Senior Business and Client Insights Director

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Summary:

In this role, you will lead the design and execution of qualitative and quantitative research to uncover customer, market, and product insights. You will act as a trusted advisor to executive stakeholders, translating intelligence into actionable strategies that shape product planning, go-to-market approaches, and client engagement. You will synthesize findings into compelling narratives, deliver high-impact presentations, and ensure insights drive growth, innovation, and client relevance across Vizient's portfolio.

Responsibilities:

• Act as a strategic advisor to senior stakeholders, leveraging research and insights to inform decisions and drive business growth.

• Build and execute learning agendas across key business units (e.g., Spend Management, Consulting, Product, Data & Digital, Enterprise).

• Design and lead research initiatives, including segmentation, persona development, message testing, and value proposition validation.

• Uncover behavioral, attitudinal, and contextual insights to shape buyer decision-making and go-to-market strategies.

• Translate research findings into clear, actionable strategies that influence product planning, marketing direction, and business priorities.

• Identify whitespace opportunities and assess product-market fit through qualitative insights and data analytics.

• Develop and maintain client journey maps that highlight touchpoints, pain points, and opportunity moments across the B2B lifecycle.

• Serve as the voice of the client, integrating VoC insights into brand, product, and customer experience strategies.

• Partner with the Research Center of Excellence to ensure methodological rigor, enablement, and integration of strategic feedback.

• Craft executive-ready narratives and visualizations that connect research insights to strategic planning.

• Deliver high-impact presentations, briefings, and workshops to drive alignment across Marketing, Product, and Strategy teams.

• Manage multiple projects and research streams with minimal oversight, ensuring timely, high-quality deliverables.

Qualifications:

• Relevant degree in Marketing or related field preferred. Advanced degree preferred.

• 7 or more years of relevant experience in B2B customer insights, marketing research or strategic intelligence required.

• Strong expertise in qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. (e.g., interviews, focus groups, surveys, MaxDiff, conjoint, brand tracking, segmentation, etc.)

• Proven ability to synthesize insights into actionable business strategies. (e.g., market sizing, trends, performance analysis)

• Excellent storytelling and presentation skills for executive audiences.

• Demonstrated success managing multiple complex projects simultaneously.

• Ability to collaborate effectively across Marketing, Product, Strategy, and Consulting teams.

• Experience with customer journey mapping and voice-of-customer programs preferred.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.

• Vendor oversight capabilities.

• Experience working in matrixed B2B environments-healthcare or professional services preferred.

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This position is also incentive eligible.

Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here:

http://www.vizientinc.com/about-us/careers

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