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Qualitative Research Director – London

BAMM has an opportunity for a Qual Research Director to join our London office.

An exciting opportunity in a successful Global Insight Agency looking for an intelligent, ambitious qualitative Research Director.

They should have experience leading large scale qualitative research studies, with a strong track record in developing senior client relationships.

The successful candidate will be expected to take responsibility for the implementation and delivery of large projects, as well as supporting the agency’s growth. 

Role and Responsibilities

Project management

  • Leading project teams on large scale global projects
  • Leading senior client relationships
  • Fieldwork (ethnography; IDIs; mobile ethnography, viewing/moderating groups)
  • Running workshops (internal and with client)
  • Developing key insights and recommendations
  • Writing debriefs – individually or as part of a team
  • Presenting to clients

New Business

  • Building and maintaining close relationships with clients
  • Driving innovation and best practice within the organisation
  • Developing new client relationships
  • Writing proposals, including costs, timings, fieldwork design, etc.
  • Leading client plan(s) where necessary

Internal Business Development

  • Supporting junior researchers, developing their career as effectively as possible
  • Working with team to develop new products/services
  • Supporting/helping lead BAMM’s thought leadership projects

Job Requirements

  • At least 7+ years at a reputable qualitative research agency/ies
  • Experienced in ethnographic methods
  • Creative thinker when it comes to methods and approaches
  • Experience designing and leading large scale client projects across multiple qual methodologies
  • Experience leading global research projects
  • Experience managing senior clients
  • Proven ability to grow client relationships
  • Experience in developing proposals
  • Clear POV about qual research – what works, what doesn’t, where the future’s going
  • Strong knowledge of how marketing, branding and communications work, and the role of qualitative research to answer the range of clients’ marketing questions
  • Experience running and inspiring teams
  • Bonus (though not essential) – experience integrating qual results with cultural analysis, semiotics or quantitative findings

Benefits

Flexible/ Hybrid working

  • We offer a flexible working scheme
    • 8am-5pm and 10am-7pm as daily options
    • 3 days working in the office, 2 days working at home (optional).
    • Days in lieu for full fieldwork days worked on the weekend.
  • 2 weeks ‘remote working’ per year, from anywhere on earth, with a good enough wifi connection.

Holiday

  • 25 days per annum, which includes 5 days over our annual Christmas break (not including the 8 bank holidays, including Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day).
  • One extra day’s holiday per year employed (up to 5 years).

Other Benefits

  • Financial
    • End of year bonus, for those having worked for longer than 1 year at BAMM. The bonus is calculated from a bonus pool made up of 5% of our end of year profits
    • Across the year, BAMM awards a spot bonus to anyone demonstrating our core values in their work – Never Letting Anyone Down, Taking Pride in Our Work, Showing Respect or Driving Change.
    • 3% company contribution, for those who remain opted into the auto-enrolment pension scheme.
    • Mobile Phone, or £70 pm as alternative
  • Health
    • Full Health Insurance
    • Lifeworks: An app based mental wellbeing support service that provides 24/7 telephone support service and free counselling sessions (6 sessions per ‘issue’ per person, up to two ‘issues’ per year).

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