Internal – Business unit head, research mid-management, research executive, supervisor or other departments relevant managers and staff
External – Key contact person with key accounts and regular projects coordinator
Job Description
Maintain long-term business relationship with existing clients
Lead and manage a team of researchers, including recruitment, job allocation, performance management and coaching
Manage research projects, and provide professional client servicing
Write winning research proposal and present to clients
Provide advanced research analysis and add-value insights and recommendations
Write research report and make presentation to clients
Be actively involved in business plan and organization development
Be actively involved in marketing activities and events, ie. Client Seminar, Professional Conference, Public Speech, etc.
The Research Director will be expected to contribute to departmental or team targets by Having overall responsibility for all of the annual targets; Mentoring RM's and below (business development, account handling, research projects); Developing new accounts or sectors and business
Job Requirements
Bachelor or above Degree
At least 10 years work experience in market research, preferred in international research agencies
Solid understanding and insight of marketing and business management
Strong and broad research methodology and specific technology skills on market research
Deep insight and analysis on specific industry
Fluent in English and Mandarin
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Proficient in office software and skillful in statistics tools, such as SPSS, SAS etc
Strong client servicing, business development and negotiation skills
Strong people management and leadership skills
Strong time and project control and management skills
Skillful and efficient in problems solving
Team oriented, logical and insightful thinking and be willing to work under pressure
Trust worthy and loyalty
Confident, initiative and be brave to undertake responsibilities
Self-motivated, full of passion, and inspire morale of the team
