THE ROLE
The Lead, Survey Programming sits within the Research Operations team and leads the Survey Programming function. This is a production-first role: most of the Lead's time is spent scripting, testing, and delivering surveys on the most complex and technically demanding work in the portfolio, with the remainder focused on supervising and developing an additional survey programmer and driving process and platform improvements across the function.

The Lead is the technical authority on survey programming within the function, setting the standard for how surveys are built, tested, and delivered. Central to the role is deep expertise in Decipher as the primary programming workplace, maintaining high technical standards across all survey work.

Beyond the team, the Lead works closely with research and project management teams to ensure programming requirements are understood, accurately scoped, and delivered on time.

The Lead stays calm under pressure, takes the initiative to solve problems rather than wait to be asked, and is a dependable, easy colleague to work with.





KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Survey Programming & Technical Delivery
The Lead personally handles the most complex scripting work in the portfolio, including multi-market studies, advanced logic and routing, custom layouts, and technically demanding questionnaire structures. They are the most senior technical resource on the account and set the standard for the work.
• Takes full ownership of end-to-end programming delivery on assigned projects, including:
• Reviewing questionnaire specifications and clarifying requirements with research and project management teams before scripting begins
• Programming complex online questionnaires across all stages of delivery, including survey scripting, language management, and reporting outputs
• Building, testing, and launching surveys in Decipher as the primary platform, developing deep expertise in its setup, configuration, and optimization
• Applying a right-fi

📌 Lead Survey Programmer | India | Remote
🏢 Talentra Global Group
📍 India