Assistant Project Manager (RPM Others)

Ipsos Sdn Bhd; Malaysia; On-site; MYR 67,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental

Parking

Vision

Wellness programs

Learning subsidy

Caregiver leave

Job summary

Ipsos Sdn Bhd is seeking an Assistant Project Manager to support the Project Management team on day‑to‑day activities for client accounts in Malaysia. You will help set up and run projects end‑to‑end, coordinating with Sweden and global teams to meet requirements and timelines.

The role focuses on coordinating scope, budgets, timelines, quality, handling changes, updating questionnaires, and maintaining brand and fieldwork data.

Qualifications

• Graduates or degree holders.
• Strong communication in English and cross‑global collaboration.
• Ability to multitask and manage time across multiple time zones.

Responsibilities

• Complying with operational scope, and managing budgets, timeline and quality per the project requirements.
• Managing internal operations team dependent on project and client.
• Provide support in the set up and ongoing delivery of the project, including adjusting project set up for e.g. change requests.
• Use and application of project management platforms, techniques and technology
• Check programme links for accuracy against the questionnaire - content, flow, instructions, stimuli
• Regular maintenance of questionnaire updates in English
• Add translation overlays to approved English programme links
• Manage specific inputs based on client project design, such as Questionnaire Selection File, Pre-Code File, MRT updates
• Adherence to and control of project change logs
• Maintain brand lists, accuracy and updates
• Review and collate fieldwork project against target sample requirements
• Prepare, plan, prioritise and communicate effectively to ensure deliverables are prepared and sent to schedule
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with internal stakeholders and team members.

Skills

English proficiency

Multitasking

Time management

Deadline driven

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Written & verbal communication

Independent work

Global collaboration

Proactive mindset

Education

Graduates or degree holders

Job description

Assistant Project Manager (RPM Others) Malaysia Competitive salary - (posted Apr 8 2026)

Job Spec

Job Purpose

The function of this role is to provide support to the Project Management team on the day-to-day responsibilities on the relevant client account. These responsibilities could range from supporting continuous tracking data on the full portfolio of products within the client business, to specific ad hoc shorter time frame projects. Working closely with the Project Managers, you will be involved with tasks and responsibilities that help ensure that the project is both set up and running efficiently end to end, with a view to delivering against project specifications and delighting the client. You’ll be joining a team who are passionate about improving processes and have a creative way of constantly challenging the status quo to find smarter ways of working.

Essential Responsibilities and Deliverables

• Complying with operational scope, and managing budgets, timeline and quality per the project requirements.
• Managing internal operations team dependent on project and client.
• Provide support in the set up and ongoing delivery of the project, including adjusting project set up for e.g. change requests.
• Use and application of project management platforms, techniques and technology
• Check programme links for accuracy against the questionnaire - content, flow, instructions, stimuli
• Regular maintenance of questionnaire updates in English
• Add translation overlays to approved English programme links
• Manage specific inputs based on client project design, such as Questionnaire Selection File, Pre-Code File, MRT updates
• Adherence to and control of project change logs
• Maintain brand lists, accuracy and updates
• Review and collate fieldwork project against target sample requirements
• Prepare, plan, prioritise and communicate effectively to ensure deliverables are prepared and sent to schedule
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with internal stakeholders and team members.

Working Relationships

• Primarily Project Management Teams in the Sweden
• Research Teams in the Sweden.

Qualifications

• Graduates or degree holders.

Knowledge & Skills

• Good command of English
• Enjoy working with colleagues across the Globe
• Ability to multitask
• Good time management skills especially working across the Globe
• Strong commitment to deadlines
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Clear and proactive communication
• Can work independently

Measures of Performance

• Ability to work as a team.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Accountable - takes ownership of tasks assigned.
• Ability to independently take instructions on specific tasks from the Project Management team deliver accurate and consistent output against those instructions and parameters
• Ability to solve day-to-day operational issues and demonstrates creativity in overcoming obstacles.
• Able to make suggestions and offer solutions to aid process improvement.
• Initiative to learn more project management skills.
• Initiative to go the extra mile in striving for internal client satisfaction.

Personal & Job Attributes / Capabilities

• Resourceful, pro-active and results oriented.
• Positive attitude and professional.
• A team player.
• Passionate about research.
• Enjoy working with people across the globe.

About Us

Welcome to Ipsos - Global Market Research

Ipsos is the third largest market research company in the world, present in 90 markets and employing more than 18,000 people.

Our research professionals, analysts and scientists have built unique multi-specialist capabilities that provide true understanding and powerful insights into the actions, opinions and motivations of citizens, consumers, patients, customers or employees. Our 75 business solutions are based on primary data coming from our surveys, social media monitoring, and qualitative or observational techniques.

“Game Changers” – our tagline – summarizes our ambition to help our 5,000 clients to navigate more easily our deeply changing world.

In our world of rapid change, the need for reliable information to make confident decisions has never been greater.

At Ipsos we believe our clients need more than a data supplier, they need a partner who can produce accurate and relevant information and turn it into actionable truth.

This is why our passionately curious experts not only provide the most precise measurement, but shape it to provide True Understanding of Society, Markets and People.

To do this we use the best of science, technology and know-how and apply the principles of security, simplicity, speed and substance to everything we do.

So that our clients can act faster, smarter and bolder.

Ultimately, success comes down to a simple truth:

You act better when you are sure.

Perks and benefits

Medical Dental Parking Vision Wellness Programs, Learning Subsidy, Caregiver Lea