Quant Research Director | Lead Quant in Sydney

Resources Group AU; Sydney; On-site; AUD 220,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Resources Group AU is seeking a Quant Research Director in Sydney to own the quant offer and lead advanced studies across brand, pricing and segmentation. You will partner with the Sydney Managing Director to win work and shape proposals, while growing a dedicated quant team.

In this senior role, you will stay closely involved in the craft—design, analysis and the final story—ensuring quantitative insights sit at the heart of strategic decisions and client outcomes.

Qualifications

• Senior quant leadership at director level in a strategic or custom research agency.
• Depth across segmentation, pricing and driver modelling.
• Able to translate complex analyses into clear commercial strategy.
• Collaborates with qual, cultural and behavioural specialists.
• Proven track record of building and retaining strong teams.
• Confident with clients, new business and growing a practice.

Responsibilities

• Own the quant offer: set direction and be the go‑to quant voice for clients and the team.
• Partner with the Sydney MD to build client relationships, shape proposals and win work.
• Design and lead complex studies across brand, experience, segmentation and pricing.
• Lead and develop the team, with plans to grow from two direct reports.
• Stay hands‑on from design to analysis to storytelling.

Skills

Senior quant leadership

Methodological depth

Creative strategic thinking

Integrated mindset

People leadership

Commercial drive

Job description

Quant Research Director | Lead Quant in Sydney

Be the quant brain behind one of Australia's most creative independent insights agencies, where cultural insight, behavioural science, qual, quant and AI come together to decode people and solve complex brand challenges.

We're looking for a senior Quant Research Director to lead quant in Sydney. Working hand in hand with the Sydney MD, you'll shape the offer, grow the team and make sure the numbers sit right at the heart of the strategy.

Why this agency stands out

• Independent and locally owned: They play by their own rules, with no global red tape, so good ideas move fast.
• No black boxes: They don't lean on one method. Every brief starts with what will get closest to the truth, blending what people say, what they do and what culture is telling us.
• Behavioural science at the core: Quant sits alongside implicit methods, ethnography, cultural analysis and in-house AI tools, so every project tells the full human story.
• Big brands, big questions: Retail, FMCG, financial services, sport, arts and culture, tourism and government. Bespoke, strategic work with very little off the shelf.
• Purpose-led: B-Corp certified, carbon neutral and committed to reconciliation, inclusion and positive impact.

As Quant Research Director, you will:

• Own the quant offer: Set the direction and be the go-to quant voice for clients and the team.
• Partner with the Sydney MD: Get out in market together, building client relationships, shaping proposals and winning new work.
• Design and lead complex studies: Brand, experience, comms, segmentation, territory development, audience profiling, pricing and foundational U&As.
• Lead and develop the team: Two direct reports now, with plans to grow.
• Stay close to the craft: Hands-on where it counts, from design to analysis to the final story.

Your role: Lead. Shape. Grow.

What you bring

• Senior quant leadership: Director-level experience in a strategic or custom research agency.
• Methodological depth: Strong across advanced approaches such as segmentation, pricing and driver modelling, with the ability to turn them into clear, commercial strategy.
• Creative strategic thinking: You love a complex, ambiguous brief and finding fresh ways to answer it.
• Integrated mindset: Energised by working alongside qual, cultural and behavioural specialists.
• People leadership: A track record of building and retaining strong teams.
• Commercial drive: Confident with clients, new business and growing a practice.

Life inside the agency

A people-first, ego-free culture with real flexibility, generous leave and wellbeing support, strong investment in learning and development, and a team that genuinely backs each other.

Resources Group’s Diversity and Equality Policy determines that we submit applicants to our clients on the basis of merit and ability, regardless of race, colour, age, disability, family responsibilities, gender, marital status, nationality, religious or political views or affiliations, sexual orientation or socio-economic background.