Consumer Insights Director

Stand Together is a philanthropic community that helps America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems, from education to the economy, broken communities, and toxic division, among dozens of other pressing issues. We provide our partners with access to resources including funding, thought leadership, a network of peers, and a playbook for applying proven principles to transform lives and society. Stand Together is a philanthropic community that helps America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems, from education to the economy, broken communities, and toxic division, among dozens of other pressing issues. We provide our partners with access to resources including funding, thought leadership, a network of peers, and a playbook for applying proven principles to transform lives and society. Stand Together is seeking a strategic and analytically rigorous Consumer Insights Director to lead and evolve a high-performing consumer insights function focused on audience understanding, brand strategy, messaging effectiveness, and actionable research. This role will set the vision for the team, establish best-in-class research capabilities, and ensure insights meaningfully shape organizational strategy, communications, and audience engagement efforts. The Director will lead a team responsible for consumer research, audience segmentation, persona development, brand equity measurement, and messaging and content testing. While this leader will oversee the overall research portfolio and manage a team of 4–6 researchers and strategists, they will also personally lead high-impact research initiatives and serve as a senior strategic advisor across the organization. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise in consumer insights with strong leadership, strategic thinking, and the ability to operationalize insights into scalable products, frameworks, and decision-making tools.