Research Prioritization and Stakeholder Management Questions

Covers frameworks and approaches for prioritizing research work when multiple teams or stakeholders request studies at the same time. Candidates should be able to articulate criteria for trade off decisions such as impact, timeline, feasibility, strategic importance, and cost. Includes skills for negotiating scope and timelines with cross functional stakeholders, balancing quick turnaround studies with longer term strategic initiatives, managing expectations, communicating trade offs and risks, and establishing decision rights and escalation paths. Interviewers may probe for concrete examples of prioritization choices, stakeholder alignment processes, frameworks used, and outcomes or lessons learned.