Associate Director, Oncology-Healthcare Market Research

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

Job summary

A global research company in the UK is seeking an Associate Director to lead research teams in Oncology. This role involves client relationship management, project execution, and proposal development. Candidates should have expertise in quantitative and qualitative research, strong numeracy skills, and a passion for Oncology. The position offers a hybrid work model with comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Pension contribution

Income protection

Life assurance

Health & wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Significant knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research techniques.
• Strong interest in Oncology across various clients.
• Ability to manage and motivate teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead project teams to deliver impactful research.
• Build and maintain client relationships.
• Contribute to innovative proposals and pitches.

Skills

Quantitative research techniques

Qualitative research techniques

Strong numeracy skills

Data analysis software

AI-based research tools

Tools

SPSS

R

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Job Description

About the role:

The impact of your role

Our Oncology team is growing at pace, and we are looking to expand this team with executives with a specific interest and prior experience in Oncology. As an Associate Director, you will lead the project team in the overall execution and delivery of a wide range of projects, both continuous and ad hoc, across a variety of clients and cancer indications. You will be pivotal in turning research into impactful insights and developing strong and enduring client partnerships.

Your day to day:

These are the types of things you can expect to be doing during your day to day, although as Ipsos is a dynamic organisation , this may vary as different opportunities arise:

• Delivering impactful end to end research from set-up, design and execution of projects
• Significantly contributing to innovative, winning proposals & pitch in response to interesting, challenging briefs
• Building capability within the team, including on-the-job mentoring and coaching
• Starting to build enduring client partnerships at the trusted advisor level
• Supporting on driving development and growth across our key Oncology clients
• Working alongside Directors in account management with a focus on developing existing client relationships and getting involved in growing the business.
• Working closely with clients to ensure you fully understand their business, motivations and the impact of your work.

Ipsos UK offers a hybrid working environment, 3 days in the office and working the rest from home.

About you:

Background

• Significant knowledge of the principles of quantitative and/or qualitative ad-hoc research techniques combined with a willingness to upskill on new and developing approaches. Passion for delivering insightful results.
• Strong interest in working in Oncology, across a range of clients and indications
• Enjoying the challenge of breaking down complex briefs, and working collaborative to turn it into engaging studies with impactful results
• Ability to develop, maintain and grow client relationships through delivery of excellent projects
• Ability to lead complex multi-country studies across a range of methodologies for oncology pharmaceutical brands
• Experience of managing, developing and motivating individuals and teams

Skills

• Solid research skills including questionnaire & study design, project processes, sampling and basic analytical techniques.
• Commercial outlook, understand client business and model our Client First behaviours
• You have strong numeracy skills and attention to detail Excellent time management skills and are able to work across multiple projects or tasks.
• Financial awareness: experience of proactively managing finances on projects and/or have had a core role in ensuring projects' profitability
• You are proficient in data analysis software (eg: SPSS, R) and Microsoft Office Suite
• You have experience with AI-Based Research Tools: Practical experience using AI-powered tools for research tasks, including data analysis platforms and automation tools.

Behaviours

• A passion and curiosity for healthcare with strong interest in continuously developing oncology healthcare knowledge and expertise
• You are commercially minded and able to identify and drive opportunities for revenue generation
• You have a proactive and solutions-oriented approach.
• Analytic thinking
• Resilience, flexibility and agility
• Leadership and social influence
• Creative thinking
• Motivation and self-awareness
• Empathy and active listening
• Curiosity and lifelong learning
• Talent management
• Service orientation and customer service

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 realise 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 have a hybrid approach to work and ask people to be in the office or with clients for 3 days per week.

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 Level 1 Disability Confident Committed. We are dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

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're proud to share we've received our Great Place to Work Certification in 2022 & 2023!

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.