Qualitative Senior Research Manager M/w/x

**Company description
**Ipsos is one of the three biggest market researchers in the world. Worldwide, Ipsos can be found in 90 countries, with more than 18,000 employees. In Belgium, Ipsos is one of the leading companies with 170 employees. Based on consumer and customer surveys, social media analysis, analysis of existing data,... we help our clients to make better decisions, to improve their products, to determine the price of their products, to make their brands dynamic, to make better advertising campaigns, and to keep their customers satisfied. Our customers come from divers industries: telecom, FMCG, durables, finance, services... and we carry out research for them in a B2C as well as a B2B context.

**Description of the function**

**OUR QUALITATIVE SENIOR RESEARCH MANAGER IS SOMEONE WHO...**:

- Develops standard and complex **proposals **independently and effectively **develops **ideas **, focusing on **client's business needs **. Leads alignment between cross functional teams.
- **Designs **, **manages **, and **delivers **standard and complex projects with **mínimal **supervision **; increasing **involvement **in the **management **and **development **of **clients **, people and the team; cultivates relationships for **business **growth **and works closely with the senior leaders to realize the business strategies:

- Creates **discussion **guides/screeners **independently: frames questions keeping in mind
the clients' business needs
- **Leads **the **communication **on **projects **, including leading discussions, updates, responding to queries and providing solutions
- **Interacts **with the **project **management **team **during set-up of the project and to **monitor **the **activities **as they progress; demonstrates effective **time **management**:

- Responsible for the **quality **and **accuracy **of **deliverables **, providing **intervention **and **training **as needed
- **Independently **manages and produces standard and complex **reports **focused on **insights **and **stories **from data
- Produces **multi-dimensional analysis and generates insights **and independently builds **recommendations **from data
- **Presents **independently **in the presence ofclient's senior management

**Profile description**
- **Master **degree**:

- Marketing, Economics, Applied Sciences, Social Sciences, Psychology or equal
- **Proven research experience **as a **ResearchManager**:

- Significant **qualitative **experience **, is essential. **International **experience **is a **plus**:

- Well-acquainted with a wide range of **qualitative techniques and methodologies **, knows how and when to deploy each.
- Knowledge of **latest research techniques **, trends etc. would be an advantage
- An appetite for maintaining and growing **client relationships **through consultation, partnership and insight
- You love **performingresearch **; you have a **passion **for **delivery **excellentquality **research**:

- Excellent **client-facing skills **are vital, including the ability to deal with client requests in a confident and professional manner, and to **communicate **effectively with clients and suppliers at all ranges of seniority
- **Actively pursues opportunities **to improve and stretch the company offer, performance and client delivery
- **Intellectual **curiosity **, constructively challenges existing thinking, systems and processes and suggests alternatives and encourages others to do so
- Excellent **communication **in **verbal **and **written **work ( **English **). Any other language is a plus
- Advanced skills in **PowerPoint **are required
- Good **presentationskills **are **essential**

**Benefits of the position**
- A **competitivepackage **with **fringe **benefits **and a commitment to **personaldevelopment **where your efforts and achievements are recognized and rewarded
- A **creative **, **busy **, **open **and **supportive **working environment
- **Career **opportunities **; vertically and horizontally
- A real **team-beingspirit**: social, human and business activities with a strong focus on **well-being **
- Free cold and hot drinks, and **lots of fun events **at work and after work

**Additional information**
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Contract type : CDI

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