Director, Qualitative Research

Director, Qualitative Research

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

We invite you to come grow with us.

Research Partnership (part of Inizio Ignite) is one of the world's largest pharma market research and consulting agencies with over 250 researchers, consultants, project managers and support staff. Our teams are located across the globe, in Europe (London, Lyon), North America (New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco), India (New Delhi), and Singapore.

As individuals with diverse backgrounds, as a team with shared values, as professionals ready to reimagine health and life sciences—you can grow with us at a place that:

• Makes a difference to human health
• Shares values and celebrates progress
• Puts people at the center of everything

Our custom research team partners with global pharmaceutical and biotech clients to enable them to solve marketing, brand, advertising and communications problems through a mixture of innovative qualitative and quantitative market research techniques.

You will be empowered to develop broad expertise across the healthcare landscape, and will have the opportunity to work with a wide range of expert senior researchers and gain exposure to the full suite of research tools and techniques covered by the team.

Our studies are typically multi-market, encompassing Europe, North America and Emerging Markets. We believe that exposure to a wide range of healthcare systems – and different cultural approaches to healthcare – helps our researchers to offer the most impactful, commercially-relevant insights to our clients.

Your primary role:

• Lead projects and project teams, be the main point of contact with the client and write and give client presentations
• Line management of multiple individuals with the responsibility of conducting appraisals, pay reviews, monitoring of performance, personal development, training of staff, recruitment and developing and implementing internal company procedures
• Engage in business development and sales initiatives
• Write proposals to win new business, consider timescales and calculate the research cost alongside VPs and operations
• Involvement in talent acquisition and assessing potential new staff

About you…

Your skills and experience:

• At least 7 years of experience with qualitative custom primary market research projects
• Experience in the life sciences sector
• Extensive expertise in qualitative market research methodologies, including advanced moderation techniques, delivering actionable insights across diverse markets
• Proven ability to mentor and develop both junior and senior team members, fostering deep expertise in qualitative research practices and pharmaceutical industry knowledge
• Highly skilled in moderating in-depth interviews and focus groups, both via telephone and in-person, ensuring rich, meaningful data collection and analysis
• Strong client engagement and relationship management skills
• Proven project supervision skills
• Appreciation of marketing/client-side issues, knowledge and understanding of client issues
• Self-motivated and able to work independently
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to multitask under pressure and meet tight deadlines

Ideal profile:

• You are proactive, dedicated and enthusiastic, with a 'can do' attitude and approach
• You demonstrate a high level of accuracy and attention to detail, as well as strengths in organization and prioritization
• You are a collaborative team player who works well with colleagues
• You communicate ideas and issues in an effective, straightforward fashion
• You are highly motivated and want to seize opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career

Life at Research Partnership:

• A relaxed and friendly working environment
• Social events - including a summer day out and end of year party, along with regular social events after office hours
• Fundraising and charity events – we support Forever Angels, a children's charity whose aim is to care for abandoned babies in Tanzania, Africa

Employee benefits:

• A comprehensive training and development program
• Opportunities for internal advancement
• Annual salary and promotion review
• Paid time off, up to 25 days including your birthday
• 401(k) plan with employee match
• Medical/visio…