Senior Researcher, Mid-Us Research Office

Job Summary

The Mid-US Research Office (MRO) enriches the intellectual activities of Harvard Business School (HBS) faculty and fortifies the connection between the Boston campus and the Mid-US region. Established in 2021, the office’s primary mission is to develop and extend relationships with business leaders and others across the Mid-US to contribute to the development of intellectual capital and programming at HBS. The Mid-US Research Office serves as a key source of new research and curriculum content on a wide range of fields, including finance; technology; marketing; accounting and control; strategy; and entrepreneurship; racial equity, diversity, and inclusion; climate change; digitization and digital transformation; and economic inequality.

Position Overview

Reporting to the Director of the Mid-US Research Office, the Senior Researcher will work closely with HBS faculty managing research projects, performing in-depth field and secondary source research and supporting other HBS-wide activities, including admissions, external and alumni relations. Travel in the Mid-US region will be required. Working in close collaboration with the Director of the Mid-US Research Office, the Senior Researcher will be responsible for developing case studies about companies in the Mid-US for the HBS MBA and Executive Education programs.

Position Description

The Senior Researcher will be responsible for:

• Gathering and synthesizing data from a variety of sources leveraging online resources, statistical and financial reports.
• Conducting on-site interviews with senior company and government officials alongside HBS faculty.
• Responsible for other duties as assigned.
• Supporting other HBS-wide activities, including admissions, alumni and external relations.
• Writing high-impact, well-documented and compelling case studies.
• Identifying potential case study subjects for proposal to the Director of the Mid-US Research Office and presenting case leads to HBS faculty.
• Maintaining and extending relationships within the candidate’s existing knowledge/country/sector networks which can contribute immediately to the development of intellectual capital at HBS.

Please note: To be considered, applicants should be based in the Midwest, South, or Mountain regions of the U.S.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 4+ years of relevant work experience required

Additional Qualifications And Skills

• Candidate must demonstrate an ability to work independently while establishing strong, collaborative working relationships and take direction from a project leader to meet the highest standards of academic rigor.
• Experience of delivering a range of research outputs, including reports, articles, presentations and summaries is required.
• Strong knowledge of the Mid-US is required; work experience in the region preferred.
• Other desired skills include proven effectiveness in a consultative role and strong proficiency in developing contacts with academics and business leaders on behalf of an academic institution
• Excellent communication, analytical, and organizational skills required.
• MBA preferred (HBS strongly preferred), with outstanding academic record.

Additional Information

If you accept our offer and join the team, we currently expect that you will be working a fully remote schedule with specific hours to be determined based on the department’s needs. All remote work must be performed within a state in which Harvard is registered to do business; please note that Harvard will withhold each applicable state’s required tax and other withholdings from your paycheck for the time you work there.

A cover letter is required to be considered for this role. When uploading your resume and cover letter to your application, please make sure that they are both in the same Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF document. Do not upload them as two separate documents.

Harvard Business School will not offer visa sponsorship for this opportunity.

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