Research and Data Intelligence Manager

Lipton Media; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Lipton Media is seeking a Research and Data Intelligence Manager to lead the research program and own the data behind intelligence products, including rankings built on a trusted methodology. You will manage surveys from build to insight, maintain clean data for dashboards, and set standards for publishable numbers.

Hands-on with data, AI, and automation, you will operate as a one-person function while building scalable systems.

Qualifications

• Three or more years in a data, research, business intelligence or market intelligence role.
• Experience turning data into valuable products or dashboards.
• Hands-on with data, AI and automation.

Responsibilities

• Run the research program and own the data behind intelligence products.
• Manage surveys end-to-end from build to insight.
• Keep benchmarking tool and dashboards supplied with clean data.
• Act as final check on published numbers and defend stats to clients.

Skills

Data analytics

SQL

Data storytelling

Research design

Education

Bachelor's degree in data/analytics/IT

Tools

Qualtrics

HubSpot

GA4

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Research and data intelligence manager Our client is an award-winning team delivering a portfolio of market-leading events, research reports, newsletters and digital content across the investor relations community.

About the Role

About this role You will run our research program and own the data behind their intelligence products, including the awards rankings built on our long-standing, trusted methodology.

That means running their surveys from build to insight, keeping their benchmarking tool and dashboards supplied with clean, reliable data, and setting the standards that make every number they publish trustworthy.

You will be hands-on with data, fluent with AI and automation, and able to run a one-person function while building systems that do not depend on you alone.

You are the final check on every number they publish, with the judgment to know when a result should not be published.

Responsibilities

• Run our research program and own the data behind their intelligence products, including the awards rankings built on our long-standing, trusted methodology.
• Run their surveys from build to insight.
• Keep their benchmarking tool and dashboards supplied with clean, reliable data.
• Set the standards that make every number they publish trustworthy.
• Be hands-on with data, fluent with AI and automation.
• Run a one-person function while building systems that do not depend on you alone.
• Act as the final check on every number they publish, with the judgment to know when a result should not be published.
• Be responsible for raising survey responses, meeting deadlines, taking initiative and pushing insights toward the edi team etc.
• Be client facing with confidence and knowledge behind the numbers, able to defend the stats and explain for clients, sponsors, award winners and subscribers.
• Manage several surveys and deliverables to deadline at once.

Qualifications

• Three or more years in a data, research, business intelligence or market intelligence role.

Required Skills

• Have implemented AI in research - the more knowledge around this the better.
• An owner, not just a follower - responsible for raising survey responses, meeting deadlines, taking initiative and pushing insights toward the edi team etc.
• Client facing - confidence and knowledge behind the numbers, someone who can defend the stats and explain for clients, sponsors, award winners and subscribers.
• Experience running survey programs end to end: build, cleaning, analysis and reporting.
• Experience turning data and information into valuable products, such as a benchmarking tool, a data feed for audience workflows or a subscription dataset.
• Strong working knowledge of Qualtrics or a similar survey platform, and hands‑on HubSpot experience.
• Strong SQL, confident with spreadsheets, a visualization tool such as Looker, Power BI or Tableau, and GA4.
• Able to bring separate data sources together into one clean system.
• Working knowledge of data privacy rules in the UK, EU and North America, including consent and licensing.
• Hands‑on experience using AI in analytical work, and an appetite to automate whatever can be automated.
• Exceptional attention to detail. Accuracy is critical in this role.
• Excellent communication skills: able to explain data in plain English to colleagues, clients and partners, and happy to pick up the phone to our audience.
• Able to own a function independently in a small team and manage several surveys and deliverables to deadline at once.