Research Manager

Salary: £32,400 – £42,000 per year

This key role will draw on a mix of people-management, commercial and quantitative research skills. You’ll be responsible for direct (and indirect) management, capacity, quality and output of sub-teams of researchers within the Research area, also designing, running and delivering a range of custom, omnibus, global, B2C and B2B research projects (including high value/complex projects), employing your personal specialisms where present.

The role relies on excellent communication skills; you’ll be working with other YouGov teams, researchers and clients to ensure the team’s research hits the brief and helps continue to build YouGov Research’s amazing reputation and media presence.

What will I be delivering?

* Developing and supporting others through line management of research team members

* Managing, mentoring and leading researchers to progress in their careers, partly through winning and growing clients through providing excellent client service

* Leading, joining and creating virtual teams (both within team and across other teams as necessary) to service and retain large accounts, develop technical enhancements to products and processes, or ensure continued viability and growth of products (e.g. B2B research teams, client teams, process teams etc.)

* Quality checking of researcher output (designs, reports etc.) and working closely with the Quality Consultant and other RMs to identify and deliver training in response to team and individual needs

* Costing, designing, running and delivering large, complex and high-profile quantitative research projects across a range of sectors and audiences (e.g. International, B2C, B2B etc.)

* Partnering with sector experts in our Insights Team to deliver Custom Research, helping to build project teams of researchers to deliver and report where required

* Leading and attending client meetings (kick-off meetings, debriefs etc.) and supporting commercial teams/meetings with research expertise