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Associate Director-Observer (12 month FTC)
Not disclosed
Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£70,100
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 1258 (85% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £70,100, and Ipsos Mori UK Limited is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
This could also be SOC 1132 (Marketing, sales and advertising directors, Focus on market research leadership and commercial growth) or SOC 2161 (Research and development (r&d) managers, Manages research projects and teams in market research). We read the code off the advert, so it is our best guess, not the employer's.
About the role
Make Your Mark at Ipsos
Are you an experienced market research leader looking for the opportunity to shape high-profile client programmes, drive commercial growth, and lead talented teams? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where your insights and leadership create real impact? If so, we'd love to hear from you.
About the Role
Ipsos Observer is a specialist team delivering bespoke research solutions that help organisations understand customer behaviour, public opinion, and market trends. Working across a broad range of sectors including government, academia, charities and commercial organisations, the team delivers both continuous and ad hoc research projects in the UK and internationally.
As an Associate Director, you will play a pivotal leadership role within a growing and ambitious team. You'll lead the successful execution and delivery of a complex tracking programme, ensuring the client receives high-quality fieldwork, robust data, actionable insights and strategic recommendations. You'll take ownership of a key client relationship, helping to grow this existing account while identifying opportunities for new business development and revenue generation.
Working alongside Directors and senior colleagues, you'll lead sizeable project teams, manage project profitability, and collaborate with global Ipsos colleagues to deliver impactful research solutions. This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded research professional who enjoys combining client leadership, business growth and people management in a dynamic environment.
About You
Essential Skills:
- Significant experience within quantitative market research, consumer insights or related research environments.
- Proven success managing complex research projects and developing strong client relationships.
- Experience leading, developing and motivating individuals and project teams.
Desirable Skills:
- Strong research skills including questionnaire and study design, project management, sampling and analytical techniques.
- Commercial awareness with the ability to understand client challenges and identify opportunities.
- Strong numerical and analytical capabilities with excellent attention to detail.
- Experience managing project finances, budgets and profitability.
- Knowledge of research and analytics tools such as SPSS, R, Power BI or equivalent platforms.
Behaviours:
- Curiosity and lifelong learning
- Leadership and social influence
- Collaboration and relationship building
- Analytical and critical thinking
- Creative problem solving
- Customer and service orientation
- Resilience, flexibility and adaptability
- Empathy and active listening
- Talent development and coaching
Benefits:
We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support you as an individual. Our standard benefits include 25 days annual leave, pension contribution, income protection and life assurance. In addition, there are a range health & wellbeing, financial benefits and professional development opportunities.
We have a hybrid approach to work and ask people to be in the office or with clients for 3 days per week. We appreciate you may have commitments outside of work and will consider flexible working applications - please highlight what you are looking for when you make your application.
We are committed to equality, treating people fairly, promoting a positive and inclusive working environment and ensuring we have diversity of people and views. We recognise that this is important for our business success - a more diverse workforce will enable us to better reflect and understand the world we research and ultimately deliver better research and insight to our clients. We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident scheme, certified as a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. We provide an inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
Your application will be reviewed by someone from our Talent Team who will be in touch either way to let you know the outcome.
Ready to have an impact? Apply now!
This description is the source posting as it read when we added it. We are not affiliated with Ipsos Mori UK Limited, so check their own site for the current details.
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What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 1258 going rate of £70,100. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.