Research Director – Behavioural Science

Wyatt Partners; City Of London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-known media & insights agency in London is seeking a Research Director to lead and develop behavioural research products. The ideal candidate has a strong background in psychology or related fields and significant agency experience. This role involves ensuring product quality, standardizing offerings, and building new services. This is a senior position offering high visibility and rewards within a reputable organization.

Qualifications

• Academic background in Psychology, Neuroscience, or Behavioural Economics.
• Experience in a sizeable agency's Behavioural Science team.
• Proven experience in developing products and services.

Responsibilities

• Own all behavioural research products and ensure their quality.
• Standardise existing products while developing new offerings.
• Lead a behavioral research practice within a well-established business.

Skills

Understanding of Psychology

Knowledge of Behavioural Science

Product Development Experience

Quality Assurance in Research

Education

Degree in Psychology or related field

Job description

A well known media & insights agency is looking for a Research Director to join a new arm of the company focused on offering valuable scientific behavioural insights to clients.

In this Research Director role you will be responsible for taking ownership of all the company’s behavioural research products & of the quality assurance around them.

You will be responsible for standardising the product set they have whilst also building new products & services utilising cutting edge global technology offerings.

You’ll be someone who is passionate about Psychology and Behavioural Science, and understand the huge potential gains for business & any organisation.

Why you might be interested? : The opportunity to be a Senior player and build out and lead an early stage behavioural research practice, and get all the Kudos and rewards for doing so, within an already well established business.

Experience Required:

• You’ll likely come from an academic background touching on Psychology, Neuroscience, behavioural economics etc
• You’ll be working or have worked within a sizeable agency side Behavioural Science or Behavioural Research team
• Experience of developing products and services – knowledgeable of latest technologies
• Experience of quality testing and quality assurance of products

This is a highly confidential search, and we will treat any application or request to chat in more depth about this role in the utmost confidence.

Please click on the link to apply or reach out if you’d like an initial chat.