Client Director

Kantar Group; Bagneux; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Leave

Volunteering Days

Enhanced family-friendly policies

Hybrid working model

Job summary

Kantar Group in Île-de-France seeks a senior client leadership role to help grow brands through deep human understanding and data-driven insight. You will partner with global clients on multi-country research programmes, shaping decision-making at the highest level.

You will lead a small team, design and deliver brand tracking, translate challenges into actionable insights, and manage end-to-end projects with a focus on quality and commercial performance.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in market research, brand strategy, or consulting.
• Proven ability to manage large, multi-market research programmes.
• Excellent project planning and resource management skills.
• Strong analytical thinking and storytelling with data.
• Confident communicator with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted partnerships with senior client stakeholders and act as a strategic advisor
• Lead the design and delivery of brand tracking programmes and associated research modules
• Translate business challenges into clear research solutions and actionable insights
• Manage end-to-end project delivery, ensuring quality, timelines, and commercial performance
• Lead and develop a small team while collaborating with global centres of expertise

Skills

Market research

Brand strategy

Consulting

Multi-market programs

Stakeholder communication

Project leadership

Job description

This is a high-impact, strategic role where you will partner with leading global clients to help grow their brands through deep human understanding and data-driven insight. Working across complex, multi-country research programmes in the hot beverages sector, you will shape decision-making at the highest level. Your work will directly influence client strategy, while contributing to Kantar’s mission to deliver connected, meaningful intelligence in a fast-changing world.

What you’ll be doing

• Build trusted partnerships with senior client stakeholders and act as a strategic advisor
• Lead the design and delivery of brand tracking programmes and associated research modules
• Translate business challenges into clear research solutions and actionable insights
• Manage end-to-end project delivery, ensuring quality, timelines, and commercial performance
• Lead and develop a small team while collaborating with global centres of expertise

The ideal skills & experience

• Strong experience in market research, brand strategy, or consulting (7+ years)
• Proven ability to manage large, multi-market research programmes
• Excellent project planning and resource management skills
• Strong analytical thinking with the ability to turn data into clear, compelling stories
• Confident communicator with experience presenting to senior stakeholders

What’s in it for you

• Opportunity to work on global, high-profile brand challenges
• A collaborative and supportive environment with opportunities to mentor and lead
• Exposure to advanced analytics and integrated research solutions
• Life Leave, Volunteering Days, and enhanced family-friendly policies
• A hybrid working model with flexibility built in