Descrição

The Role

The Senior Market Research Analyst for GM International plays a critical role in leading customer research and insight generation across International markets, including South America, South Korea, the Middle East, Mexico, and Canada. This position is accountable for delivery of research and insights, from study design through analysis and recommendation development.

The role is expected to operate with minimal oversight, navigate complex and ambiguous business questions. Beyond reporting findings, the analyst translates data, market research, trends, and market signals into clear, data-backed recommendations that drive alignment and influence decisions related to product development, positioning, communication, technologies, and local market strategy.

What You’ll Do

The Senior Market Research Analyst role is expected to operate independently, proactively understand risks, and propose actions.
Lead delivery of primary and secondary research projects for GM International, including understanding research objectives, methodology selection, fieldwork oversight, analysis, synthesis and recommendations.
Independently design and execute complex quantitative and qualitative research using the appropriate methodologies, tools, and suppliers.
Develop research instruments, including questionnaires, discussion guides, and analysis frameworks, across a wide range of global and local business topics.
Manage multiple complex, multi-stakeholder projects simultaneously, proactively identifying risks, adjusting approach as needed, and ensuring high-quality delivery on time.
Analyze and integrate primary research, internal business data, external market data, and secondary sources to uncover strategic insights and business implications.
Translate findings into clear, actionable, data-backed recommendations that drive alignment and influence decisions across product, marketing, digital, and business teams.
Create compelling narratives and executive-ready presentations that simplify complex issues, strengthen understanding, and guide actions and decisions.
Partner effectively with cross-functional and cross-regional stakeholders to clarify objectives, challenge assumptions, and align on decisions and next steps.
Maintain strong relationships with research suppliers and oversee project execution, logistics, quality, and deliverables.
Contribute to continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to improve research methods, tools, and workflows, including the use of AI-enabled approaches where appropriate.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Market Research, Analytics, Behavioral Science, Marketing, Psychology, Statistics, or a related field.
5+ years of experience in consumer research, insights, analytics, strategic planning, or marketing.
Demonstrated ability to independently lead research and insight projects with minimal oversight.
Strong quantitative and qualitative research design capabilities, including survey design, interview and discussion guide development, sampling approaches, and methodology selection.
Experience with advanced analytical techniques such as regression, factor and cluster analysis, MaxDiff, conjoint, and pricing methods as relevant to the business need.
Ability to work through complex, ambiguous, and novel business problems and convert them into structured, data-driven solutions.
Proven ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment through clear, evidence-based recommendations, not just present findings.
Strong project management skills, including the ability to manage multiple deliverables, anticipate risks, remove blockers, and maintain momentum across stakeholders.
Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to tailor messages to technical, business, and leadership audiences.
Proficiency in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
Ability to combine survey data with behavioral, digital, CRM, social, or secondary data sources to generate richer insights.
Experience using AI-enabled platforms or large language model tools to support research design, open-end coding, transcript summarization, literature review, insight mining, concept evaluation, or synthesis of large information sets.
Ability to apply AI responsibly by validating outputs, checking for bias or hallucination, protecting confidential data, and using human judgment to ensure research quality.
Comfort experimenting with emerging AI research workflows that improve speed, consistency, and actionability without compromising methodological rigor.

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s degree in Marketing Research, Analytics, Behavioral Sciences, Statistics, or a related field.
Advanced expertise in quantitative and qualitative methodologies such as conjoint, MaxDiff, segmentation, ethnography, pricing, and advanced text analytics.
Experience using AI or advanced analytics to improve research efficiency, insight generation, and business impact.
Familiarity with global automotive market dynamics, consumer behavior, and competitive intelligence.
Experience coaching peers, sharing best practices, or helping elevate research quality across a broader team.
Strong analytical skills, including experience working with raw data, cross-tabs, segmentation, trend analysis, and synthesizing multiple sources into clear business implications.
Proficiency in research and analytics tools such as SPSS, Q, R, or equivalent software used to analyze, visualize, and communicate findings.

If you're passionate about consumer research in the automotive industry, apply now and help shape the future of our International Operations!

GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc.)

Esta função é classificada como híbrida. Isso significa que o candidato selecionado deverá trabalhar no escritório/fábrica da GM pelo menos 3 vezes por semana {ou outra frequência ditada por seu gerente}.

Esta posição não é elegível para benefícios de relocação. Quaisquer custos de relocação serão de responsabilidade do candidato selecionado.

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Adaptações (EUA e Canadá)

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GMI Customer Research Sr. Analyst