# Director, Strategic Insights

**Company:** [GameChanger](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/gamechanger)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Business Operations
**Salary:** $200k – $220k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Market Research, Competitive Intelligence, Strategic Analysis, Quantitative Research, Qualitative Research, Executive Presentations, Market Sizing, Stakeholder Management, Project Management, Data Visualization
**Posted:** 2026-05-01

> Lead market intelligence and strategic insights initiatives to inform executive decision-making at a youth sports technology company. Partner with leadership across Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Finance to deliver actionable recommendations on growth strategy and competitive positioning.

## Job Description

## What You’ll Do

### Establish and Lead Insights Center of Excellence
- Own GameChanger’s market intelligence and research agenda, ensuring leadership has a clear view of industry trends, competitive dynamics, and emerging opportunities.
- Lead primary and secondary research initiatives, including quantitative surveys, qualitative research, industry analysis, and market sizing.
- Develop frameworks to systematically track competitors, new entrants, product innovation, and structural shifts across the youth sports and sports technology landscape.
- Source and manage external research partners, data providers, and consultants to deliver high-quality strategic insights.
- Build institutional knowledge of the youth sports ecosystem and adjacent industries to inform strategic decision-making.

### Deliver Executive-Level Strategic Insights
- Translate complex research, data, and market signals into clear insights and strategic implications for executive leadership.
- Prepare executive-ready analyses, presentations, and strategic narratives that inform leadership discussions and planning processes.
- Identify key risks, opportunities, and inflection points that could shape GameChanger’s long-term growth trajectory.
- Provide leadership with ongoing perspectives on customer behavior, competitive positioning, and industry evolution.

### Inform Company Strategy & Growth Decisions
- Partner closely with the Strategy team to inform corporate strategy, product strategy, monetization strategy, and growth initiatives.
- Serve as a strategic advisor to GMs and business leaders, operating as an internal consultant to diagnose key business questions, design research and analysis, and deliver actionable insights that inform decisions.
- Conduct customer segmentation, behavioral analysis, and needs assessments to guide strategic priorities.
- Support long-range planning and strategic decision-making with data-driven perspectives on market opportunities, risks, and competitive positioning.
- Provide insights that inform partnerships, business development opportunities, and potential strategic investments.

### Build Organizational Insight Capabilities
- Establish scalable systems and frameworks for market intelligence, competitive tracking, and customer insights.
- Act as the company’s subject matter expert on market research and strategic insights.
- Partner with Data & Analytics, Product, Marketing, and Finance to source, aggregate, and share out insights from across the organization.
- Promote a culture of curiosity, rigor, and evidence-based decision-making across the organization.

## Who You Are
- 10–12+ years of experience in market research, corporate strategy, consulting, strategic insights, or related fields.
- Demonstrated experience leading complex research and initiatives that inform senior leadership decisions.
- Strong analytical capabilities with experience in both qualitative and quantitative research methods.
- Exceptional ability to synthesize complex information into clear insights and compelling executive narratives.
- Experience influencing senior stakeholders and presenting insights to executive audiences.
- Strong project management skills with experience managing research vendors and external partners.
- High ownership mindset with the ability to operate effectively in fast-paced and ambiguous environments.

**Preferred:**
- Experience in consumer technology, SaaS, marketplace, or sports-related businesses.
- Experience working within or alongside a larger enterprise parent organization.
- Familiarity with syndicated research sources, market intelligence tools, and data visualization platforms.

## Perks & Benefits
- Work from our well-furnished, modern office in Manhattan, NY.
- Unlimited vacation policy.
- Paid volunteer opportunities.
- Technology stipend - $4,000 every 2 years.
- WFH stipend - $500 annually.
- Monthly physical, mental, wellness & learning stipend.
- Monthly lifestyle stipend.
- Full health benefits - medical, dental, vision, prescription, FSA, HRA, HSA, and coverage for family/dependents.
- Retirement savings - Traditional and Roth 401K plans with immediate company match.
- Life insurance - basic life, supplemental life, and dependent life.
- Disability leave - short-term and long-term disability.
- Company paid parental leave - up to 20 weeks for birthing parents and up to 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.
- Family building benefits.
- DICK'S Sporting Goods and family of brands teammate discount.

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