Associate Director Strategic Analytics and Insights

Nielsen Consumer LLC; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consumer intelligence firm seeks an Associate Director to join the Strategic Analytics & Insights team in Riyadh. This role is pivotal in driving business growth across various industries including Automotive and Telecom. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 10 years' experience in research, strong analytical abilities, and excellent communication skills in both English and Arabic. Responsibilities also include client relationship management and contributing to project designs. Work in a flexible environment with various benefits.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Volunteer time off

LinkedIn Learning

Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of experience in a research-related field.
• Experience in custom/adhoc survey-based research, consumer insights, and brand-tracking solutions.
• Excellent writing, presentation, and communication skills in English and Arabic.

Responsibilities

• Business development through new client acquisition.
• Developing research design, proposals, and budgeting.
• Managing client relationships and project teams.

Skills

Analytical skills

Project management

Client handling

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Job description

Due to the company's new strategy, an exciting opportunity has been created whereby we are looking to add an Associate Director to our Strategic Analytics & Insights team based in Riyadh.

The Associate Director will help grow our business across core industries (Automotive, Telecom, Finance, and government) and clients in the area of consumer insights, innovation, and analytics solutions. The purpose of this role is to accelerate top line and deliver profitable growth by delivering against opportunities in client-facing work and helping our clients achieve higher ROI with key business questions expertise.

Responsibilities

• Business development in terms of opening doors with new clients, meeting them and understanding their business needs.
• Receiving and understanding client brief.
• Developing research design, proposal and preparing budget/cost.
• Contributing to contract negotiation.
• Briefing and training the execution team.
• Designing questionnaire, interview/discussion guide.
• Analyzing data and information.
• Developing conclusions and solid recommendations.
• Presenting and reporting on work from proposal to analysis stage.
• Analyzing and evaluating results.
• Controlling costs/budgeting.
• Act as main link resource to client. Develop and maintain close relationship and communication with client decision makers.
• Gather and accumulate useful field data, summarize and analyze secondary data.
• Responsible for project management and close working relationship between key members i.e. Analysts, Field Staff, Administration etc.
• At least 10 years of experience in research-related field preferably in similar research roles.

Qualifications

• Experience in Custom / adhoc survey-based research especially in the area of consumer insight or brand-tracking solutions, customer experience, U&A, etc., would be preferred. Experience in sectors like Automotive, financial, telecom and government sectors is crucial.
• Analytical with excellent writing, presentation and communication skills in English and Arabic.
• Strong organizational and project, and excellent attention to detail, with an ability to deliver results accurately and on time.
• Strong client-handling skills, an ability to connect with clients and build relationship, and adding value and insight to our projects.
• Strong initiative, creative thinking, leadership, management and interpersonal skills, self‑motivated and enthusiastic.

Our Benefits

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

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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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