– Design and deliver quantitative research — surveys and analysis that shape client strategy — for clients at the frontier of technology and beyond

– Turn research findings into clear, actionable recommendations for senior client stakeholders

– Use AI tools to speed up and sharpen analysis, and build on that experience to contribute to the team’s internal AI products (including podcast and newsletter tools)

– Review and sense-check AI-generated (“vibe-coded”) outputs with a critical, analytical eye

– Flex into wider comms, policy or research work as needed

**Recent examples of the kind of work you’d be doing:**

– Helping a research organisation understand what drives its reputation in AI search

– Helping a large tech company navigate a strategic governance decision

– Mapping the media conversation around a tech client’s highest-priority issue

– Helping an investor understand its positioning in the market

– Strong quantitative research experience — comfortable with survey design, data analysis and turning findings into strategic recommendations

– A decent working understanding of communications and policy, so you can operate credibly with clients and colleagues

– Comfortable writing code and reviewing others’ code (R, SPSS or Python backgrounds all welcome) — not a software engineer, but genuine coding literacy is expected

– Corporate research agency experience is a plus but not essential — we’re equally open to backgrounds in management consulting or in-house corporate insight teams

– Genuine curiosity about AI tools, and the judgement to use them critically rather than blindly

– Employee ownership — everyone shares in the firm’s success

– A twice-yearly bonus based on company and individual performance

– Private healthcare and dedicated mental health support

– 26 days’ holiday plus public holidays

– Visa sponsorship available for the right candidate

– Hybrid working, three days a week in the London office

We know profiles like this rarely tick every box on paper. If you’re excited by the role and meet most of what’s above, we’d love to hear from you — get in touch confidentially to find out more, including the client’s identity and full compensation details.

Nicholson Glover is a specialist recruitment consultancy founded in 2002. We focus exclusively on four disciplines: Customer Research & Insight, Strategy & Innovation, Data, Analytics & AI, and Product & Technology — placing mid-to-senior professionals with agencies, consultancies, corporate teams, and venture-backed businesses. Speak to us: francis@nicholsonglover.co.uk

You’ll be the most senior technical person on a close-knit team of six. You’ll own the product roadmap, shape the architecture, and help define what the platform becomes next — including leading a rearchitecting project that’s already in motion. About 3 to 3.5 days a week you’ll be writing code. The rest of the time you’ll be leading, planning, reviewing, and occasionally representing the product to clients.

You’ll line manage one developer and work closely with researchers and delivery leads to translate client briefs into builds.

TypeScript is your primary language — backend and frontend. The infrastructure runs on AWS serverless. The frontend is React. There’s some legacy C# in the backend which you won’t need to know — and which may get replaced over time. Strong cloud and backend skills matter most here.

You’re a strong TypeScript and AWS backend developer with 5+ years of full stack experience. You’ve come from a larger organisation or agency — you know what good looks like and you’re ready to bring that into a smaller, more purposeful environment. You’re comfortable being the most senior technical voice in the room, and you can talk about a product commercially as well as technically. You’ve managed or mentored developers before, even informally. And you genuinely care about the work — this is civic tech, and the mission matters.

The organisation is transitioning to independence over the next couple of years. As that happens, the right person in this role grows naturally into a CTO position. We’re not promising that on day one — but we are looking for someone with that potential.

📍 The practicalities

SE1, London. Two fixed days in the office — Monday and Wednesday. Permanent. Right to work in the UK required. Up to three months notice is fine — they’ll wait for the right person.

💬 Interested?

Please apply.

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