Senior Research Manager

YouGov

Dubai, UAE

Full Time

Senior

Hybrid

3 days ago

Quantitative ResearchClient ManagementData AnalysisStatistical AnalysisAI ToolsMentoring

Free

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Quantitative ResearchClient ManagementData Analysis

We're looking for a Senior Research Manager to own some of our most complex and high value client relationships across the region.
You'll lead quantitative research end to end, but the real value you'll bring is what happens next, spotting the next opportunity, expanding what clients get from working with us, and presenting findings as a compelling story.

Own and grow some of our most complex or high value client relationships across the region.
Turn data into a story senior stakeholders remember and act on — not a slide by slide read out.
Actively expand what clients get from working with us, spotting the next opportunity in every account.
Champion AI and automation across the team's ways of working, not just your own.
Mentor and develop junior researchers and help shape how the team works day to day.
Lead complex or sensitive client enquiries end to end, from Proposal through to delivery including questionnaire development, coordinating translations, testing survey links, survey setup, monitoring fieldwork (both online and offline), data processing and reporting and next opportunity suggestion

7 8+ years' quantitative market research experience, including sustained client management and team leadership.
Proficiency in managing face to face and online data collection processes specific to quantitative research.
Experience with statistical analysis or data weighting.
A track record of growing accounts, not just delivering projects; you think commercially by instinct.
Confidence leading a room; you tell a story with data; you don't just read out a chart.
Genuine curiosity about AI tools, and comfortable championing them with others.
Strong analytical, organisational, and problem solving skills.
Strong ability to work on multiple projects at different stages simultaneously whilst meeting deadlines and being the day to day point of contact for your clients
Fluent in English and Arabic.
Comfortable working across different cultural contexts within the MENA region.

Commercial acumen with an understanding of how upselling and growing accounts leads to regional commercial success
Hands on experience using AI or automation tools in a research or analytics context.
Experience of mentoring junior team members.

YouGov is a global online research company, offering insight into what the world thinks.
We speak daily to our panel of over 24 million registered members to understand opinion and behaviours around the world.
We have a strong reputation as a source of accurate data and we're trusted by the world's biggest brands to get it right, making us the most quoted market research source in the world.