Strategic Insights Partner, OTC & Personal Care

Nielseniq-; New Providence (NJ); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare plan

401(k) with company match

Flexible working environment

Tuition reimbursement

Life insurance

Job summary

NIQ is seeking a Client Manager, Insights – OTC & Personal Care in New Providence, NJ, to partner with a leading manufacturer. The role blends analytics, storytelling, and consultancy to drive growth opportunities across OTC, Personal Care, and Health & Wellness.

You will deliver data-driven recommendations, present insights to clients, and lead cross-functional projects. The position is hybrid with onsite two days/week.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required; Master's Degree preferred.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in CPG, consumer insights, analytics, consulting, client leadership, or professional services.
• Experience supporting OTC, Personal Care, Health & Wellness, or adjacent consumer categories preferred.
• Strong analytic and problem-solving skills with the ability to connect data to business recommendations.
• Experience working with syndicated data including NielsenIQ, Circana, RMS/POS, Panel, Scan Data, or similar consumer and retail measurement solutions.
• Experience presenting insights and recommendations to client stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to translate business questions into effective analytic approaches and actionable recommendations.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Ability to build trust and develop productive working relationships with client stakeholders and internal partners.
• Strong sense of ownership, urgency, accountability, and commitment to client success.
• Highly proficient in Microsoft applications, including Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability and willingness to work onsite a minimum of two days per week at the client's New Providence, NJ location.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted day-to-day partner to client stakeholders across insights, category management, sales, marketing, and commercial teams.
• Build strong client relationships through a consultative approach focused on understanding business needs and delivering actionable recommendations.
• Help uncover the true business challenge behind client requests and translate those challenges into effective analytic approaches.
• Lead working sessions and project discussions with client teams while contributing to larger business reviews and strategic conversations.
• Support proactive client engagement by bringing relevant category, consumer, retailer, competitive, and marketplace perspectives to discussions.
• Partner closely with the Director, Insights and cross-functional NIQ teams to ensure the client receives integrated and value-creating solutions.
• Be present onsite at the client's New Providence, NJ location a minimum of two days per week to deepen partnership and strengthen collaboration.
• Independently lead analyses using NIQ data, tools, and marketplace context to answer key client business questions.
• Connect consumer behavior, category performance, retailer dynamics, competitive activity, and marketplace trends into clear business implications and recommendations.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Project management

Client relationship building

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

NIQ is seeking a Client Manager, Insights – OTC & Personal Care in New Providence, NJ, to partner with a leading manufacturer. The role blends analytics, storytelling, and consultancy to drive growth opportunities across OTC, Personal Care, and Health & Wellness.

You will deliver data-driven recommendations, present insights to clients, and lead cross-functional projects. The position is hybrid with onsite two days/week.