Research Associate

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About This Role:

Forrester’s Research Associate for APAC works directly with a team of analysts who research, write, and publish reports to help leaders succeed. These leaders work with Forrester to inform and accelerate their strategic decisions, understand market trends, and compare their strategy with industry best practices. The Research Associate for APAC reports to the Research Ops and Delivery Manager and supports several analysts within the APAC Research Team by helping produce high-quality reports, presentations, and client advisory materials.

Job Description:

• Manage research projects by working with assigned analysts. Formulate a project plan, establish a check-in process, coordinate research inputs, and manage the schedule to meet milestones.
• Coordinate the IP creation process and systems, from inception through publication.
• Assist analysts with conducting primary and secondary research for published reports. This includes telephone interviews, online surveys, desk research, and analysis of internal and third-party data.
• Support analyst presentations. Integrate well-formatted charts, appropriate callouts, meaningful titles, and a slide sequence with data storytelling.
• Learn and demonstrate a commitment to understanding the breadth of Forrester’s research methodologies, including guidance for quantitative work with Forrester’s datasets.
• Support team collaboration and operations.

Job Requirements:

• A university degree with a strong academic record. Undergraduate majors are welcome to apply; any quantitative or statistics interest is a major plus.
• Varied undergraduate or postgraduate work experience.
• A working knowledge of word processing and spreadsheet software.
• Keen attention to detail; mastery in building reusable resources such as survey questions and formatted data outputs.
• The knack for precise, logical, and professional writing.
• A multitasking, independent team player under tight deadlines.
• Excellent project management and organizational skills.
• A passion for writing and learning about data, analytics and technologies, and practices and initiatives.

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