Associate Director - Medical Devices & Diagnostics

Ipsos; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global market research company is seeking an Associate Director for Medical Devices & Diagnostics. The role involves leading multi-country projects, enhancing client relationships, and developing business opportunities. Ideal candidates will have a background in healthcare studies, a strong grasp of research methodologies, and experience in managing complex projects. The company offers 25 days of annual leave and a hybrid work model, making it a great opportunity for those passionate about impactful research.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Pension contribution

Income protection

Life assurance

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in leading healthcare studies, particularly in medical devices and diagnostics.
• Experience managing complex multi-country projects and teams.
• Strong proficiency in both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategies and execution for complex, multi-country projects.
• Collaborate with top-tier clients to deliver high-quality fieldwork.
• Expand client relationships and identify new business opportunities.

Skills

Leading healthcare studies

Qualitative and quantitative research methodologies

Managing complex multi-country projects

Leveraging AI tools

Client engagement and business development

Tools

AI tools

Digital data collection

Analytics

Job description

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Job Description

Make Your Mark at Ipsos

We are a leading global market and social research company, enabling organisations to make smarter, bolder, and faster decisions.

Are you ready to spearhead innovations in medical devices and diagnostics research? Do you thrive in dynamic teams focused on delivering impactful insights across multiple markets? If so, we are eager to meet you!

About the Role

Join Ipsos as an Associate Director in our Medical Devices & Diagnostics Healthcare Service Line. Here, you will lead strategies and execution for complex, multi-country projects within an ambitious and growing team. Constantly collaborating with top-tier clients, your role will be pivotal in delivering high-quality fieldwork, insightful data, and successful client relationships. You'll be at the forefront of expanding existing client relationships and identifying new business opportunities, with active involvement in project management and talent development.

About You

Essential Skills

• Proven expertise in leading healthcare studies, especially in medical devices and diagnostics
• Strong proficiency in both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies
• Experience in managing complex multi-country projects and teams
• Ability to leverage AI tools to enhance market research and insights
• Strategic thinker with a passion for client engagement and business development

Desirable Skills

• AI proficiency for enhancing day-to-day tasks
• Experience with innovative research methods including digital data collection, analytics, and multi-market data integration.
• Experience within the medical devices & diagnostics market

Behaviours

• Passionate about delivering excellent client service and building strong relationships.
• Commercially minded and able to identify and drive opportunities for revenue generation
• Proactive and solutions-oriented approach.
• Analytical thinking.
• Resilience, flexibility and agility.
• Creative thinking.
• Motivation and self-awareness.
• Empathy and active listening.
• Curiosity and lifelong learning.
• Service orientation and customer service.
• Talent Management.
• Leadership and social influence.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support you as an individual. Our standard benefits include 25 days annual leave, pension contribution, income protection and life assurance. In addition, there are a range health & wellbeing, financial benefits and professional development opportunities.

We have a hybrid approach to work and ask people to be in the office or with clients for 3 days per week. We appreciate you may have commitments outside of work and will consider flexible working applications - please highlight what you are looking for when you make your application.

We are committed to equality, treating people fairly, promoting a positive and inclusive working environment and ensuring we have diversity of people and views. We recognise that this is important for our business success - a more diverse workforce will enable us to better reflect and understand the world we research and ultimately deliver better research and insight to our clients. We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident scheme, certified as a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. We provide an inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

Your application will be reviewed by someone from our Talent Team who will be in touch either way to let you know the outcome.

Ready to have an impact? Apply now!

About Us

Ipsos is one of the world's largest research companies and currently the only one primarily managed by researchers, ranking as a #1 full-service research organization for four consecutive years. With over 75 different data-driven solutions, and presence in 90 markets, Ipsos brings together research, implementation, methodological, and subject-matter experts from around the world, combining thematic and technical experts to deliver top-quality research and insights. Simply speaking, we help the biggest companies solve some of their biggest problems, serving more than 5000 clients across the globe by providing research, data, and insights on their target markets. And we are proud of our continuous efforts in making Ipsos the best place to work!

About the Team

The Healthcare Service Line works with Pharmaceutical, bio-tech, medical device manufacturers and technology companies throughout the project lifecycle from early stage strategy, to launch of a new product, to product optimization. In addition to custom research, the healthcare Service Line also works on therapeutic centers of expertise in Oncology, Autoimmune, Virology and more.