Senior Quantitative Researcher-Observer team

Ipsos in the UK; Harrow; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Pension contribution

Income protection

Life assurance

Health & wellbeing benefits

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Ipsos seeks a Senior Research Executive to design and deliver high-quality research that informs client decisions. You will manage medium-sized projects from inception to delivery, collaborating with clients to translate business challenges into impactful insights.

You will mentor junior colleagues, contribute to business growth, and work across sectors and methodologies in a collaborative, innovative team.

Qualifications

• Experience in quantitative market research in an agency, consultancy or client-facing environment.
• Strong project management skills with ability to handle multiple projects and priorities.
• Experience designing and reviewing research materials, including questionnaires.
• Proven ability to analyse findings and produce insightful reports and presentations for clients.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency in AI use to enhance research and daily activities.
• Experience mentoring or coaching junior team members.
• Knowledge of data analysis software such as SPSS, R or equivalent tools.
• Experience building and developing client relationships.
• Ability to support new business activity through proposals and pitches.
• Experience managing project budgets and contributing to commercial performance.
• Strong organisational skills with ability to prioritise and deliver high-quality work.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver high-quality research that informs client decisions.
• Manage medium-sized projects from inception to delivery.
• Translate business challenges into effective research solutions.
• Develop compelling insights that drive action for clients.
• Collaborate with clients and teams across sectors and methodologies.

Skills

Quantitative market research

Project management

Questionnaire design

Data analysis & reporting

Client engagement

AI in research

Mentoring

Business development

Budget management

Organisational skills

Tools

SPSS

R

Job description

Are you a research professional looking to take ownership of impactful projects, build strong client relationships, and deliver insights that influence real-world decisions? Do you thrive in a collaborative environment where curiosity, analytical thinking, and innovation are valued? If so, we'd love to hear from you.

About the Role

The Ipsos Observer team specialises in bespoke research solutions, helping organisations understand customer behaviour, public opinion, and market trends. Working across sectors including government, academia, charities and commercial organisations, the team delivers a diverse range of research projects, from local studies to complex international programmes.

As a Senior Research Executive, you will play a key role in designing and delivering high-quality research that helps clients make informed decisions. You'll manage medium-sized projects from inception through to delivery, while also contributing to larger, more complex studies as part of wider project teams. Working closely with clients, you'll help translate business challenges into effective research solutions and develop compelling insights that drive action.

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious researcher who enjoys combining project management, research expertise, client engagement and storytelling with data. You'll have the chance to work across a wide variety of sectors and methodologies, develop broad research skills, mentor junior colleagues, and contribute to business growth within a supportive and collaborative team.

About You

• Experience in quantitative market research, ideally within an agency, consultancy or client-facing environment.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities simultaneously.
• Experience designing and reviewing research materials, including questionnaires.
• Proven ability to analyse findings and produce insightful reports and presentations tailored to client needs.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency in AI use and adoption to enhance research, analysis and day-to-day business activities.
• Experience mentoring, coaching or supporting junior team members.
• Knowledge of data analysis software such as SPSS, R or equivalent research tools.
• Experience building and developing client relationships.
• Ability to support new business activity through proposals and pitches.
• Experience managing project budgets and contributing to commercial performance.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise effectively and consistently deliver high-quality work.

Behaviours:

• Curiosity and lifelong learning
• Analytical and critical thinking
• Collaboration and relationship building
• Creative thinking and problem-solving
• Customer and service orientation
• Technological literacy
• Resilience, adaptability and agility
• Empathy and active listening
• Motivation and self-awareness
• Attention to detail and personal accountability

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 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.