Senior Associate Director - Strategy With Real Impact

Resources Group; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexibility around working hours and場所

Competitive salary & bonuses

Strong development & coaching

Great culture

B Corp focus on people & community

Career progression

Job summary

Resources Group in Sydney seeks a Senior Associate Director of Strategy to lead high-impact research engagements and shape client strategy across consumer brands. You will guide projects from briefing through recommendations, drawing on advanced quantitative methods and strong commercial judgment.

You’ll engage senior stakeholders, nurture long-term client partnerships, and contribute to new business while leading a talented team and advancing smarter, AI-enabled research practices.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of market research or strategic consulting experience.
• Strong agency/consultancy background required.
• Expertise in quantitative research and data interpretation.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, bespoke research and consulting engagements from brief to recommendation.
• Tackle commercial questions with smart research design.
• Utilise quantitative toolkit (U&As, segmentation, modelling, testing).
• Turn data into clear strategic direction for clients.
• Advise senior stakeholders and present with impact.

Skills

10+ years experience

Agency background

Quantitative research

Data storytelling

Client relationships

Account growth

Commercial acumen

People leadership

Curiosity for AI

Adaptability

Tools

AI in research

Job description

Senior Associate Director - Strategy With Real Impact

Are you a senior insights consultant who loves solving complex business problems, shaping strategy and building trusted client relationships?
We’re partnering with a leading independent insights and strategy consultancy to find a Senior Associate Director for their Sydney team.

This is a senior leadership role for someone who can combine strong quantitative research expertise with commercial thinking, client influence and people leadership. You’ll work across major consumer brands, helping clients make confident decisions across brand, innovation, customer experience, products and growth.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading complex, bespoke research and consulting engagements from brief through to recommendation
• Tackling challenging commercial questions through smart research design
• Drawing on a broad quantitative toolkit including U&As, segmentation, choice modelling, innovation, concept and pack testing and tracking
• Turning sophisticated data into clear strategic direction
• Advising senior stakeholders and presenting with impact
• Building and growing long-term client relationships
• Developing proposals, pitches and new business opportunities
• Managing pipeline, resourcing and commercial performance
• Leading, coaching and developing a high-performing team
• Championing smarter ways of working, including the effective use of AI across research and consulting

Are you a senior insights consultant who loves solving complex business problems, shaping strategy and building trusted client relationships?
We’re partnering with a leading independent insights and strategy consultancy to find a Senior Associate Director for their Sydney team.

This is a senior leadership role for someone who can combine strong quantitative research expertise with commercial thinking, client influence and people leadership. You’ll work across major consumer brands, helping clients make confident decisions across brand, innovation, customer experience, products and growth.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading complex, bespoke research and consulting engagements from brief through to recommendation
• Tackling challenging commercial questions through smart research design
• Drawing on a broad quantitative toolkit including U&As, segmentation, choice modelling, innovation, concept and pack testing and tracking
• Turning sophisticated data into clear strategic direction
• Advising senior stakeholders and presenting with impact
• Building and growing long-term client relationships
• Developing proposals, pitches and new business opportunities
• Managing pipeline, resourcing and commercial performance
• Leading, coaching and developing a high-performing team
• Championing smarter ways of working, including the effective use of AI across research and consulting

You’ll bring:

• Around 10+ years’ experience in market research, insights or strategic consulting
• A strong agency or consultancy background
• Deep quantitative research expertise and strong methodological judgement
• Confidence working with complex data and extracting the story that matters
• Experience building trusted relationships with senior clients
• A track record of growing accounts and contributing to new business
• Strong commercial awareness
• Proven people leadership and coaching capability
• Curiosity, adaptability and a genuine appetite for new technology and AI

Qualitative experience would be a bonus, but isn’t essential.

Why join?

• Freedom to think – design the right solution for each client rather than forcing briefs into a set methodology
• Flexibility – genuine autonomy around working hours and location, with no timesheets
• Strong development – structured L&D, mentoring and hands-on coaching from senior leaders
• Excellent rewards – competitive salary, performance bonuses and generous leave
• Great culture – collaborative, social and built around trust, ownership and open feedback
• Purpose beyond profit – a certified B Corp with a strong focus on people, community and positive impact
• Real progression – the opportunity to influence the business and continue building towards senior leadership

If you’re looking for more strategic influence, stronger client ownership and the chance to lead great people while staying close to the work, this could be an excellent next move.

About Resources Group

We are the Leading Global Talent Agency for Insights, Analytics & Data Strategy. Our consultants take the time to truly understand your career aims and are dedicated to providing tailored, impartial advice to find you the very best career move. We have access to an unrivalled and exclusive range of job opportunities with trailblazing agencies and blue‑chips across Australia, NZ and APAC. 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.