Senior Research Manager

Company: Democratic National Committee Services Corporation
Location: Washington
Posted on: November 13, 2024

Job Description:

Research is the messaging and strategy backbone of campaigns. We scour public records, campaign finance reports, articles, interviews, books, legislation, and more to gain a deep understanding of the topics and candidates we research.If you're interested in helping us relentlessly dig for the truth - come join us!Our Senior Research Managers play a key role in overseeing the department's workstreams, constructing and executing on research plans, and overseeing the work of a large staff of researchers. We are looking for applicants with a substantial background in political research and experience managing campaign research processes and teams.Responsibilities:

• Oversee a team of researchers responsible for executing comprehensive research plans on multiple candidates;
• Work with department leadership to formulate comprehensive research plans on multiple candidates;
• Provide rapid response and communications staff with succinct documents that can be used to generate public-facing content;
• Work with junior staff to edit and refine research products;
• Lead team efforts to generate ideas for public records requests or investigative projects, and analyze responsive records;
• Other duties as assigned to support the department and the DNC's mission.Skills:
  • Mastery of common research tools and resources, including public records requests, campaign finance reports, personal financial disclosures, legal records, policy and legislation, ad tracking, and LexisNexis;
  • Excellent written and verbal communications skills, including an eagle-eye for typos and errors;
  • Strict attention to detail and exceptional organizational skills.Requirements:
    • At least three cycles of experience in political research, with at least one cycle in a leadership role or in managing major research projects and workstreams;
    • Deep understanding of politics and political campaigns;
    • Significant experience and ability to train junior staff on LexisNexis, campaign finance databases, federal and state-level vote analysis, statistical data gathering, and primary source materials;
    • Ability to manage and track progress on long-term projects and appropriately delegate tasks to team members to complete projects on tight deadlines;
    • Ability and desire to keep up and aggressively engage in the 24-hour news cycle;
    • Creative thinking and desire to explore new avenues.Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.This position is not eligible for overtime wages and has an end date of November 15, 2024.The DNC offers a generous benefit package, including:
      • More than 30 days of paid time off, including Federal holidays, open leave, and personal days;
      • Health and dental insurance for employee and dependents; 90% paid by the DNC, 10% paid by employee;
      • Supplementary vision plans available to employees for purchase;
      • Up to a 5% employer match DNC 401(k) plan;
      • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) available to DNC employees and their dependents at no cost to staff;
      • Pre-tax Flexible spending account benefits available to employees and dependents.
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