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Research Director

(SALARY: £40K - £50K)
(BASED IN: OXFORDSHIRE)
This is an outstanding opportunity to join a consumer and healthcare market research company based in Oxford. Our client works across all sectors of the healthcare market satisfying clients’ needs at any stage of the product lifecycle, whatever the respondent type, anywhere in the world. They are now looking for a Research Director to join their team in Oxford.

As the Research Director you will be responsible for strategic planning, new client development, managing existing client accounts, and financial and feasibility control of projects.

Duties and Responsibilities:
• To assist the MD in converting agreed business strategies into a business plan and to ensure that the objectives in this business plan are implemented.
• Assist with the development and enhancement of new methodologies.
• Generate new business through warm and cold leads.
• Ultimate responsibility for the quality of service provided and business developed on allocated accounts.
• You will be a senior presence at key client interface situations (important client presentations, debriefs, account roster reviews etc.)
• Identification of business risk and development opportunities within accounts and the implementation of appropriate solutions.
• Plan specific projects from start to finish and obtain appropriate resources to conduct the research

Ideally you will be from a pharmaceutical and qualitative market research background with a strong emphasis on business strategy. You will need to have ad hoc consumer research experience. Quantitative experience is essential for this role and qualitative experience would also be beneficial. You may come from either an agency or client side background (but ideally a mixture of both), and branding experience would be a distinct advantage.

Skills and Experience:
• Degree qualified in a relative field
• Experienced in the implementation of strategic and business plans within a market research setting
• Experience in qualitative market research in the pharmaceutical industry
• Excellent communication skills and a knack for developing and explaining strategic business plans to clients and colleagues.
• Strong computer skills
• Proven ability of leading multiple projects and ensuring the effective completion within the set timelines and budgets.

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