Associate Vice President – Market & Client Research

Vizient, Inc

. Lead Vizient’s market and client research capability within the Office of Strategy Management Strategic Market Research & Industry Insights function .

Posted 9/24/2026full-timeUnited StatesSeniorLead💰 $156,500 - $290,100 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates advanced expertise in leading market research initiatives within the healthcare industry, utilizing qualitative and quantitative methodologies to inform strategic decision-making. Capable of synthesizing complex data into actionable insights while ensuring alignment with organizational goals.

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Healthcare Industry ResearchPrimary And Secondary Market ResearchQualitative And Quantitative ResearchAI-Enabled Research ToolsExecutive-Presentation Skills

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Hard Skills

Research DesignSamplingInterviewsSurveysSegmentationRegressionMixed-Methods ResearchData Quality EvaluationEvidence SynthesisMarket-Driver Framework

Soft Skills

FacilitationTeam Capability BuildingTrust EstablishmentDecision Support

Tools & Technologies

Microsoft Office SuiteDatabasesAI-Enabled Research Workflows

Industry Keywords

U.S. Healthcare IndustryMarket ResearchClient NeedsStrategic Market PerspectiveEnvironmental Assessment

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead Vizient’s market and client research capability within the Office of Strategy Management Strategic Market Research & Industry Insights function
Establish the research agenda and lead the design, execution, synthesis, and communication of secondary research and targeted primary and quantitative studies
Deliver the function’s highest-priority research on healthcare markets, client needs, market drivers, demand, emerging opportunities, and strategic uncertainties
Own and personally deliver the market research fact base, market-driver framework, and integrated market perspective for the Vizient Market Outlook, Environmental Assessment, and 3–5+ annual strategic briefs
Translate evidence into trends, strategic questions, trade-offs, risks, and decision implications
Ensure the strategic market perspective is grounded in rigorous research and aligned with organizational research functions
Lead strategy-driven client research with Marketing Insights and Product to understand evolving client needs, unmet needs, and willingness to adopt
Integrate trends and findings into a coherent healthcare market perspective with business leaders
Lead research readouts and decision-support sessions for interpreting findings, testing assumptions, reconciling qualitative and quantitative evidence, and determining next actions
Provide research foundations for integrated opportunity assessments and environmental scenario planning
Build research delivery capability through quality standards, methodology and source-evaluation protocols, documentation practices, and AI-enabled research workflows
Author or quality-assure major deliverables and serve as a senior market research authority translating evidence into strategic decisions

Requirements

What you’ll need

Relevant degree preferred; Master’s Degree preferred
10 or more years of relevant experience required
Broad and deep knowledge of the U.S. healthcare industry and its stakeholders
Significant experience leading and directly delivering primary and secondary market research and healthcare industry research
Advanced knowledge of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods research
Experience with research design, sampling, interviews, surveys, segmentation, regression or other multivariate methods
Working knowledge of databases and data structures
Ability to translate strategic questions into researchable questions and carry research from methodology selection through evidence evaluation, synthesis, and delivery
Ability to identify bias, confounding, limitations, and data-quality issues
Ability to synthesize diverse analyses, client signals, and research findings into strategic implications
Experience operating as a hands-on player-coach who personally delivers high-priority research, builds team capability, manages capacity, establishes trust with leaders, and facilitates evidence-based decisions
Experience using AI-enabled research tools and workflows, with judgment to validate and audit AI-generated sources, methods, analyses, calculations, and conclusions
Advanced written, verbal, facilitation, and executive-presentation skills
Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Benefits

Comp & perks

Extensive opportunities for personal and professional development
Inclusive work environment
Incentive eligible
Comprehensive benefits plan