Survey Associate

GLG is the world's leading platform for professional learning. Business leaders, investors, consultants, social entrepreneurs, and other top professionals rely on GLG to learn in short- and long-term engagements from a membership of more than 500,000 experts.

GLG is seeking a highly-motivated and enthusiastic individual to join the Survey Team in Austin, Texas. The Survey Associate will join a growing Global Survey Team and will collaborate with client-facing GLG Research and Business Development professionals as well as GLG’s sophisticated client base; which includes top institutional investment firms, top-tier consulting firms, non-profit organizations, and Fortune 1000 companies. The Survey Associate will be responsible for the creation and execution of surveys that help clients qualify and quantify industry/market trends through commercial assessments, product forecasting, and general marketplace analysis.This position requires meticulous attention to detail, the ability to prioritize and multi-task, excellent written and verbal communication skills, a keen analytic outlook, as well as, a passion for creative problem solving, client service and project management.

• Design and facilitate customized surveys targeting specialized topics and populations
• Program survey questionnaires into various online survey platforms
• Compile reports of survey data for clients (data analysis not required)
• Manage multiple survey projects with tight timelines while prioritizing and multi-tasking to ensure important deadlines are met
• Navigate survey requests with complex requirements and client-specific preferences
• Establish and build strong working relationships with colleagues, partners, and clients

• For this position, we seek applicants with a bachelor’s degree from top-tier colleges or universities, or equivalent work experience in a related field.
• Superior writing, logic and interaction skills; including oral and organizational skills
• Experience collaborating with team-members in a high-throughput, deadline-driven, process-oriented, client-servicing environment
• Familiarity with a variety of industry areas, including, but not limited to: Healthcare, Life Sciences, Consumer Goods, and Financial Services
• Demonstrated experience with questionnaire and survey writing/programming (e.g., experience with Qualtrics)
• Experience analyzing results and/or communicating survey results to stakeholders
• Proven ability to work in a rigorous, fast-moving environment
• Excellent conceptual and analytic skills
• Ability to handle multiple projects and prioritize, identify, and solve problems
• Experience with statistical techniques
• Strong problem-solving skills