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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 complex research programmes, ensuring clients receive high-quality fieldwork, robust data, actionable insights and strategic recommendations. You'll take ownership of key client relationships, helping to grow existing accounts 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.
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.
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 complex research programmes, ensuring clients receive high-quality fieldwork, robust data, actionable insights and strategic recommendations. You'll take ownership of key client relationships, helping to grow existing accounts while identifying opportunities for new business development and revenue generation.
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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
Observer offers fast and on-demand access to real consumers, citizens and business across all markets and modes. With a flexible service model, we provide a high-end 24/7 DIY platform for clients to build their own surveys as well as assisted service for those who prefer to work directly with a researcher. We are specialized in survey management, data collection and data delivery, well suited to clients that don’t need analysis and recommendations, but still require execution delivered in a format that helps them run analysis quickly and accurately with data they can trust.
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