Description
Vice President, Polling & Research
Role Location: This role is based in our Brooklyn, NY office on a hybrid basis. The full team is in-office
at least 2 days per week.
Position Type: Full-Time
Expected Start Date: August 1, 2026
About Us:
Slingshot Strategies is a full-service political strategy and public affairs consulting firm providing communications, polling, and advisory expertise to candidates, organizations, and causes that reflect our values. Our team partners with candidates, progressive organizations, and issue advocates to deliver
winning results. As a small but high-impact firm, we thrive on collaboration, creativity, and execution.
Slingshot's polling practice conducts qualitative and quantitative research projects for campaigns, nonprofits, companies, and organizations. Our work spans electoral polling, message and issue testing, consumer research, and policy initiatives. We combine cutting-edge methodologies and extensive experience with a practitioner-first approach to produce research deliverables that are purpose-built for internal decision making, resource allocation, campaign design, as well as external press and media uses. Slingshot conducts and releases polling under its own name as well as powering the research for
separately branded public polling initiatives.
The Role:
We are seeking a highly motivated Vice President to serve as a key leader within our growing polling and research practice.
The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker who is highly organized and detail-oriented. This role offers the opportunity to independently lead client-accounts and support the growth of the practice. You must thrive in a fast-moving and rapidly changing political environment, be able to run a fielding process from start to finish, produce and oversee the production of client-ready deliverables, and take ownership of a wide range of responsibilities in service of client success. The ideal candidate will have eight (8) plus years of research and polling experience at an agency.
Requirements
Key Responsibilities:
- Independently manage client accounts with full ownership over client satisfaction, strategic counsel, deliverable quality, budgets, timelines, and team performance
- Lead the design and execution of large-scale qualitative and quantitative research projects, ensuring methodological rigor, analytical integrity, and strategic relevance
- Oversee multiple concurrent projects and client workstreams, proactively identifying risks, resolving challenges, and ensuring alignment with client objectives
- Partner with senior staff on account planning, client growth strategies, and broader business development initiatives
- Manage, mentor, and develop junior staff (directors, strategists, and interns) including performance management, coaching, and professional development
- Represent the firm in external meetings, presentations, and industry settings to strengthen client relationships and enhance the firm’s reputation
- Contribute to and originate new business opportunities by cultivating client relationships, identifying
growth areas, and supporting pitch and proposal development
Qualifications:
- 8-10 years of agency experience in qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, including project design, execution, analysis, and strategic application of findings
- Exceptional client management and relationship-building skills, with the ability to serve as a senior strategic advisor
- Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities, with experience overseeing multiple high-priority projects simultaneously
- Experience contributing to business development efforts, including pitching, proposal development, and identifying opportunities for account growth
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience developing proposals, presentations, and client-facing deliverables
- Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced environment while maintaining strong attention to detail
- Proven people management experience, including supervising, mentoring, and developing junior and mid-level staff
- Commitment to Democratic values
Compensation & Benefits:
The base salary for this position is between $123,000 to $145,000 commensurate with experience plus eligibility for a discretionary bonus at the end of each year. Slingshot Strategies offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes a hybrid work model, excellent coverage for medical, vision, and dental
insurance; up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave; unlimited Paid Time Off and Sick Leave; 11 paid holidays plus a two-week office closure at the end of the year; a 401k with 4% employer match after 6 months of employment; a $50 monthly cell phone stipend, a $1,000 annual professional stipend and
additional benefits.