As a Quantitative Research Manager, you’ll work closely with the senior team to lead a variety of ad-hoc and continuous research projects. You’ll manage the entire research lifecycle, from designing and proposing projects to delivering insightful reports directly to clients. Expect to work on everything from new product development and brand tracking to pricing optimisation and category U&As. You’ll also be a key player in managing relationships with major clients, like global coffee brands and local UK attractions.

You’ll be responsible for managing internal resources, overseeing budgets, and ensuring projects are delivered to the highest standards. As the team grows, you’ll also have the opportunity to mentor junior staff and shape the future of the company’s research offering.

You have at least 3 years of experience in a research agency, with a solid understanding of quantitative methods and a passion for uncovering real commercial insights from data. You’ve managed key accounts before and are comfortable running complex projects with minimal oversight. Experience in FMCG and retail sectors is a big plus, and familiarity with advanced methodologies like Conjoint and MaxDiff would be highly advantageous.

Being part of a small team, you’re a proactive, independent worker who’s happy to roll up your sleeves and get involved in the day-to-day running of projects. You’re also a great communicator, able to present findings in a clear and compelling way to clients.

Ready to accelerate your research career while working with some of the biggest names in FMCG and retail? This role offers a rare opportunity for someone looking to step up and take the lead on complex, high-impact projects. If you thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and are passionate about turning data into actionable insights, this could be the perfect next step for you.

For the past 10+ years, our client has been delivering growth-focused strategies for global brands. Known for their rigorous, insight-driven approach, they’ve built a reputation as trusted advisors to senior clients. Now, with continued growth on the horizon, they’re looking for a Strategy Director to join their senior team and help shape the future of the business.

 If you’re a hands-on leader with a passion for driving business growth, this role could be your next big opportunity!

In this role, you’ll be responsible for:

• Managing high-stakes projects end-to-end, from initial research through to delivering insights and strategic recommendations.
• Advising C-suite clients, combining qualitative and quantitative data to offer clear, actionable strategies for growth.
• Leading key client relationships and driving account growth through exceptional delivery and trusted counsel.
• Collaborating with a senior team of experts to refine the consultancy’s approach and expand the business.

You’re a natural leader, capable of blending creative thinking with rigorous analysis. With a proven track record in strategy consulting or market research, you’re comfortable turning complex data into simple, impactful strategies for senior clients. You’re confident leading large projects, developing client relationships, and delivering presentations that inspire action.

Key qualities include:

• Significant experience in strategy consulting or market research, in a client-facing role.
• A track record of winning and delivering strategy projects, including brand, portfolio, and growth strategy.
• Confidence working with varied data sources, translating insights into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Experience driving client revenue growth and managing key relationships at a senior level.
• Strong project management skills, able to lead complex studies with precision and creativity.
• A confident storyteller, able to present insights and strategies that resonate.

You’ll work at the cutting edge of customer strategy. Here, your ideas won’t just sit on paper—they’ll shape the future for some of the world’s most iconic brands. As a Strategy Director, you’ll have the autonomy to manage high-level client relationships, lead large-scale projects, and work alongside experienced directors to steer the company into its next phase of growth. If you’re ready to drive change and influence at the highest level, this is the role for you.

Our client is a newly confirmed Bcorp, working with a tier-one client list within the FMCG, financial services, luxury and tech sectors. They work on varied, strategic projects ranging from brand strategy and creative development to innovation and white space identification. Within the last year, they have also been developing their AI proposition and will be offering market-leading training in how to use AI efficiently.

In this role, you’ll be involved in qualitative research projects from start to finish. You will:

• Manage project set-up, briefing field teams, and liaising with clients.
• Craft insightful discussion guides and get hands-on with traditional qual methods such as focus groups, IDIs, ethnography and online communities.
• Produce actionable insights, and contribute to presentations.

The ideal candidate will have:

• 18 months+ of research experience, ideally within a research agency.
• Experience in traditional qualitative research methods, including some moderation of focus groups, IDIs.
• Strong communication and writing style.

Our client is a boutique, insight and strategy consultancy that has spent the last 10+ years helping the world’s most iconic brands achieve their growth ambitions. They are known for their rigorous, data-driven approach and a sharp focus on customer strategies that deliver results. As they look to expand, they’re seeking a talented qualitative strategy leader to help shape the next phase of their journey. 🚀

You will be at the heart of the consultancy, responsible for:

• Building and maintaining relationships with C-suite clients, understanding their commercial needs and designing bespoke solutions.
• Leading and managing complex, multi-faceted projects from end to end, from research through to strategy delivery.
• Leading the qualitative aspects of strategic projects—developing methodologies, moderating, and analysing findings.
• Advising clients on the full spectrum of strategic challenges, from brand strategy to market entry and innovation.
• Playing a key leadership role within the company, working alongside other directors to grow the business and shape its future direction.

You’re not just a researcher—you’re a strategist. With significant experience in qualitative methods, you understand that research is a tool to create commercial strategies, not the final goal. You’re comfortable handling both fresh and existing data, with a proven track record of delivering strategic insights that drive growth. 🎯

Key requirements:

• Extensive experience in strategy consulting or high-end market research in a client-facing role.
• Strong expertise in qualitative methods with a history of pitching and delivering strategic projects.
• Proven experience advising blue-chip clients across a range of strategic challenges.
• Excellent project management skills and experience leading large, complex studies.
• A confident storyteller, workshop facilitator, and trusted advisor.

Every day, your ideas will drive change for top-tier brands. As a Director, you won’t just deliver research—you’ll craft strategies that spark growth. You’ll be hands-on, working directly with C-suite executives, shaping not only their strategy but also the future of our client’s growing business. If you’re driven by creating real-world impact, this role is for you. 💡

With a portfolio of international and UK-based studies spanning commercial and non-profit sectors, this boutique are known for their commitment to delivering the latest thinking and practice in Behavioural Economics. Their projects focus on behavioural research, brand strategy, and positioning, and they collaborate with some of the biggest brands as well as renowned creative agencies. 

In this role, you’ll be involved in quantitative research projects from start to finish. You will:

• Manage project set-up, briefing field teams, and liaising with clients.
• Craft insightful questionnaires and ensure surveys meet top industry standards.
• Lead briefings and script checks, ensuring data is accurate and well-presented.
• Analyse data, pulling out actionable insights, and contribute to presentations.
• Collaborate with senior team members to draft proposals and explore new methodologies.

The ideal candidate will have:

• 6-18 months of research experience, ideally within a research agency.
• Experience in quantitative research methods, including questionnaire design and data analysis.
• Strong communication and writing style.

• Client Management and Leadership – You will be a key PoC for this client and will be responsible for building long-term effective relationships.
• Campaign Strategy Development and Launch – Alongside other senior team members you will be developing you will be responsible for end-to-end campaign strategy and overseeing delivery, ensuring all campaigns enhance and enforce wider strategic aims and brand guidelines.
• Project Management and Collaboration – You’ll be working across multiple teams developing effective plans to get campaigns live, ensuring timely delivery, setting and managing expectations and ensuring cross-team efforts create client-satisfaction.
• Forward-Thinking Strategy – Keep up to date with industry trends and best practices, and ensure that you are delivering the most innovative ambitious work for your client.

• Significant experience in a marketing agency, ideally working on tier-1 global clients, in an account lead position.
• Significant experience developing campaign strategies and leading executional processes, including project management.
• Creative and strategic flair.
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills – This is a key account for this client, they need someone who can build phenomenal relationships with stakeholders.

This is an opportunity for someone looking to push forward in their agency marketing career by playing a lead role on a key account. This is a boutique independent agency with a friendly feel who do great work. People who get on well are self-starting, driven and like to work in a collaborative environment.

Our client is one of Ireland’s most respected market research consultancies, offering high-quality, data-led solutions to clients across a range of industries. As the main insights provider within a prominent media group, their work informs business strategy and public opinion alike. Based in Dublin, they’re seeking an Operations Director to lead their operational teams and elevate the business to the next level. Our client offers a hybrid working environment with core hours from 10am to 4pm and a half-day Friday every other week!

As the Operations Director, your role will be pivotal in ensuring the seamless operation of several key departments: Data Processing, Field Teams, the Telephone Centre, and Charting. From setting strategic objectives to optimising processes, you’ll be responsible for:

Leading diverse teams—driving collaboration and performance
Enhancing efficiency—implementing process improvements and meeting KPIs
Managing resources—ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget
Client interaction—working closely with account managers to exceed client expectations

The ideal candidate will have:

• Proven experience in operations within a market research agency
• Strong project management skills, with a track record of delivering complex projects
• Strategic vision, combined with hands-on leadership and process improvement expertise

Imagine leading a global programme that could unlock the next frontier in medical innovation. You’ll spearhead a transformative AI challenge targeting a complex disease, currently with no cure. If you’re someone who thrives on turning the impossible into reality, this is your chance to make a lasting impact. You’ll be working at the cutting edge of AI and biotech, guiding innovators towards breakthroughs that will change lives

As the Senior Programme Manager, you’ll lead the “Prize” for this rare disease, creating the conditions that will attract the brightest AI minds to tackle this elusive disease. You’ll engage global biotech, pharma, and research experts, managing every aspect from innovator recruitment to overseeing the testing phases that will reveal the next game-changing treatment. Your role will also involve orchestrating international collaborations, coordinating expert panels, managing budgets, and driving a strategic communications campaign to raise awareness of the prize.

You’re a proven enabler of innovation, someone who can navigate complex, multi-stakeholder projects with ease. You’ll bring extensive experience in managing large-scale research or biotech initiatives, ideally with a focus on AI, life sciences, or healthcare innovation. You are skilled at juggling the demands of diverse partners, from academics to regulators, and can communicate complex ideas in clear, compelling ways. With a strategic mindset and strong organisational acumen, you’re not only capable of leading a team but also of inspiring others to push the boundaries of what’s possible.

Are you passionate about uncovering the hidden needs and desires of consumers? Do you want to be the driving force behind innovation, brand strategy and growth for well-known food brands? If you thrive on influencing decisions at the highest level through powerful insights, this is your chance to shape the future of brands and make a real impact.

As Senior Insight Manager, you’ll be the go-to person for consumer and shopper insights. You will lead the charge on ensuring that consumer data is turned into actionable insights that directly shape brand strategy, marketing initiatives, and product innovation. Your key responsibilities will include:

– **Leading Insight Development:** You’ll own the insight agenda, working with internal teams to identify knowledge gaps and opportunities.

– **Consumer Champion:** Be the voice of the consumer across the business, ensuring that brand decisions are rooted in deep understanding and consumer focus.

– **Strategic Partnering:** Collaborate with the Marketing and Commercial teams to influence brand positioning, marketing plans, and shopper marketing strategies.

– **Insight Delivery:** Translate complex data from various sources into clear, actionable recommendations that support brand growth and innovation.

– **NPD & Innovation Support:** Work closely with the Innovation Team to ensure consumer insights drive the development of new products and marketing strategies

You’re not just experienced in insights; you live and breathe consumer understanding. You’re able to balance data with creativity, bringing fresh perspectives to the table and challenging the status quo. You should have:

– A **strategic mindset** that allows you to influence at a senior level and bring others along with your vision.

– Proven experience in **consumer insight,** preferably within the food industry, with a strong understanding of brand and marketing strategy.

– **Curiosity and creativity** – you love digging into data but are also always thinking “what’s next?” and finding innovative ways to engage consumers.

– Strong **stakeholder management** and influencing skills – people listen when you speak, and you know how to bring data to life.

– Experience with **NPD** and a passion for working on innovation platforms to drive business growth.

Are you ready to take consumer insights to the next level and help shape the future of iconic food brands? Apply now to make your mark.

Our client is a dynamic boutique strategy and insight consultancy, working at the forefront of tech, AI, app development, media, and entertainment. From helping a mobile OS shape its product offering to assisting public cloud platforms in defining their go-to-market strategies, this is a place where your passion for tech meets world-class research. 🌟

As a Strategy Manager, you’ll take ownership of some of the most exciting media-tech projects, playing a key role from inception to delivery. You will collaborate on projects for top-tier clients like Google, Amazon, Disney, and Sky. 

Your responsibilities will include:

📊 Managing Projects: Lead teams and oversee research workstreams, ensuring smooth project delivery across the UK, US, EMEA, APAC, and LATAM.

📅 End-to-End Delivery: From scoping research briefs, acting as a key client contact, to presenting final recommendations, you’ll be involved in every step.

📝 Research & Analysis: Design and conduct large-scale qualitative research, gather insights, and analyse data to inform strategic recommendations.

🎯 New Business Development: Contribute to proposals and client growth initiatives, helping expand key accounts.

You’ll thrive in this role if you:

💼 Bring 5-10 Years of Experience: Ideally within research or insights, with exposure to tech, media, entertainment, or advertising sectors.

📱 Are Tech-Savvy: You’re passionate about technology, AI, and app development—and maybe even dabbled in coding or tech projects yourself.

🤝 Love Client Collaboration: You enjoy building strong relationships and can confidently communicate complex ideas to senior stakeholders.

🌱 Have an Entrepreneurial Spirit: You’re resourceful, adaptable, and driven to make an impact, whether working independently or as part of a team.