered research tools (auto-programming, auto-tabbing, auto-reporting) meet the bar a good researcher would hold them toTest and give structured feedback on new tools/prototypes before they shipTrain and calibrate other researchers and tech teams on research standards and edge casesWhat We're Looking ForCore5+ years in market research, with real ownership of questionnaires and insights reports - not just fielding or coordinationStrong grounding in questionnaire design, sampling, and methodologyCan independently write an insights report that tells a story, not just describe chartsSharp eye for what's wrong with a survey or a datasetComfortable being the person who says "this isn't good research" to a client or a product teamBonusExperience working alongside survey programmers / DP teamsHands-on with Excel, PowerPoint, and a BI/viz tool (Tableau, Power BI, Displayr, Crunch.io)Curiosity about how AI changes research ops - not required to be technical, just not allergic to itWhy Join MetaformsWork at the frontier of AI-powered market researchYour research judgment directly shapes the product, not just a projectZero-bureaucracy culture - speed, quality, customer impactSeries A funded, scaling fastBenefitsFull family health insurance$1,000 USD/year for skill developmentDedicated mentor/coach supportFree lunch & dinner at officeMonthly food/snacks allowance