[Hiring] Senior Manager, Qualitative Evaluation and Insights @Constructive Dialogue Institute

Role Description

CDI is seeking a rigorous, disciplined, and analytically sharp Senior Manager to serve as the qualitative expert behind our campus consulting work. Reporting to the Senior Director of Campus Culture Change, you will collect and code the interview, focus group, and survey data our engagements run on, and turn it into the findings our university partners act on.

This is a hands-on analysis role. You will:

• Run qualitative data collection across a portfolio of campus engagements.
• Code consistently against CDI's shared frameworks.
• Hold the line on coding quality across projects.
• Draft reports, memos, and client-facing narratives.
• Build materials that carry findings to internal and external audiences.
• Partner with other team members to build qualitative case studies and institutional spotlights.

Qualifications

• A trained qualitative researcher.
• 5+ years of applied qualitative research experience, or a graduate degree with substantial fieldwork.
• Experience running interviews and focus groups.
• Disciplined with a codebook.
• Experience with multi-coder QA or inter-rater reliability is a strong plus.
• A clear analytic writer.
• Organized across a portfolio.
• Grounded in organizational culture measurement.
• A steady partner to campus contacts.
• Credible across perspectives.
• Fluent with tools and AI.

Requirements

• Ability to collect and code interview, focus group, and open-ended survey data.
• Serve as lead liaison with the Research team and contribute to codeframe updates.
• Coordinate data collection logistics with campus partners.
• Analyze qualitative and quantitative data to identify themes and patterns.
• Own engagement deliverables: reports, memos, presentations, client-facing narratives.
• Present findings and recommendations to external stakeholders.
• Build CDI's approach to assessing campus and Institutional Change Model consulting initiatives.
• Conduct interviews and draft case studies.
• Identify institutional spotlights for Culture Change projects.
• Advise colleagues and partners on measuring organizational culture.

Benefits

• A Mission-Driven Culture characterized by intellectual humility, continuous improvement, and open-mindedness.
• Unlimited PTO — recharge on your own schedule with unlimited paid time off, in addition to 13 company holidays.
• Health, Vision & Dental — health, vision, and dental plans, with CDI contributing toward your premiums each month.
• 401(k) Match — invest in your future with a 100% match on your contributions, up to 3% of your pay.
• Professional Development — a generous annual budget to invest in your growth.
• Remote Work Support — up to $500 reimbursed for home office equipment and up to $50/month reimbursed for home internet or cell phone expenses.