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Research
Position Summary
This position is responsible for providing day-to-day coordination and support of the IFTF Technology Horizons Research Program, and administrative support for the Program Director. The role includes coordination of research staff, meetings and projects, ongoing review of schedules and budgets, some outreach to clients and task teams, and conference and deliverable assistance as needed.
Primary Responsibilities
Support for Program Director
- Anticipates the overall administrative needs of the Program Director, research team
- Assists Program Director coordinate his/her own schedule, appointments, and calendar
- Assists with proposal preparation as needed
Program Coordination
- Works with Program Director to establish annual budget
- Periodically monitors budgets for all private work
- Establishes and maintains annual Program and team calendar
- Provides project management support as needed
- Responsible for all Programmatic meetings (internal and external)
- Main attendee contact
- Manages all logistics (food, AV, all needs)
- Responsible for all meeting materials
- Schedules rehearsals and planning meetings
- Coordinates post-event with communications team
- Provides ongoing research Program and editorial assistance
1. Coordinates with research staff to ensure scheduling needs are met
2. Ensures all Program documents are formatted and prepped to be sent to developmental editor
3. Ensures necessary data is present and document is complete
4. Understands styles sheets and checks document against them
5. Finds and retrieves data as needed by a researcher
6. Has access to all Program archives and provides support when access is needed
7. Manages Signals database
8. Helps prepare and finalize presentations, as needed
Secondary Responsibilities
Program Client Communication
- Serves as a “go-to” person for Program clients
- Works with client communications manager to implement the “messages” of the Program and coordinate marketing needs
- Owns ongoing communication with clients based on annual calendar (reports, content, etc.).
- Manages and updates Program web site
- Sends welcome letters, password communications, and/or packages, etc. to new Program clients
Desired skills
5 - 7 years of administration, project management or coordination experience. Strong written ability is very important. Experience in managing multiple projects across a multi-faceted and diverse organization a plus.
Required skills
1. Attention to detail
2. Ability to multi-task and work with diverse sets of people and work styles
3. Flexibility
4. Self-starter able to proactively see what needs to be done and own tasks from start to finish
5. Great interpersonal and team communication skills in multiple media—face-to-face, online, etc.
6. Good networking skills to build bridges with other Program staff, all researchers, and all support staff.
RESEARCH MANAGER
Position Description
POSITION SUMMARY
This position is charged with managing and performing qualitative and quantitative research that highlights implications of emerging and global trends. The primary emphasis is on researching emerging trends in science and technology, with a secondary emphasis on performing qualitative and quantitative research on significant social, economic, political, and demographic trends.
INSTITUTE FOR THE FUTURE
The Institute for the Future is an independent, non-profit strategic research group with 40 years of forecasting experience in Silicon Valley. The foundation of our business is identifying emerging trends and discontinuities that will transform the global marketplace and providing our members with insights into business strategy, design processes, and new business development. Our research generates the foresight needed to create insights about the future business environment that will lead to action. The results are customized winning strategies and successful new businesses.
RESEARCH MANAGER: ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Research
• Participates in conducting, managing, analyzing research related to key IFTF content areas, with an emphasis on emerging science and technology trends and issues.
• Communicates key research findings internally to peers and externally to clients in writing, in person, at conferences, and via other presentation mediums .
Project Management & Support
• Manages and tracks research deliverables for specific project(s), cultivates and nurtures project work, supports the work of the project team.
• Manages project implementation, including coordination with researchers, affiliates, and production staff.
• Develops and coordinates project budgets and research deliverables.
• Contributes to colleague’s research projects in keeping with her/his knowledge, skills and abilities.
• When called upon presents IFTF research and project findings to private sector and U.S./foreign government officials.
• Works to extend network of IFTF of relationships with experts, potential clients, and collaborators in private and public sectors.
• Represents the project and IFTF as a whole to external audiences, including potential funders and collaborators
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
The Research Manager should have BA/BS degree with 2-4 years of experience as a researcher and/or consultant conducting policy research, technology research, or market/business analyses. Alternatively, this person will hold an MPP/MS/MA degree with advanced training in science, technology, or policy.
POSITION TITLE AND REPORTING RELATIONSHIP
This Research Manager reports to the X2 Program Director and has no subordinate staff.
LOCATION AND HOURS
This is a full-time position at the Institute for the Future’s Palo Alto office. Some travel in the US and overseas is required.
