Research Director

Hall & Partners; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insight agency in London is seeking a Group Strategy Director to manage and grow client portfolios. The role involves building strategic relationships, driving business development, and leading a team to deliver exceptional insights that enhance client performance. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of experience in quantitative research and a strong commercial focus.

Benefits

Interactive training sessions

Learn training program

Supportive work culture

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in quantitative research & insight.
• Proactive and positive strategic leader.
• Strong project and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strategic client relationships.
• Drive business growth and revenue development.
• Lead and coach team to deliver superior insights.

Skills

Leadership

Commercial Acumen

Project Management

Presentation Skills

Emotional Intelligence

Job description

Who We Are

Hall & Partners is a team of unconventional thinkers, obsessed with how marketing influences the relationship between people, brands and culture. Born out of ad land, we are the insight agency known for weaving creativity with science.

We distil data through a strategic lens to reveal ‘uncommon insights’ – human truths tailored to individual brands, not black box data available to the masses. We partner with clients to shape brand strategy and optimise marketing performance. Our award-winning approach amplifies insights across every business area, propelling marketing decision-making to create an unmatched competitive advantage.

We do this for an eclectic group of brands, including 29 of Interbrand’s Top 50 Best Brands and 16 of the top 20 biopharmaceutical companies.

Hall & Partners is an uncommon insight agency that specialises in brand strategy, brand performance measurement, and campaign performance research.

Role

We are looking for a Group Strategy Director with expertise in quantitative insight to join our team. You will manage and grow your own team and client portfolio, demonstrating entrepreneurial drive to increase the size, profitability and efficiency of your business. You are skilled at building strategic client relationships at a senior level, and at leading and coaching your team to deliver insight that delights our clients and drives organic growth.

Core Responsibilities

There are five core capability areas that a Group Strategy Director at H&P delivers on:

1. Client Builder - Building valuable relationships with clients. You build strong relationships and act as a strategic partner to your clients, shaping their strategy to increase business performance. You are an expert in your client’s businesses, strategy and planning process, anticipating and acting on their needs.
2. Business Developer - Driving business growth with commercial acumen. You are responsible for overall revenue and business development for your client portfolio, delivering on organic growth and cross-selling opportunities. You play a lead role in effective pitch processes and secure new clients or projects through the creation of superior proposals. You proactively build fame for H&P with clients, agencies and the Omnicom network, seeking out new business opportunities.
3. Expert in craft - Doing the day job brilliantly. A GSD at H&P is an expert in answering client’s strategic business questions and inspiring action through superior insight design, analysis and storytelling. You are an inspiring presenter and effectively coach your team to deliver a superior client experience and provide fresh insight that impacts decision making.
4. Team Player - Giving and getting the best from the team. As a team leader, you prioritise team development, aligning and developing your people to deliver against the business strategy. You create a collaborative working culture and empower your team to deliver superior quality work. You also contribute to company initiatives that have an impact on growth.
5. Role model - Embodying H&P Values to build meaning for our clients and people. The Hall & Partner values are all about being Creative, Curious, Courageous and Collaborative, all grounded in a strong Community. We expect all our people to demonstrate and work by these values every day.

Values

Community: We have created an inclusive and supportive environment. Everyone is encouraged to contribute, and every idea and opinion is respected. When one of us succeeds, we all celebrate.

Collaboration: We do great work by inspiring each other and having fun along the way. We forge strong connections with each other, our clients and our network by being honest and loyal partners.

Creativity: We improvise and experiment to solve problems when solutions don’t already exist. We make the complex feel simple. Our thinking delights clients and helps them see problems in a different light.

Curiosity: We never stop asking questions. We keep digging until we find genuinely uncommon insights. We’re always pushing ourselves to improve the value we offer to clients.

Courage: We encourage our clients, and each other to try new things, to learn and to grow. We see every challenge as an opportunity to be bold and original.

Key Attributes

• We are looking for a proactive, positive strategic leader who can inspire and lead teams to deliver our business vision. 8+ years of experience in quantitative research & insight is a must.
• Inspiring team leader and coach with strong emotional intelligence.
• Commercially-focused and able to create and sell broad thinking and innovative solutions.
• Strong project and stakeholder management skills. Able to lead and prioritise to deliver outstanding quality on time.
• Outstanding presentation and storytelling skills.
• Highly motivated and driven, with a hunger to win and grow our business.
• Able to travel as the job requires.

What We Offer You

We believe we have a unique culture. It’s all about being challenging yet treating each other with respect. We are naturally curious, and we love to learn and discover new things.

We nurture opinions and really respect people who have a point of view and aren’t afraid to share their thinking. We work as teams and responsibilities sit with everyone in that team, whatever their job title. A can-do attitude goes a long way in our business, and we don't tolerate egos!

We are passionate about helping our people to learn, stretch and grow. We want this to be a place where people feel challenged, as well as guided and supported. When you are not learning from some of the smartest people in insight, you can also take advantage of our Learn training program and attend interactive training sessions and “OutsideIn” sessions with industry experts, that build your skills for the future.