Insight Manager (Quant/Qual)

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Insight Manager (Quant/Qual)

Department: Client Teams

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Manchester

Description

As an Insight Manager, you're at the forefront of driving transformative change for exceptional brands, fueled by your passion for data and deep consumer insights.

You're a dynamic project manager, recognized and trusted by senior leaders and clients alike to seamlessly handle complex, high-impact quantitative and qualitative projects.

With your knack for crafting strategic activity guides, you ensure every client objective is met with precision, delivering insightful reports that spark meaningful action and innovation.

Your impact doesn't stop there-you're a vital part of your team's commercial success. Whether by building lasting client relationships or unlocking fresh opportunities with promising prospects, you're a driving force in growing the business

Responsibilities

Project Management

• You are considered a project management specialist.
• Actively manage complex projects (e.g., multinational, multi methodology, etc.) with light direction from seniors.
• Mentor junior staff members

Activity Design

• You are able to interpret the information needs of the client on a range of different projects, translating this into overall project design and the right solutions to use.
• Play a more active role in supporting the team and seniors for complex projects.

Analysis and Reporting

• You act as an independent researcher (content manager) who adds value through commercially smart and impactful conclusions and recommendations, with light direction from seniors.
• Deliver high quality outputs consistently, that receive positive client and internal feedback.

Presenting

• Regularly and confidently give impactful presentations to clients, with light support from seniors for the most strategic projects.
• Contribute to the design of high impact client workshops / brainstorms and actively participates in delivery.

Account Management

• You have a thorough understanding of our organization
• Strong client relationship management
• You are confident in different client settings.
• Your focus is on existing clients, getting involved in account planning, assisting review meetings and client outreach

Commercial Management & Business Development

• Actively work on professional profiling and commercial skill set, connecting better with different clients.
• You show a broad knowledge and understanding of the full portfolio and can independently interact with clients about it.
• Actively look to develop the business we have with a client, by making new contacts at the client side and assist with new pitches
• Independently design proposals for simple projects and support seniors for the more complex proposals (e.g., programmes, structural, etc.).

Qualifications

To excel in this role, The Insight Manager should possess the following:

• Report Writing: Ability to communicate complex research findings effectively, and in English.
• Leadership: Motivate and guide the team, build trust, and ensure project success.
• Proposal Writing: Craft compelling proposals for funding and project management.
• Statistical Software Knowledge: Familiarity with tools like SPSS etc.
• Problem-Solving: Address challenges promptly to keep projects on track.
• Analytical Skills: Interpret data and provide meaningful insights.
• Budgeting: Manage project budgets efficiently.
• Presentation Skills: Convey research results to stakeholders.

Additional Requirements:

• A bachelor's/master's degree in relevant field (e.g. psychology, social studies, policies, business, etc) preferred.
• 4 to 7 years of professional research experience.
• Demonstrated success through impactful research projects.