Director, Market Research

Hybrid - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Jul 7, 2026

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.

• Lead projects and project teams, be the main point of contact with the client and write and give client presentations
• Line manage 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 generating approximately $1m in annual revenue
• 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

• At least 7 years of experience with qualitative and quantitative custom primary market research projects
• Experience in the life sciences sector
• Strong client engagement and relationship management skills
• Experience driving revenue growth to meet business development goals
• 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
  
  Experience with advanced analytics, SPSS, SAS, and/or Q is a plus
• Experience in qualitative market research methodologies, including advanced moderation techniques, and delivering actionable insights across diverse markets

• 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

We love what we do and continuously strive for innovation and creativity. We believe everyone should continuously be learning and provide:

• 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

• A comprehensive training and development program
• Opportunities for internal advancement
• Annual salary and promotion review
• Paid time off
• 401(k) plan with employee match
• Medical/vision/dental/prescription insurance plans, including…