At Kantar Consulting our strategic consultants around the world partner with our clients to inspire actionable solutions that drive brand growth.

We are an integral part of Kantar working with marketing leadership and leveraging Kantar Intellectual Property and capabilities to land the practical implications and actionable recommendations for portfolio and brand growth.

We are experts on the following offers:

• GrowthFinder: we identify new space for brands to grow and optimise clients’ portfolio and go to market strategy, finding incremental spaces based on a deep, commercialised understanding of where demand sits in markets and categories today and tomorrow.
• Brand Strategy: we design the right growth trajectory for each brand, articulating its positioning, architecture, and core culturally relevant messaging.
• Futures & Innovation: we help anticipate and plan for future through trend driven scenarios which shape the biggest innovation opportunities.
• Organisational Performance: we design winning commercial operating models and embed behaviour change through capability programmes.
• Valuation: we conduct bespoke brand valuation to capture the value of the brand(s) and define holistic ways to act upon their key growth drivers.

Role Overview

If you have a strong background in Marketing, Brand Management, or Consultancy at a senior level, and the ability to act as a trusted advisor to senior clients, managing relationships, expectations, and applying our solutions to solve complex challenges... then this is your opportunity to make a transformative impact.

Join Kantar’s Consulting team as a Director, where you’ll lead by example beyond project delivery. You’ll inspire and develop your team, take full ownership of client relationships, and identify opportunities for cross-sell and new business within existing engagements. Additionally, you’ll play a key role in shaping and enhancing our practice areas and solution offerings, driving continuous improvement and innovation.

Role Requirements:

Aligned with Kantar’s Success Factors Framework, Directors are expected to demonstrate:

• Lead with Impact
  Inspire teams and lead projects with confidence. Own client relationships and drive strategic direction locally, ensuring project success with minimal senior oversight.

• Solve Problems Decisively
  Tackle complex client challenges with clarity and logic. Elevate thinking and approaches across and beyond projects.

• Contextualise Meaningful Data
  Apply deep industry insight to frame client issues. Use Kantar data to challenge assumptions and build strategic narratives.

• Guide Business Action
  Lead proposals and workshops with strong client empathy. Deliver crisp, actionable recommendations that drive impact beyond individual projects.

• Connect to Win
  Collaborate across Kantar to shape winning solutions. Build bridges beyond Consulting to deliver integrated client value.

• Build Great Teams
  Foster a culture of respect, growth, and celebration. Develop talent and retain high performers through inclusive leadership.

• Drive Lasting Change
  Champion scalable solutions and thought leadership. Innovate practice areas to align with market trends and future needs.

• Own Commercial Success
  Act as a strategic partner to senior clients. Build Kantar Consulting’s reputation, drive profitable growth, and secure long-term client value.

Role Requirements:

As the successful role holder, you will have significant experience in brand marketing for a global brand or in a brand consulting organisation or related professional services.

You will have a consistent track record of shaping and converting opportunities into new business within existing projects and client relationships.

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