E2E Project Coordinator

NielsenIQ; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working environment

Volunteer time off

LinkedIn Learning

Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

Job summary

NIQ is seeking a Project Manager for Market Research to own end-to-end project delivery, ensuring timelines, budgets, and quality meet client expectations. You will lead study design reviews, coordinate with analysts, account teams, and vendors, and manage risks and costs while maintaining strong client relationships.

Ideal candidates will have 2–3 years in Market Research PM, excellent communication and analytical skills, and the ability to travel.

Qualifications

• Graduate / Post Graduate from a well-known institute.
• 2-3 years’ experience in Market Research Project Management.
• Basic AI certification.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Strong analytical mind and excellent numerical skills.
• Very good knowledge on advanced analysis, methods, and tools (preferred).
• Excellent Communication Skills.
• Ability to travel.
• Experience with a second language.
• Attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end delivery of complex projects, ensuring timelines, budgets, quality standards, and client expectations are met.
• Lead the review of proposals and study designs, resolving design and execution issues to ensure field specifications are accurate and viable.
• Take accountability for pricing, cost assumptions, resource requirements, and delivery timelines.
• Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders and influence outcomes to ensure alignment and remove barriers.
• Manage multiple priorities across the project and identify capacity constraints early.

Skills

Excellent Communication Skills

Strong analytical mind

Attention to detail

Multi-tasking skills

Oral and written communication skills

Education

Graduate / Post Graduate from a well-known institute

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

We’re in tune with what the world is buying. If you can think of it, we’re measuring it. We sift through the small stuff and piece together big pictures to provide a comprehensive understanding of what’s happening now and what’s coming next for our clients. Today’s data is tomorrow’s marketplace revelation.

• Own the end-to-end delivery of complex projects, ensuring agreed timelines, budgets, quality standards, and client expectations are consistently met.
• Lead the review of proposals and study designs, independently resolving complex design and execution issues to ensure field specifications are accurate, practical, and commercially viable.
• Take accountability for pricing, cost assumptions, resource requirements, and delivery timelines, balancing competitiveness with operational feasibility, quality, and profitability.
• Partner directly with analysts, account teams, and vendors to clarify objectives, recommend appropriate study designs, and translate requirements into clear, executable project plans.
• Make timely, independent decisions on project priorities, vendors, schedules, costs, and delivery trade-offs, escalating only matters involving significant commercial, client, or operational risk.
• Serve as the primary point of accountability for assigned projects, establishing clear milestones and ensuring risks, dependencies, decisions, and changes are actively managed and communicated.
• Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders and influence outcomes, ensuring alignment and removing barriers to successful project delivery.
• Manage multiple priorities across the project, identifying capacity constraints, conflicting requirements, and delivery risks early and agreeing practical solutions with relevant stakeholders.
• Lead fieldwork coordination and vendor management, holding partners accountable for agreed standards of quality, responsiveness, cost, and timeliness.
• Own project financial performance, including budget management, cost control, vendor expenditure, variance analysis, and timely corrective action.
• Monitor project performance, identify emerging risks, and intervene early to prevent delays, cost overruns, or deterioration in quality.
• Ensure field materials, project documentation, and operational inputs are accurate, fit for purpose, and completed in time to support efficient execution.
• Provide stakeholders and senior management with concise, decision-oriented updates on project status, material risks, financial performance, and required actions.
• Apply sound judgment and a solutions-oriented approach, avoiding unnecessary approvals, meetings, documentation, or administrative steps that do not contribute to quality, risk management, or client value.
• Act as a subject-matter expert in project delivery, sharing best practices and providing guidance to colleagues.
• Drive continuous improvement by reviewing project outcomes, applying lessons learned, simplifying processes, and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of project delivery.
• Own the accurate tracking and maintenance of KPIs, regularly assess performance against agreed targets, and take timely corrective action to address gaps and ensure commitments are met.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU

With your critical and strategic thinking abilities, you can create opportunities to better our business. You will ensure the highest quality consumer data on studies by designing world-class questionnaires and methodology based on client objectives/knowledge, and also ensure smooth project execution by liaising and coordinating between the account team and the appropriate Operations departments.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Graduate / Post Graduate from a well-known institute
• 2-3 years’ experience in Market Research Project Management
• Basic AI certification
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Strong technical knowledge of consumer research
• Strong analytical mind and excellent numerical skills
• Very good knowledge on advanced analysis, methods, and tools (preferred)
• Excellent Communication Skills
• Ability to work seamlessly with cross functional teams
• Openness and flexibility to change
• Great interpersonal skills
• Ability to travel
• Multi-tasking skills
• Oral and written communication skills
• Experience with a second language
• Attention to detail

Internal Note : Role is at P4 Level, Only level 3 and 4 can apply

Our Benefits

• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off
• LinkedIn Learning
• Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

NIQ may utilize artificial intelligence (AI) tools at various stages of the recruitment process, including résumé screening, candidate assessments, interview scheduling, job matching, communication support, and certain administrative tasks that help streamline workflows. These tools are intended to improve efficiency and support fair and consistent evaluation based on job-related criteria. All use of AI is governed by NIQ’s principles of fairness, transparency, human oversight, and inclusion. Final hiring decisions are made exclusively by humans. NIQ regularly reviews its AI tools to help mitigate bias and ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations. If you have questions, require accommodations, or wish to request human review were permitted by law, please contact your local HR representative. For more information, visit NIQ’s AI Safety Policies and Guiding Principles: https://nielseniq.com/global/en/info/niqs-ai-safety-policies/

About NIQ

NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View™. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.

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