Community Lead, Research

Prolific
United KingdomPosted 21 February 2026

Job Description

<p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24pt; color: rgb(126, 140, 141);"><strong>Community Lead, Research</strong></span></p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(126, 140, 141);"><em>Prolific</em></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">At Prolific, our marketplace is rooted in academia, and that commitment runs deep. Alongside our work to accelerate the future of AI, we’re continuing to redefine how the world conducts academic research.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">What started as a research-driven idea has evolved into the world’s most trusted infrastructure for human data. Today, tens of thousands of researchers from top universities across the globe rely on Prolific to power their work, from peer-reviewed studies to the next generation of technological breakthroughs.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">We're doubling down on our mission to serve the academic community, deepening relationships, building smarter tools, and making high-quality human data more accessible than ever.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(126, 140, 141);"><em>The role</em></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">We are looking for a Research Community Lead to champion Prolific within the academic and industry research communities. This role focuses on building authentic, grassroots relationships with researchers across disciplines, establishing Prolific as the trusted partner for human behavioral research. You'll foster genuine connections that transform individual researchers into advocates, creating a network effect that drives organic adoption across institutions and research organizations.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(126, 140, 141);"><em>What you’ll be doing in the role </em></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Build authentic relationships with individual researchers that naturally evolve into advocacy, scaling 1:1 to 1:many impact</span></li> <li style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Develop and nurture a network of research champions across key institutions and organizations alongside our Customer Success team</span></li> <li style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Create genuinely helpful content and educational resources that address real researcher challenges (methodology guides, best practices, case studies, data quality)</span></li> <li style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Own the events strategy for academic and industry conferences, including everything from the planning and logistics, content programs and being Prolific’s ambassador with speaking slots and organising community events</span></li> <li style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Facilitate online and offline community interaction through researcher meetups, forums, and knowledge sharing webinars</span></li> <li style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Establish feedback loops that bring authentic researcher voices directly to GTM product</span></li> <li style="font-family: tahoma ... (truncated, view full listing at source)