YouGov is hiring a
Research Director

Summary

Join YouGov's Sport Custom Research team as a talented and ambitious Research Director to develop and deliver innovative market research solutions, knowledge, and insights to our sport industry clients.

Requirements

• Extensive experience conducting custom, primary market research projects via a wide variety of research techniques, most importantly quantitative research
• Experience on the research/delivery side of a relevant B2B organization (such as market research, sport sponsorship/consulting, etc.)
• Experience directly interacting with and managing client relationships across multiple stakeholder groups
• Leadership/management experience including a proven track record of leading high performance teams of 3+ individuals
• Experience with developing pricing strategy for custom research programs, including management of overall team profitability
• Expertise in leading development of custom research proposals in response to client briefs
• Passion for process/work-flow optimization, data hygiene, and attention to detail

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction on the design, pricing, and execution of primary market research projects of quantitative and qualitative nature
• Collaborate with internal YouGov operational and cross-functional teams to complete research fieldwork in the US as well as international markets
• Design and write custom research reports delivering actionable insights and recommendations and present findings to clients
• Perform analysis on collected data and interpret findings in ways that answer key business questions; apply knowledge of multivariate techniques
• Lead consultative client discussions to uncover business needs and identify research objectives
• Develop client-driven research designs, pricing, and proposals for ad hoc research programs
• Support initiatives to evolve and improve our client deliverables and drive a culture of best-in-class research standards
• Lead an engaged, collaborative and high-performance team of researchers tasked with executing and delivering custom research to our US Sport clientele
• Manage pricing strategy and profitability for sport custom research
• Create, develop and maintain strong relationships across YouGov Sport and work collaboratively with key stakeholders