Quantitative Research Director

Resources Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Resources Group in Sydney seeks a Senior Quant Research Director to lead the quant practice and integrate behavioural science, qual, quant, and AI insights into client work.

You will own the quant offer, shape proposals with the Sydney MD, and guide complex studies from design through final storytelling while growing the team and maintaining a hands-on approach.

Qualifications

• Senior quant leadership: Director-level experience in a strategic or custom research agency.
• Methodological depth across advanced approaches such as segmentation, pricing and driver modelling.

Responsibilities

• Own the quant offer 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 new work.
• Design and lead complex studies across brand, experience, segmentation, territory development, audience profiling, pricing and U&As.
• Lead and develop two direct reports now, with plans to grow.
• Stay hands-on from design to analysis to the final story.

Job description

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.

Your role: Lead. Shape. Grow.

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.

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.

If you're hungry to put your stamp on quant, work on interesting briefs and help build something in an agency that does things its own way, this one's worth a conversation.

Interested?