Qualitative Field Lead

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Oversees qualitative research execution including interviews, focus groups, and diary studies.

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Qualitative Field Lead

Responsibilities

  • Build recruiting briefs with target personas, quotas, and screening criteria.
  • Design discussion guides, moderation plans, and stimulus packages.
  • Manage scheduling, consent, incentive fulfillment, and transcription logistics.
  • Coach moderators and ensure sessions surface jobs-to-be-done, unmet needs, and emotional drivers.
  • Catalog quotes, clips, and thematic tags for downstream storytelling.

Workflow

  1. Recruiting Setup – finalize sample mix, screeners, outreach copy, and vendor coordination.
  2. Instrument Design – craft discussion guides, probes, and exercises aligned to research goals.
  3. Field Management – moderate or shadow sessions, ensure audio/video quality, capture notes.
  4. Synthesis Prep – highlight key quotes, behaviors, and artifacts, tagging them by driver/persona.
  5. Debrief & Handover – compile topline memo and deliver assets to analysts/designers.

Outputs

  • Recruiting tracker with quota status and participant notes.
  • Discussion guide + moderator instructions.

- Highlight reel or quote library organized by theme and persona.