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Job Summary
The Principal Researcher, Talent Intelligence is a key member of Comcast’s Executive Research & Talent Intelligence team. This role delivers high-impact talent research, labor market insights, and competitive intelligence that inform enterprise-wide decisions related to hiring strategy, workforce planning, talent development, and organizational design.
Operating with a high degree of autonomy, this role serves as a trusted thought partner to Executive Search, Global Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Learning & Development, HR Business Partners, and business leaders, proactively identifying external talent risks and opportunities and translating complex market signals into clear, actionable insights that support enterprise-level decision-making and strategic initiatives.
The ideal candidate is an analytical thinker, strong communicator, insatiably curious, and a proactive problem-solver who thrives in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment, and who brings a talent-forward perspective to research, grounded in an understanding of how Talent and HR teams operate and make decisions.
Job Description
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Partner with Executive Search and Talent Acquisition to shape search strategies, inform role design, and deliver market maps and research relevant to critical and leadership roles.
- Conduct proactive and research-driven talent sourcing and market scanning to support leadership pipeline development, executive calibration discussions, and long-term talent strategy.
- Conduct comprehensive labor market research, supply/demand modeling, competitive benchmarking, and talent landscape assessments to guide hiring strategies, workforce planning, and capability-related decisions.
- Monitor industry, competitor, and labor market trends to proactively identify emerging talent risks, opportunities, and business implications, surfacing insights without waiting for formal requests.
- Own the delivery of high-impact Talent Intelligence outputs that directly inform enterprise workforce, hiring, and organizational decisions.
- Develop and deliver concise, executive-ready narratives, presentations, dashboards, and reports that explain market dynamics, highlight risks and opportunities, and offer practical recommendations.
- Utilize and enhance a suite of standardized Talent Intelligence products, ensuring consistent, scalable delivery of insights to internal partners.
- Support the creation and refinement of research frameworks, templates, and methodologies that enable a repeatable and efficient intelligence delivery model across the enterprise.
- Ensure accurate and appropriate use of labor market tools, research systems, and analytics platforms, maintaining a high standard of data quality.
- Collaborate with Talent Management, Learning & Development, and HR teams to bring external intelligence into internal planning, talent development discussions, and organizational strategy conversations.
- Maintain strong alignment with stakeholders to ensure Talent Intelligence insights remain relevant to evolving business priorities.
- Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
- Regular, consistent, and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary.
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Preferred Skills & Experience
- Experience within Talent Acquisition, Talent Intelligence, Executive Research, or related functions, with demonstrated strength in market analysis, data interpretation, and insight storytelling.
- Hands-on experience creating clear, executive-friendly visualizations and dashboards using data visualization and reporting tools.
- Experience delivering insights that influence decisions beyond Talent Acquisition, such as workforce planning, organizational design, or location strategy.
- Demonstrated ability to operate in ambiguous environments, framing unclear business questions, working with imperfect data, and balancing proactive insight generation with stakeholder-driven requests.
- Strong technical fluency across Microsoft Office, productivity tools, recruiting platforms, and analytics systems.
- Highly independent contributor who approaches problems with sound judgment, intellectual curiosity, and the confidence to challenge assumptions.
- Proven ability to engage, influence, and guide senior stakeholders through complex discussions related to priorities, scope, and business needs.
Success in This Role Will Be Demonstrated By
- Adoption of Talent Intelligence insights in hiring, workforce, or organizational decisions.
- Ongoing engagement and repeat partnership with senior Talent, HR, and business leaders.
- Delivery of scalable intelligence products leveraged across multiple teams.
- Clear and compelling executive-level storytelling grounded in market data.
Employees at all levels are expected to:
- Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
- Own the customer experience - think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
- Know your stuff - be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
- Win as a team - make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
- Be an active part of the Net Promoter System - a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company - by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
- Drive results and growth.
- Support a culture of inclusion in how you work and lead.
- Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
7+ years of relevant experience in talent intelligence, labor market research, market insights, executive search research, Talent or HR analytics, consulting, or related analytical fields.
Disclaimer: This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.
Comcast is an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
Skills:
Professional Presentation; Recruiting; Talent Intelligence; Talent Research; Team Collaboration
Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Comcast provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a Commission under the terms of an applicable plan, while most non-sales positions are eligible for a Bonus. Additionally, Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits to eligible employees. We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That’s why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality – to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. Please visit the compensation and benefits summary on our careers site for more details.
Education
Bachelor's Degree
While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.
Relevant Work Experience
7-10 Years
