Vice President, Business Development – KRC Research

Vice President, Business Development – KRC Research

Are you passionate about growing businesses, building relationships, and driving impactful insights? At KRC Research, we’re looking for a results‑oriented Vice President to lead our business development efforts and play a pivotal role in growing our portfolio of clients. In this role, you’ll partner with some of the most influential organizations across industries to deliver cutting‑edge research solutions that solve their biggest challenges. Backed by the resources of Interpublic Group (IPG), KRC Research provides an exciting environment for entrepreneurial thinkers who are ready to lead with vision, creativity, and a relentless drive for success.

About the Role

This is a leadership role for a bold, entrepreneurial business development professional who thrives on driving growth, deepening client relationships, and unlocking new opportunities. While a strong foundation in market research is required, the primary focus of this position is on building a robust sales pipeline, generating substantial new business revenue, and expanding KRC Research’s reach.

As Vice President, you’ll have the opportunity to shape the future of KRC Research, grow a high‑performing team, and leave a lasting impact on the trajectory of the business. This role calls for an individual with a sales‑driven mindset, a passion for delivering client success, and the ability to translate insights into action.

What You’ll Be Doing

Driving Business Development (Primary Focus)

• Own revenue generation : You’ll lead efforts to secure new business, from identifying leads to delivering winning pitches that generate significant revenue.
• Lead KRC’s growth strategy : Develop and execute a sales strategy to expand into new industries, markets, and service offerings.
• Grow existing accounts : Work with current clients to identify new needs and proactively introduce innovative solutions to deepen partnerships and increase revenue.
• Mentor and inspire : Help coach and develop team members to build their business development skills, fostering a culture of entrepreneurial thinking across the organization.
• Collaborate across IPG : Leverage relationships and resources within the global IPG network to expand KRC’s footprint and offer integrated client solutions.

Building Strategic Partnerships

Providing Research Expertise

Championing Team Growth and Collaboration

What We’re Looking For

Qualifications

Desired Attributes

Why Join KRC Research?

At KRC Research :

About KRC Research

KRC Research is a leading market research firm specializing in translating complex data into actionable insights that help brands grow, protect their reputation, and achieve their business goals. By leveraging our deep expertise and the resources of IPG, we deliver impactful solutions that empower clients to stay ahead of the curve in an ever‑changing landscape.

Our firm is rooted in a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence , paired with a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. KRC Research is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we encourage qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including :

Salary range : $100,000.00 – $150,000.00

Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current / former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s / applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

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Weber Shandwick, a leading global communications agency, is seeking a talented and enthusiastic summer intern in Washington, DC, to work with our Analytics practice.

Our Analytics internship is a full‑time, paid program designed to complement and enhance academic studies through participation in a variety of assignments and professional responsibilities. Interns work side by side with the firm’s diverse team of strategists, analysts, producers, designers, developers and campaign activators.

The intern assigned to our analytics team will work on a range of projects from communications reporting and automation to machine learning, and big data integration. You’ll work on clients of all types, using diverse data sets to solve strategic business and communications problems. Our Analytics interns typically meet the following profile :

General Responsibilities :

Basic Qualifications :

Additional Qualifications :

Ideal Analytics intern candidates will possess some combination of the following. Please note : you do not have to have ALL of these qualifications, just some combination of them, in order to be a viable Analytics candidate.

Washington DC Salary range : $20.00 – $20.00

Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current / former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s / applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

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Weber Shandwick is seeking a talented Director of Analytics passionate about using AI and analytics to inform and empower effective communications campaigns for clients.

The ideal candidate will have worked in an analytics team within a PR agency or similarly matrixed work environments, has demonstrated experience in business development, and skilled in social listening and earned media analyses. This person will work closely with the analytics team lead to translate client asks into smart measurement research and translate best‑in‑class analytics findings into actionable insights that inform client’s communication strategies. This person would have the opportunity to work with clients across healthcare, tech, and sectors focusing on social and earned listening, corporate reputation, issue management, public affairs, and cross‑channel media analyses.

Day to day responsibilities include managing and leading delivery of earned and social listening, leveraging AI‑powered tools to power new insight discovery, overseeing production client deliverables that integrate insights from various analyses, helping new business development, and managing work responsibilities of more junior team members. Other responsibilities include the formalization of solutions across high frequency client asks, developing AI best practices and workflows, formalization of reasoning platforms to enable clear translation of data findings into accessible insights for different audiences, and proactive outreach to non‑analytics staff to share solutions and resolve client challenges.

Responsibilities :

Qualifications

Desire and capacity to take full ownership of work tracks, manage complicated deadlines and deliverable processes, nurture client relationships, collaborate with strategy and creative teams, and mentor junior analytics staff.

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including :

Salary range : $110,000 – $140,000

Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current / former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s / applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

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Weber Shandwick is seeking a talented Senior Data Engineer to join our team in Washington, DC. You will be joining a team of business strategists, data scientists and data engineers to build innovative data solutions and would work at the intersection of Data Engineering and Applied Generative AI.

The Senior Data Engineer will design, build, test, implement and maintain data solutions that support clients’ Enterprise Analytics. The incumbent will work with multiple technology partners to provision and maintain a data infrastructure used for media analyses. The role will work closely with business analysts and data scientists to ensure the platform meets business demands.

Key Responsibilities

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including :

Washington DC Salary range : $110,000 – $130,000

Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current / former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s / applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

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