Senior Research Manager Sport & Sponsorships 32-40 UUR

Blauw Research bv; Rotterdam; Hybrid; EUR 44,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

Blauw Research bv in Rotterdam seeks a Senior Research Manager Sport & Sponsorship to lead international market research projects in sport, guiding Junior Research Managers and Strategic Consultants. You’ll own project delivery, manage client relationships, and ensure high-quality, actionable, visually compelling results.

Requirements include 3+ years in quantitative market research, tracking research in sponsorship or campaigns, and strong Dutch/English communication.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience in quantitative market research.
• Experience with tracking research, ideally in sponsorship, branding or campaigns.
• Able to turn quantitative results into visually appealing reports and clear conclusions.
• Client-focused with a commercial drive.
• Strong project management skills and a drive to improve.
• Fluency in Dutch and English.

Responsibilities

• Run strategic research projects from start to finish.
• Manage and strengthen relationships with international clients.
• Generate smarter, faster and better ideas for projects.
• Analyse results and create reports in our dashboard tool.
• Guide junior colleagues on research projects.
• Set the bar high for yourself and the team.

Skills

Quantitative market research

Project management

Client relationship management

Dutch language

English language

Tools

Dashboard tool

Job description

Careers at Blauw

Are you an experienced market researcher with a passion for sport? Do you want to use your experience to give international sports organisations and sponsors insights that really move them forward? And will you take our Junior Research Managers under your wing, always striving for the best result? Then our vacancy for Senior Research Manager Sport & Sponsorship is for you.

What you’ll do:

You’re one of the experienced researchers in the Blauw Sponsorship Impact team, which carries out market research for international sports organisations and sponsors. As Senior Research Manager, you’re responsible for international research projects for clients in the world of sport. You work on these projects with our Junior Research Managers and Strategic Consultants. You have final responsibility as project manager, manage client relationships and make sure our projects are of the highest possible quality, with results that are smart, actionable and visually appealing.

Your responsibilities:

• run strategic research projects from start to finish;
• manage and strengthen relationships with international clients;
• come up with ideas to make things smarter, faster and better;
• analyse results and create reports (in our dashboard tool);
• guide junior colleagues on research projects;
• set the bar high, for yourself and for the team.
• have at least 3 years’ experience in quantitative market research;
• have worked on tracking research, ideally in sponsorship, branding or campaigns;
• can turn quantitative results into visually appealing reports and clear conclusions;
• are client-focused, with a commercial drive;
• excel at project management and are always looking to improve;
• speak and write excellent Dutch and English;
• share our passion for sport.

What we offer:

An inspiring role at an internationally leading research agency for sport and sponsorship tracking, with a competitive salary of €3,937 to €5,639 gross per month, depending on your knowledge and experience. You’ll work with enthusiastic, ambitious, sports-mad colleagues who want to move forward and push each other to make things a little better, smarter or easier, for our clients and for ourselves. And you’ll do it for the biggest organisations and brands in international sport.

We think it matters that you keep developing. You get the room to deepen your knowledge and the freedom to choose your own path to success.

A great bunch of people.

You’ll work with colleagues who want to move forward and push each other to make things a little better, smarter or easier, for our clients and for ourselves.

The best workplace in Rotterdam.

Use our huge terrace overlooking Stadhuisplein to work, have lunch, grab a coffee, hold a meeting or exercise with colleagues.