LeadSpire - Head - Research & Insights
2 weeks ago
Description: The Head - Research & Insights will serve as the intellectual anchor for LCPLs product and solutions function driving the research vision, strategy, and ecosystem intelligence that powers every major initiative.This role demands a leader who can bridge policy, practice, and product, shaping LCPLs research agenda to support business development, solution design, and program delivery.The person will institutionalize research as a capability not a support by creating frameworks, processes, and outputs that continuously inform decision-making, impact design, and credibility building.Key Responsibilities:Strategic Research Define LCPLs overarching research and evidence strategy aligned with organizational priorities and government partnerships.- Build a cross-domain research roadmap covering education, skilling, livelihoods, tech-in-governance, and social inclusion.- Establish thought leadership and position LCPL as a credible voice in national and state-level public policy conversations.Research Design & Develop standardized research frameworks for primary, secondary, and mixed-method studies.- Lead needs assessments, baseline and endline studies, and impact evaluations for ongoing programs.- Ensure methodological rigor and ethical standards across all research activities.- Oversee the creation of sampling frameworks, toolkits, and field protocols.Knowledge & Evidence Systems:- Build and manage LCPLs internal knowledge architecture: repositories, dashboards, and evidence libraries.- Partner with Product and Tech teams to embed real-time data and learning feedback loops within program delivery systems.- Curate knowledge products (whitepapers, policy notes, sector reports, research briefs) for internal and external dissemination.- Create taxonomies and templates for evidence capture at every stage of project lifecycle.Intelligence & Insights:- Conduct continuous secondary research across government schemes, tenders, budgets, and global best practices.- Produce monthly and quarterly intelligence reports highlighting trends, benchmarks, and emerging opportunities.- Support Business Development (BD) and Product teams with data-driven insights for bid proposals, DPRs, and concept notes.- Track competitor research, innovations, and technology interventions relevant to LCPLs focus areas.Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement:- Engage with government departments, research bodies, multilateral agencies, and think tanks for partnerships and joint studies.- Represent LCPL at high-level policy discussions, panels, and national forums.- Co-develop evaluation frameworks and evidence systems with client ministries and donor partners.Team Building & Capability Build and lead a multidisciplinary research team analysts, sector specialists, data scientists, and documentation experts.- Create pathways for capacity development through training, mentorship, and collaboration.- Drive a research culture that prizes intellectual honesty, precision, and curiosity.Quality Assurance & Oversee quality standards for all reports, studies, and knowledge products.- Ensure research outputs are publication-ready and aligned with LCPLs editorial and brand guidelines.- Review data accuracy, citation integrity, and narrative quality.- Drive dissemination of LCPLs research through journals, conferences, and media channels. (ref:iimjobs.com)
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