Associate Director-Qualitative team

Ipsos in the UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Pension contribution

Income protection

Life assurance

Health & wellbeing benefits

Job summary

Ipsos is seeking an Associate Director to lead qualitative research initiatives within the FMCG sector. You will shape global insights, drive exploratory projects, and coordinate across markets with significant travel.

Join our award-winning qualitative team to shape groundbreaking studies, lead client discussions, and deliver actionable insights while pursuing career growth toward a Research Director role.

Qualifications

• Enthusiasm for qualitative research in FMCG space.
• Interest in innovation, behaviour change and AI-enabled research methods.
• Proven track record in qualitative market research with strong client management.
• Able to lead projects using qualitative methodologies.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills.
• Excellent communication and storytelling abilities.
• Experience leading account management and project delivery.
• Ability to design research proposals and translate findings into insights.
• Experience in FMCG market research and AI applications in research.

Responsibilities

• Lead cutting-edge qualitative research projects for global clients.
• Provide strategic leadership on multi-market and global programmes.
• Lead client discussions and drive innovative research stories.

Skills

Qualitative research

Client management

Leadership

Research storytelling

AI/ML in research

FMCG knowledge

Proposal design

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Are you a dynamic leader with a passion for qualitative research in the FMCG industry? Does innovation and complex decision-making excite you? Join us at Ipsos as an Associate Director to shape global insights. Ready for a career where your contributions make a global impact? Let's connect!

About the Role

As an Associate Director at Ipsos, you'll be at the forefront of cutting‑edge research, leading innovative and exploratory projects for our key global clients. Joining our award‑winning qualitative team, you will work on groundbreaking studies, providing strategic leadership on multi‑market and global programmes. This role offers significant travel and immersion across various global markets, including Japan, Italy, and Sweden. It's a high‑impact opportunity designed for growth, paving the way for career progression toward a Research Director role. Be prepared to lead client discussions, provide innovative solutions, and drive impactful research stories.

About You

Essential skills

• Enthusiastic about working in the FMCG space.
• Interest in innovation, behaviour change, and AI‑enabled research methodologies.
• Proven track record in qualitative market research with excellent client management skills.
• Comfortable leading projects with a blend of qualitative methodologies.
• Microsoft Office Suite.
• Strong organisational and time management abilities.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills.
• Proven leadership in account management and project delivery.
• Ability to design research proposals and translate research into actionable insights.
• Experience in FMCG market research.
• Demonstrated capability in AI and machine learning applications in research.

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 of 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.