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Insights & Foresight Specialist

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s strongly preferred in economics, business, public policy, international relations, strategy, computer science, or related field.
  • 3–6 years of experience in research, insights, analytics, strategy, or related roles.
  • Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills with demonstrated methodological rigor.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executive-ready storytelling.

Responsibilities

  • Support PMI’s research agenda through insights research and business analysis.
  • Connect macroeconomic, industry, and technology developments to PMI’s thought leadership priorities.
  • Emphasize research and analysis on artificial intelligence (AI) and the future of work.
  • Ensure thought leadership is evidence-led, forward-looking, and aligned to business priorities.

Key facts

  • Remote from: United States
  • Full time
  • Senior (5-10 years)
  • English

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Research
  • Analytical Skills
  • Critical Thinking
  • Problem Solving
  • Communication
  • Collaboration
  • Intellectual Curiosity

About the company

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Project Management Institute

We’re Project Management Institute. You can call us PMI. We’re the world’s leading professional organization for project, program, and portfolio management. We support current project professionals, aspiring project professionals, and anyone with projects to tackle. Many know us for the PMP® certification, but there's so much more to explore. Since 1969, we’ve been providing top-notch knowledge, resources, and networking opportunities. Connect with our incredible global community and see how PMI can light your path to project success. Join us as we elevate our world—one project at a time.

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Company size501 - 1000

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Job description

Are you a dreamer, innovator, thinker and a do-er who believes in contributing to something that makes difference?

Pursue your passion. Join PMI.

How You’ll Make a Difference

You will support PMI’s research agenda across two complementary areas, with responsibilities balanced between hands-on insights research — survey, qualitative, and secondary studies that inform thought leadership — as well as business analysis and foresight research that connects macroeconomic, industry, and technology developments to PMI’s thought leadership priorities. The role carries a particular, though not exclusive, emphasis on artificial intelligence (AI) and the future of work. Working in coordination with the Manager, Research & Insights, you will help ensure PMI’s thought leadership is evidence-led, forward-looking, and aligned to business priorities.

What You’ll Bring to the Role

  • Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s  strongly preferred in economics, business, public policy, international relations, strategy, computer science, or related field.
  • 3–6 years of experience in research, insights, analytics, strategy, or related roles such as management consulting, corporate strategy, or macroeconomic or industry research.
  • Experience researching, analyzing, or advising on AI trends, technology disruption, or the future of work.
  • Demonstrated experience leading trends, foresight, or macroeconomic research initiatives independently.
  • Experience translating research into executive-facing insights, narratives, and strategic recommendations.
  • Experience working in matrixed, cross-functional, or global environments preferred.
  • Preference for candidates with labor, workforce, or future-of-work interest or expertise; familiarity with project and portfolio management or professional-services domains a plus.
  • Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills with demonstrated methodological rigor.
  • Comfort with both qualitative/survey research and quantitative techniques (e.g., segmentation, benchmarking, driver analysis), including the ability to help identify measurable variables from business questions.
  • Demonstrated working knowledge of the AI landscape and its trajectory, including ability to assess credibility of claims and translate technical developments into business and professional implications.
  • Experience in macroeconomic analysis and trends/foresight techniques.
  • Structured problem-solving and hypothesis-driven thinking honed in consulting or strategy environments.
  • Ability to synthesize complex, multi-source information into clear, strategic insight.
  • Strong quantitative and qualitative research skills.
  • Comfortable using AI tools in day-to-day work.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executive-ready storytelling.
  • Ability to operate independently and manage ambiguity in an asynchronous remote environment.
  • Intellectually curious; able to stay current in a fast-moving AI and technology landscape.
  • Collaborative mindset with ability to influence without authority.
  • Fluent in English (PMI’s business language).

What you can expect from us

We value and nurture an environment of inclusivity and diversity, and a culture of communication and collaboration. Your health, safety and well-being come first, and we believe that you should have time for your work, but you should also have time for you..

Join us and you’ll get:

• an excellent total package, with compensation and benefits based upon your geographic location.

• skill development opportunities, to help you grow now and into the future.

• access to a global network, to enrich your professional experience.

• flexible options to help balance work time and your time

• award and bonus opportunities.
 
The salary offer will be based on several factors, including the candidate’s demonstrated skills, qualifications and relevant experience. 

Let’s help make the world work better for everyone. Apply today!
 
Project Management Institute, Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunities without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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