Senior Research Consultant | Quant Brain, Qual Curiosity

Resources Group AU; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Resources Group AU seeks a Senior Research Consultant to lead end-to-end market research projects, combining robust quant with qualitative methods to tell clear client stories. You’ll design questionnaires, manage timelines and budgets, and build lasting client relationships while guiding junior researchers.

This role offers early people leadership with a clear path to Account Director, and a hybrid setup in Melbourne, backed by serious data and tech resources.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of agency-side market research experience.
• Strong quant skills across design, analysis and insight.
• Ideally some qualitative experience, or a readiness to dive in.
• Confidence with clients and ability to juggle multiple projects.
• Collaborative style and ability to connect senior and junior team members.

Responsibilities

• Run projects end to end: Scope, timelines, budgets and delivery across several projects.
• Design questionnaires and guides that answer the brief.
• Turn analysis into clear recommendations and present to clients.
• Build relationships: be a trusted day-to-day contact for clients and contribute to proposals.
• Support the team: guide junior researchers, line management on the table if that appeals.

Skills

Strong quant skills

Qualitative experience

Client management

Multitasking

Job description

Quant brain, qual curiosity.
Join an established national insights consultancy with a reputation for thoughtful, 100% custom work. Nothing comes off the shelf. Every project starts with a real question and gets the toolkit it actually needs. The work spans brand, communications, behaviour and customer experience, often for organisations whose decisions reach a lot of people. Variety is normal here, and complexity is part of the appeal.

This is a business built for where research is heading. Close-knit team, best-in-class tech, rich data and specialist expertise on tap, and their best work doesn’t sit neatly in one methodology. The majority of projects are multi-stage, mixed methodology: robust quant with time in the field with real people. They need someone who’s comfortable with both and can turn them into one clear story.

Quant needs to be solid. Hands-on qual is a big plus. If you’re quant-heavy with some qual exposure, they’ll happily talk too.

The role

• Run projects end to end: Handle scoping, timelines, budgets and delivery across several projects at once.
• Design it properly: Write questionnaires and discussion guides that actually answer the brief.
• Find the story: Turn analysis into clear recommendations and present them to clients.
• Build relationships: Be a trusted day-to-day contact for clients and contribute to proposals.
• Support the team: Guide junior researchers, with line management on the table if that appeals.

What you’ll bring

• 4+ years of agency-side market research experience.
• Strong quant skills across design, analysis and insight.
• Ideally some hands-on qual experience, or a real desire to dive in.
• Confidence with clients and with juggling multiple projects.
• A collaborative style. They want someone who brings people together and connects the senior team with the juniors.

Why this one?

• Use your whole toolkit: You’ll do quant and qual, not one or the other.
• Real variety: Projects you’ll want to talk about outside the office.
• Room to grow: Early people leadership and a clear path to Account Director.
• Serious resources: Data and tech behind the work.
• Hybrid working in Melbourne.

Senior Research Consultant | Senior Research Executive | Research Manager | Quantitative Research | Qualitative Research | Mixed Methods | Market Research | Social Research | Insights | Melbourne

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