Consumer Insights Consultant

$ 76 - $ 89 / Hour
location_onMorristown, New Jersey

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Consumer Insights Consultant (Part‑Time, Remote)

Pay Rate: $76 – $89 per hour

We are seeking an experienced Consumer Insights Consultant to support strategic brand building, innovation development, and consumer‑driven decision making for upcoming 2027 initiatives. This is a part‑time, fully remote role ideal for a senior‑level insights professional with deep CPG or beauty/personal care experience.

Position Details

  • Schedule: ~20 hours per week (hours may flex slightly based on business needs)

  • Location: Fully Remote

  • Travel: Occasional travel to Morristown, NJ

  • Time Zones: Open to all U.S. locations; must be able to work EST hours

  • Team: Part of a collaborative team of six

  • Duration: Possibility of extension

  • Future Outlook: Hours may increase after December

About the Role

The Consumer Insights Consultant provides strategic insight leadership to guide brand building, innovation pipeline development, communications strategy, and claims exploration. This role is highly collaborative, working cross‑functionally to design research, synthesize insights, and deliver recommendations that shape the 2027 innovation roadmap and beyond.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain a rolling Consumer Learning Plan

  • Prioritize research needs across innovation, claims, communications, packaging, and renovation

  • Translate business questions into actionable insight frameworks

  • Provide forward‑looking category and consumer perspectives (including 2028+ trends)

  • Lead qualitative and quantitative research supporting 2027 initiatives

  • Conduct volumetrics, naming exploration, and claims/comms testing

  • Propose agile research solutions when timelines or budgets shift

  • Support assessment of potential line extensions

  • Manage agile vendors and research platforms

  • Build templates, claim matrices, and decision frameworks

  • Maintain an organized insight repository

  • Deliver clear, executive‑ready synthesis for leadership

Key Deliverables

  • Quarterly Consumer Learning Agenda

  • Insight briefs & learning plans

  • Concept, naming & communications readouts

  • Executive summaries

  • Volumetric learnings

  • Claims & messaging guidance

  • Category & trend POVs

Required Qualifications

  • 15+ years of experience in consumer insights, brand strategy, CPG, or consumer health

  • Strong strategic thinking and leadership, ideally within Agile environments

  • Experience in consumer packaging or broader CPG categories

  • Background in consumer insights for beauty or personal care strongly preferred

  • Expertise in research design across qualitative & quantitative methodologies

  • Experience with volumetrics, naming studies, claims, and communications testing

  • Proficient with tools such as:

    • iKnow, Demand Landscaping, or similar databases

    • SharePoint reporting

    • Data gathering platforms

    • PowerPoint (strong presentation-building skills)

  • Ability to turn complex data into clear, compelling recommendations

  • Vendor management experience

  • Bachelor’s degree required

Preferred Qualities

  • Experience in large‑scale CPG or beauty/personal care environments

  • Highly collaborative, approachable, and low‑ego demeanor

  • Comfortable navigating shifting timelines and priorities

  • Strong communication and stakeholder‑management skills



Pay Details: $76.00 to $89.00 per hour

Search managed by: Nicole Russ

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Military connected talent encouraged to apply

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The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:
  • The California Fair Chance Act
  • Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
  • Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
  • San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance


Massachusetts Candidates Only: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.


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