Senior Research Director - Financial Services Insights

Resources Group; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Resources Group is seeking an Associate Director / Research Director to lead financial services insights from Sydney in a hybrid setup. The role combines leadership of research programs with client relationships, conferences, webinars and media engagements.

The candidate will write and speak publicly while guiding a team across onshore and offshore locations. With 6–8+ years in market research, a strong quant toolkit, and a passion for financial services, you’ll help shape the business’s

Qualifications

• 6-8+ years' market research experience, ideally agency or consultancy
• Strong quantitative toolkit: survey design, sampling and weighting, segmentation and market sizing
• Polished, practised presenter comfortable with senior audiences
• Sharp writer who leads with the finding, not the frequencies
• People management experience or clear appetite to lead a team
• Financial services experience is a plus, with curiosity about super, wealth and investment
• Ambitious, commercially minded and keen to be recognised as an authority in the space

Responsibilities

• Leading syndicated and custom quant programs from brief to boardroom
• Designing robust studies and signing off the analysis before anything reaches a client
• Turning data into a clear point of view that tells clients what to do next
• Presenting to executive teams and industry audiences, and holding your ground when challenged
• Writing and fronting thought leadership, from reports and blogs to webinars and conference stages
• Spotting commercial opportunities in client conversations and shaping proposals and pricing
• Coaching and developing researchers across onshore and offshore teams
• Helping shape how the team uses AI in analysis and reporting

Skills

Market research

Quantitative methods

Public speaking

Data analysis

Team leadership

Financial services insight

Tools

Q/SPSS

R/Python

Job description

Resources Group is seeking an Associate Director / Research Director to lead financial services insights from Sydney in a hybrid setup. The role combines leadership of research programs with client relationships, conferences, webinars and media engagements.

The candidate will write and speak publicly while guiding a team across onshore and offshore locations. With 6–8+ years in market research, a strong quant toolkit, and a passion for financial services, you’ll help shape the business’s