Insight Director (FTC)

ENI – Elizabeth Norman International; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Profit sharing

Birthday day off

Volunteering day

Company socials

25 days holiday

Job summary

ENI – Elizabeth Norman International in Leeds is seeking an experienced Insight Director for a 12-month maternity cover contract. The role blends client leadership with commercial accountability and hands-on project delivery across R&D, innovation, product and consumer insight.

You will guide senior clients, grow relationships, manage pipelines and financial targets, and lead a high-performing research team delivering high-quality, commercially-focused recommendations.

Qualifications

• 10+ years’ experience within market research/insights.
• Strong experience within a full-service agency, consumer insight, product testing, R&D or innovation environment.
• Experience leading complex quantitative research projects.
• Strong commercial and client management skills.
• A track record of winning and growing client accounts.
• Experience managing, motivating and developing research teams.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior clients and shape research approaches.
• Lead and develop the research team while delivering high-quality studies.
• Manage client relationships, pipelines and financial targets.
• Oversee projects across R&D, innovation, and consumer insight.
• Drive actionable, commercially-focused recommendations.

Skills

Client leadership

Commercial awareness

Project delivery

Team development

Market research expertise

Job description

We’re looking for an experienced Insight Director to join a leading insight consultancy for a 12-month maternity cover contract.

This is a senior role combining client leadership, commercial responsibility, project delivery and team development, working across complex R&D, innovation, product and consumer insight projects.

You’ll act as a trusted advisor to senior clients, helping shape research approaches and delivering clear, commercially focused recommendations. You’ll also take responsibility for growing client relationships, managing financial targets and pipelines, and leading and developing a high-performing research team.

We’re looking for someone with:

• 10+ years’ experience within market research/insights
• Strong experience within a full-service agency, consumer insight, product testing, R&D or innovation environment
• Experience leading complex quantitative research projects
• Strong commercial and client management skills
• A track record of winning and growing client accounts
• Experience managing, motivating and developing research teams

The package:

£58,000–£65,000 depending on experience, alongside hybrid/flexible working, 24+ days’ holiday, pension, profit share, birthday day off, volunteering day and regular company socials.

This would be a fantastic opportunity for a senior researcher who enjoys being close to clients and their commercial challenges while still playing an active role in delivering innovative, high-quality research.