Associate Research Director - Quantitative; Scale Multi- Research Programmes

Do you have extensive experience of leading complex multi-country large-scale international research programmes from design, methodology, sampling approaches, and questionnaire development through to reporting?

We are recruiting an Associate Director for our International Social Research (ISR) team to lead the delivery and growth of high-profile international quantitative research.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an associate director to:

• Works with diverse portfolio of high-profile international clients across the UK, Europe and globally, from UN and EU agencies to global health organisations, foundations and multilateral development banks.
• Addresses some of the world’s most important social, health and development challenges, including human rights, equality and migration; health and welfare; and education, employment and economic development.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams across Ipsos offices worldwide to deliver complex international research programmes that inform policy, strategy and decision-making.

We have offices in London, Manchester and Edinburgh. We welcome applications from candidates that can be based from one of these offices and open to travel for internal and client meetings.

These are the types of things you can expect to be doing during your day to day, although as Ipsos is a dynamic organisation, this may vary as different opportunities arise:

• Leading large-scale international research programmes from design, methodology, sampling approaches, and questionnaire development through to reporting and dissemination.
• Directing complex multi-country studies involving multiple stakeholders, suppliers, Ipsos teams and delivery partners.
• Developing proposals to help us win exciting new work, and identifying opportunities to develop existing client relationships, win new work and support the growth of the team.
• Building and maintaining strong client relationships, acting as a trusted adviser and senior point of contact.
• Managing project teams, budgets, timelines, risks and quality assurance processes.
• Overseeing survey implementation and fieldwork delivery across a range of methodologies, including online, telephone and mixed-mode approaches.
• Leading the production of high-quality reports, presentations and client deliverables.
• Supporting the continued development of ISR's methodological expertise, approaches and offer.
• Coaching, supporting and developing colleagues, contributing to a collaborative and high-performing team culture.
• Using AI tools and agents to undertake tasks, applying critical judgement to produce high quality outputs efficiently.
• Significant experience managing complex surveys, overseeing all stages of the research process, including large-scale, multi-country studies for public, private and/or international sector clients, working with multi-disciplinary teams .
• Strong methodological expertise in survey research and evidence generation.
• Strong client management skills and experience building trusted client relationships.
• Excellent communication skills, including writing high-quality reports and delivering presentations to senior audiences.
• Demonstrable experience writing and leading successful proposals.
• Experience identifying opportunities for business growth and supporting client development activities.
• Experience working with international organisations, government departments, regulators, NGOs, foundations or European institutions.
• Knowledge of sampling methodologies and survey sample design.
• Experience of large-scale international survey programmes using online, telephone or mixed-mode approaches.
• Knowledge of one or more ISR policy areas,…