Associate Director (6 month FTC) | B2B Research.

  • £70,000
  • The Company 🏢

    A specialist B2B technology research agency with a strong reputation for quality, rigour, and commercial impact. Our client sits close to some of the world’s biggest technology organisations, and the insight they deliver genuinely moves strategy. You’ll help shape where the practice goes next, including how AI is changing the way research gets done. They combine deep sector expertise with a genuine appetite for innovation, and they’re building a team that reflects both!

  • The Day-to-Day 📊

    • Leading complex, multi-market quantitative research programmes for global technology clients
    • Building trusted, consultative relationships at senior client level
    • Turning data into sharp, story-led narratives that clients actually act on
    • Line managing and developing a small team of researchers
    • Contributing to pitches, proposals, and the strategic direction of the practice
    • Championing new approaches – from methodology innovation to AI-enabled delivery
  • The Ideal Candidate 🎯

    You’re a senior researcher who’s done the work, knows the craft, and is ready for more ownership. You bring:

    • Strong quantitative research experience from an agency or consultancy (B2B tech experience preferred, but open to consumer research backgrounds)
    • A track record of managing senior client relationships independently
    • Line management experience and a genuine interest in developing others
    • The ability to turn complex data into a clear, compelling commercial story

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      AI Engineer | AI Tech Start-Up.

      • £80,000 DOE
      We are excited to be working with a rapidly growing AI tech scale-up that’s expanding its team with a few talented AI Engineers.
      • The Company

        This pioneering company offers an advanced enterprise platform that delivers predictive analytics and AI-powered decision-making. Their digital AI agents provide always-on, intelligent insights, empowering top-tier clients across sectors, including asset management, banking, retail, telecoms, supply chain, and utilities, to dramatically enhance performance and efficiency.

      • The Role

        You’ll play a key role in designing and deploying bespoke AI agents in collaboration with leading enterprises.

        This isn’t your typical data science position – it’s deeply technical, highly collaborative, and focused on delivering real-world impact. You’ll help translate complex business challenges into intelligent, scalable solutions powered by cutting-edge AI tools.

      • The Candidate

        Key attributes of a suitable AI Engineer include:

        • Strong Data Science Foundations– bring solid grounding in statistics and machine learning, along with strong programming skills – Python preferred.
        • Passion for Cutting-Edge AI– You actively experiment with and apply modern AI technologies such as LLMs, RAGs, co-pilots, agentic workflows (heavily desired), and more.
        • Client-Centric Problem Solver– You’re confident engaging with clients and stakeholders, able to translate complex business problems into elegant, scalable AI solutions. You’ve played a hands-on role in architecting and delivering real-world deployments.

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        Senior AI Engineer | AI Tech Start-Up.

        • £100,000 DOE
        We are excited to be working with a rapidly growing AI tech scale-up that’s expanding its team with a few talented Senior AI Engineers.
        • The Company

          This pioneering company offers an advanced enterprise platform that delivers predictive analytics and AI-powered decision-making. Their digital AI agents provide always-on, intelligent insights, empowering top-tier clients across sectors, including asset management, banking, retail, telecoms, supply chain, and utilities, to dramatically enhance performance and efficiency.

        • The Role

          You’ll play a key role in designing and deploying bespoke AI agents in collaboration with leading enterprises.

          This isn’t your typical data science position – it’s deeply technical, highly collaborative, and focused on delivering real-world impact. You’ll help translate complex business challenges into intelligent, scalable solutions powered by cutting-edge AI tools.

        • The Candidate

          Key attributes of a suitable Senior AI Engineer include:

          • Strong Data Science Foundations– bring solid grounding in statistics and machine learning, along with strong programming skills – Python preferred.
          • Passion for Cutting-Edge AI– You actively experiment with and apply modern AI technologies such as LLMs, RAGs, co-pilots, agentic workflows (heavily desired), and more.
          • Client-Centric Problem Solver– You’re confident engaging with clients and stakeholders, able to translate complex business problems into elegant, scalable AI solutions. You’ve played a hands-on role in architecting and delivering real-world deployments.

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          Lead AI Engineer | AI Tech Start-Up.

          • £120,000 DOE
          We’re partnering with a fast-growing AI tech scale-up expanding its team, who are hiring for a 5 Lead AI Engineer’s This is a rare opportunity to lead the delivery of enterprise-grade Agentic AI solutions — working with ambitious clients at the forefront of applied AI innovation.
          • The Company

            This pioneering organisation has built an advanced enterprise AI platform delivering predictive analytics and AI-powered decision intelligence.

            Their digital AI agents provide always-on, intelligent insights — supporting leading clients across financial services, retail, FMCG, pharma, and beyond to enhance performance and efficiency.

          • The Role

            As Lead AI Engineer, you’ll lead the delivery of Agentic AI solutions post-sale, owning client projects from design through to deployment. This is a hands-on role combining strong technical depth with delivery leadership and stakeholder management.

            You’ll implement AI and agentic systems across enterprise clients, designing scalable architectures using LLMs, RAG pipelines, and agentic workflows, while working closely with engineering and product teams to ensure successful outcomes.

          • The Candidate

            Key attributes of the suitable Lead AI Engineer include:

            • Technical Data Expertise– Strong background delivering production-grade solutions, ideally within consulting or product-led environments
            • Agentic AI & Modern AI Systems Experience– Hands-on exposure to LLMs, RAG pipelines, and agentic frameworks
            • Delivery Leadership & Client Ownership– Comfortable leading teams while remaining technically involved and managing client relationships post-sale

             

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            RE / SRE | B Corp Research Agency.

            • £34,000
            • 🏢 The Company

              We are working with a strategy-led, BCorp-certified market research agency in Warwick, working with some of the UK’s most recognisable consumer brands. They specialise in brand tracking, segmentation, campaign effectiveness and commercial impact. No tobacco. No gambling. Just meaningful work for brands that matter.

            • 📊 The Day-to-Day

              You’ll work end-to-end on quantitative and tracking projects – designing surveys, interrogating data, and building commercially meaningful PowerPoint narratives that senior clients actually act on. You’ll contribute to client debriefs and work alongside directors who will push you to be better. This is not a role for someone who wants to hide behind a process!

            • 🔍 The Ideal Candidate

              • 1–3 years’ experience in research or insights (agency or academic background welcome)
              • Strong analytical instincts and comfortable in Excel
              • Can tell a clear story through a slide deck

              Hybrid working – 2–3 days in the Warwick office. £28,000–£34,000 depending on experience.

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              Business Development Executive | Remote Research Agency.

              • £35,000
              • The Company 🔍

                Our client is a fast-growing, remote-first market research consultancy with a difference. They build bespoke online communities that help some of the world’s leading brands across FMCG, financial services, and retail solve real marketing, innovation, and communication challenges.

              • The Day-to-Day 📋

                You’ll own the full outbound journey from identifying the right prospects to booking discovery calls and walking clients through live demos. No passing the baton after one email, you’ll keep the conversation moving. Expect to be proactive on LinkedIn, sharp on email, and confident on the phone, reaching out to researchers and insight professionals who know their stuff and expect you to as well.

              • The Ideal Candidate ✅

                • You’ll come from a research background (qual or quant)
                • At least a year or two of commercial or new business exposure, ideally within a research agency.
                • You’ll be a self-starter and strongly motivated.

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                Finance & Revenue Systems Lead | Tech Start-Up.

                • £80,000 DOE
                We’re partnering with a fast-growing tech scale-up expanding its team, who are hiring for a Finance & Revenue Systems Lead. This is a rare opportunity to build an AI-native finance and GTM operations function, working directly with the CFO to create a lean, highly automated operating model.
                • The Company

                  This pioneering organisation has built an advanced enterprise AI platform delivering predictive analytics and decision intelligence.

                  Their technology is trusted by leading global clients across healthcare, financial services, and enterprise sectors, and they are now entering an exciting new phase of growth.

                • The Role

                  As Finance & Revenue Systems Lead, you’ll partner closely with the CFO to own the company’s finance and revenue systems. Your initial focus will be leading ERP selection, technical due diligence, and migration to a modern AI-native platform, building a scalable foundation across core systems.

                  From there, you’ll drive automation across finance (close, AP, treasury, reporting) while owning the end-to-end quote-to-cash lifecycle from CRM through to billing and collections. You’ll also support the build of a clean FP&A data layer and work with engineering to deploy AI-driven workflows — scaling the function through systems, not headcount.

                • The Candidate

                  Key attributes of the suitable Finance & Revenue Systems Lead include:

                  • Finance Systems & ERP Experience – Proven experience leading ERP implementations or migrations and owning finance systems architecture
                  • Revenue Systems Knowledge – Experience connecting CRM and billing systems, with a strong understanding of quote-to-cash processes
                  • Automation-First Mindset – Track record of improving workflows through automation, tooling, and scalable systems
                  • Technical Finance Background – 3–6 years in finance systems, RevOps, or technical finance operations, with a modern, AI-enabled approach

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                  Consultant Strategy Consulting – Data Economics.

                  • £55,000
                  Most people early in their careers are told to wait their turn. Our client disagrees.
                  • The opportunity

                    This is a specialist boutique pioneering the field of Data Economics — quantifying what data is actually worth and helping organisations treat it as the strategic asset it is. Their clients are some of the UK’s largest infrastructure, utilities, and transport organisations. The work shapes real decisions at board level.

                    They’re looking for a Solution Analyst to join their delivery team. This is an earlier-career role, but it’s not a junior role in the way most firms use that word. You’ll be on live client engagements from day one, supported by experienced practitioners, and expected to take real ownership of the work you’re given.

                  • What the work actually looks like

                    You’ll be part of a squad working on live engagements, handling the analytical engine of every project. That means preparing, cleaning, and structuring data; conducting research; building models and initial outputs; and contributing to client-ready documents and presentations.

                    Day to day, you can expect to:

                    • Prepare, clean, and structure data to support analysis and modelling work
                    • Conduct research and produce initial outputs, models, and materials
                    • Use the firm’s internal tools and accelerators to support delivery
                    • Contribute to client-ready documents and presentations
                    • Support more senior team members on day-to-day delivery tasks
                    • Begin to build client-facing skills through supervised interactions
                  • What we're looking for

                    You’ll be intellectually curious, organised, and someone who takes quality seriously. You check your own work. You ask good questions. You want to understand the problem, not just complete the task.

                    • Strong data handling and analytical skills — comfortable working with data in complex contexts
                    • Ability to produce clear, professional written documents and presentations
                    • Organised and structured approach to tasks, with the ability to work to a brief and meet deadlines
                    • A degree in a relevant discipline — quantitative, business, or analytical — or equivalent experience. We assess this contextually.
                    • Some exposure to data, analytics, financial modelling, or business change through study, placements, or early roles
                  • Why now, why this firm

                    The field is genuinely emerging. Data Economics is being defined right now. Joining early means growing with a discipline that is still taking shape — and being part of what it becomes.

                    The development is structured and real. You’ll be supported by experienced practitioners and given a clear path to grow across all four of the firm’s domains: Data Economics & Valuation, Data Asset Management, Business Change, and Actionable Intelligence.

                    The culture is built on trust. A small, high-calibre team where your work is visible and your contribution counts from the start.

                    The package is thoughtfully designed. Competitive salary, private health cover with enhanced mental health support, generous family policies, and access to professional financial advice.

                    Flexibility with purpose. Around 60% in-person collaboration in London; genuine autonomy to shape the rest of your week around where you do your best work.

                    This role is being recruited on a confidential basis. The client’s name will be shared with suitable candidates at first conversation stage.

                    Please apply to find out more.

                    📍 London | 💼 Permanent, full time | 💰 Competitive salary + bonus

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                    Manager Strategy Consulting – Data Economics.

                    • £80,000
                    Most data consultancies help organisations use their data better. Our client is asking a more fundamental question: what is it actually worth?
                    • The opportunity

                      This is a specialist boutique pioneering the field of Data Economics — a discipline that sits at the intersection of strategy consulting and financial modelling, and one that is growing fast. Their clients are some of the UK’s largest and most complex organisations. The work lands at board level.

                      The problems are genuinely hard.

                      They’re looking for a Consulting Manager to join as a Solution Consultant — a core delivery role that sits at the heart of every engagement. You’ll own workstreams, produce high-quality analytical outputs, and manage day-to-day client relationships with confidence. If you’re a structured thinker who wants to do serious consulting work in an emerging field, this is worth your attention.

                    • What the work actually looks like

                      You’ll work within squads led by a Solution Lead, taking defined workstreams from brief to output. That means building models and analysis, running workshops, presenting findings to mid-level clients, and mentoring more junior analysts on the team. You’ll also contribute to the methods and IP that make the firm’s work repeatable and scalable.

                      Day to day, you can expect to:

                      • Own workstreams end-to-end, from brief to client-ready output
                      • Build analysis, financial models, and structured presentations to a high standard
                      • Manage day-to-day client interactions — workshops, findings sessions, relationship-building at mid-level
                      • Support more senior team members on delivery planning and risk management
                      • Mentor and review the work of Solution Analysts
                      • Contribute to the firm’s growing library of methods, frameworks, and accelerators
                    • What we're looking for

                      You’ll be a structured, delivery-focused consultant — likely at manager level — with a track record of owning complex analytical workstreams and communicating findings clearly to clients.

                      • Experience in a consulting, professional services, or advisory environment
                      • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills — comfortable taking a complex brief and producing clear outputs
                      • Confident communicator, written and verbal, with experience presenting findings and running client sessions
                      • Domain experience in at least one area: data strategy, governance, analytics, financial modelling, or business change
                      • Awareness of commercial context — scope, quality, and what good delivery looks like
                    • Why now, why this firm

                      The field is genuinely emerging. Data Economics is being defined right now, and this firm is at the front of it. Joining at this stage means being part of building something, not inheriting a finished model.

                      The work is real from day one. No extended onboarding or shadow work. You’ll be on live engagements quickly, working on problems that matter to serious organisations.

                      The culture is built on trust. A small, high-calibre team with no unnecessary layers. Your work is visible, your contribution counts, and the people around you are genuinely excellent.

                      The package is competitive. Benchmarked against consulting market rates, with private health cover, enhanced mental health support, generous family policies, and access to professional financial advice.

                      Flexibility with purpose. Around 60% in-person collaboration; genuine autonomy to shape the rest of your week around where you do your best work.

                      This role is being recruited on a confidential basis. The client’s name will be shared with suitable candidates at first conversation stage.

                      Please apply to find out more.

                      📍 London | 💼 Permanent, full time | 💰 Competitive salary + bonus

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                      Senior Manager Strategy Consulting – Data Economics.

                      • £120,000
                      A specialist boutique pioneering the field of Data Economics: the discipline of quantifying what data is actually worth, building the investment cases that unlock board-level decisions, and helping organisations treat data as the economic asset it is. It's a niche that sits at the intersection of strategy consulting and financial modelling and it's growing fast.
                      • The opportunity

                        Most organisations know their data has value. Very few can prove it.

                        They are a specialist boutique pioneering the field of Data Economics: the discipline of quantifying what data is actually worth, building the investment cases that unlock board-level decisions, and helping organisations treat data as the economic asset it is. It’s a niche that sits at the intersection of strategy consulting and financial modelling and it’s growing fast.

                        At around 40 people, the firm is award-winning, profitable, and at an inflection point. Their client list spans some of the UK’s largest infrastructure, utilities, and transport organisations. The CDO and CFO are typically in the room. The work shapes real decisions.

                        This hire is a significant one. They are looking for an Associate Director to own and scale their data valuation capability — someone who can lead engagements, develop client relationships, and help define what this practice looks like at the next stage of the firm’s growth. It’s the kind of role that doesn’t come up often.

                      • What the work actually looks like

                        You’ll be leading engagements where the central question is: what is this data worth, and what should we invest to improve it? That means working with clients to map where data drives financial outcomes, building the models that translate data quality into business value, and presenting findings in a way that moves a CFO or CDO to act.

                        No two engagements look the same — the sectors vary, the clients vary, and the problems are genuinely complex. But the thread running through all of it is rigour: commercial rigour, analytical rigour, and the ability to tell a clear story from complicated evidence.

                        Day to day, you can expect to:

                        • Own senior client relationships and act as a strategic advisor at C-suite and Director level
                        • Lead data valuation and data strategy engagements end-to-end, with accountability for quality and commercial outcomes
                        • Shape and evolve the firm’s methodology, propositions, and go-to-market approach
                        • Identify and convert new opportunities — this is a commercial as well as a delivery role
                        • Lead, coach and develop project teams, with real visibility into your impact
                      • What we're looking for

                        You’ll be a seasoned consulting professional — likely at Senior Manager or Associate Director level — with a track record of owning complex engagements and building senior client relationships independently.

                        Essential:

                        • 8–15 years in a consulting environment, with clear progression and genuine client ownership
                        • Experience leading end-to-end engagements with accountability for commercial outcomes
                        • Strong analytical and structured thinking — comfortable translating data or operational insight into financial terms
                        • Excellent communication skills; able to shape a narrative and hold a room at executive level
                        • Experience in one or more data-related domains: data strategy, governance, operating models, or value realisation
                        • Demonstrable business development capability — identifying, shaping, and closing opportunities

                        You may be coming from:

                        • A data strategy or analytics consultancy (PA Consulting, Baringa, Deloitte, EY, PwC, KPMG, Artefact, Dufrain)
                        • A strategy house with digital or data exposure (Oliver Wyman, Strategy&, Roland Berger)
                        • An in-house data strategy or transformation leadership role at a major organisation
                      • Why now, why this firm

                        • The timing is genuinely interesting. Data Economics is an emerging discipline and this firm is defining it. Joining now means shaping what the practice becomes — not inheriting someone else’s playbook.
                        • The conversations are at the right level. You’ll be presenting to CDOs and CFOs within weeks of joining. There’s no long queue to get to the senior table.
                        • The package reflects your market value. Compensation is benchmarked against senior consulting market rates — plus meaningful equity options and a potential exit horizon that a Big 4 or strategy house simply can’t offer.
                        • It’s a small firm that thinks big. Forty people, no layers of management, low politics. Your work is visible, your voice carries, and the founding team is still hands-on in the work.
                        • Flexibility with purpose. Around 60% in-person collaboration; genuine autonomy to shape the rest of your week around where you do your best work.

                        This role is being recruited on a confidential basis. The client’s name will be shared with suitable candidates at first conversation stage.

                        Please apply to find out more.

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