# Research Director at Knit

- Company: Knit
- What the company does: Knit is an AI-Native Research Agency that combines the rigor and expertise of a traditional agency with the speed and efficiency of AI. Backed by Techstars.
- Company website: https://goknit.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: United States (Remote)
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $140K to $160K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-06-10
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/knit/jobs/4281905009
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/knit-research-director/

## About the role

The purpose of the Research Director role is to ensure Knit customers successfully achieve their desired research outcomes through their partnerships with Knit. By owning customer relationships, getting deeply engrained in customer research needs, and driving high-quality project deliverables, the Research Director’s impact is ultimately measured by positive customer retention and expansion.

## What they're looking for

- Must have 8+ years of market research experience, with the majority of the time spent on the supplier side in a market research agency environment
- Must have experience leading discovery and scoping calls, writing and editing quant and qual questionnaires from scratch, drafting analysis plans, and creating and presenting stakeholder-ready insights topline & reports
- Ability to drive initiatives and outcomes successfully in environments with competing priorities, multiple research projects on at a given time, and simultaneous internal business demands
- Effective People Manager both cross-functionally and at the team level - specifically in driving clarity and accountability, hiring, onboarding, performance management, conflict resolution, and morale building

Tags: Research