Research Manager
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 3, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 28, 2026.
About Metaforms
Metaforms 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 monthly
Serving Fortune 500 companies
Backed by $9M Series A, scaling fast
The Role
We'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 Do
Design questionnaires from a brief: objectives, sampling plan, screener logic, scale choice, routing - the full craft, not just clean-up
Review 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 tables
Be the domain expert other teams call on for “is this research right” - Product, Engineering, AI teams included
Partner 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 to
Test and give structured feedback on new tools/prototypes before they ship
Train and calibrate other researchers and tech teams on research standards and edge cases
What We're Looking For
Core
5+ years in market research, with real ownership of questionnaires and insights reports - not just fielding or coordination
Strong grounding in questionnaire design, sampling, and methodology
Can independently write an insights report that tells a story, not just describe charts
Sharp eye for what's wrong with a survey or a dataset
Comfortable being the person who says "this isn't good research" to a client or a product team
Bonus
Experience working alongside survey programmers / DP teams
Hands-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 it
Why Join Metaforms
Work at the frontier of AI-powered market research
Your research judgment directly shapes the product, not just a project
Zero-bureaucracy culture - speed, quality, customer impact
Series A funded, scaling fast
Benefits
Full family health insurance
$1,000 USD/year for skill development
Dedicated mentor/coach support
Free lunch & dinner at office
Monthly food/snacks allowance