Insights Manager – Client HQ Engagement (EMEA) 6m FTC

Let’s be unstoppable together! Circana is a leading provider of technology, AI, and data solutions for consumer packaged goods companies, manufacturers, and retailers. Our predictive analytics and Liquid Data® platform help clients measure market share, uncover consumer behaviour, and drive growth - powered by six decades of expertise and an expansive, high-quality data set.

At Circana, we are fueled by our passion for continuous learning and growth, we seek and share feedback freely, and we celebrate victories both big and small in an environment that is flexible and accommodating to our work and personal lives. We're a global company dedicated to fostering inclusivity and belonging. We value and celebrate the unique experiences, cultures, and viewpoints that each individual brings. By embracing a wide range of backgrounds, skills, expertise, and beyond, we create a stronger, more innovative environment for our employees, clients, and communities. With us, you can always bring your full self to work. Join our inclusive, committed team to be a challenger, own outcomes, and stay curious together.

At the heart of our success is a team combining strategic advisory, insight excellence, and commercial impact to drive value for our clients and sustainable growth. These skills represent the core capabilities required to drive value for our clients and sustainable growth for our business.

• Effectively Presents Strategic Insights: Delivers high-impact, insight-led recommendations tailored to senior stakeholders, translating data into clear business.
• Understands Customer Needs Deeply: Anticipates client priorities and translates business strategies into structured insight agendas and actionable plans.
• Builds Senior Client Relationships: Engages confidently with Director/VP-level stakeholders and contributes to C-level exposure, positioning Circana as a trusted strategic partner.
• Drives Proactive Engagement: Identifies opportunities to challenge client thinking and leads forward-looking, value-driven conversation.
• Commercial Acumen: Identifies cross-sell/upsell opportunities, contributes to pipeline development, and supports business growth initiatives.
• Manages Complexity & Ambiguity: Leads multi-market projects with consistency, navigating complexity across countries, teams, and stakeholders.
• Insight Storytelling Excellence: Synthesizes complex datasets into compelling narratives adapted for senior audiences and decision-making.
• Resilience & Influence: Demonstrates autonomy, strong business judgment, and the ability to influence both clients and internal stakeholders.

Role Purpose: Drive strategic client engagement, insight impact, and revenue growth for the Kraft Heinz EMEA HQ account, by combining advanced consulting and storytelling capabilities with strong project management and governance discipline. This role requires a high level of autonomy, strong commercial acumen, and the ability to influence both client and internal stakeholders in a complex matrix organization.

What will you be doing? As an Insights Manager – HQ Client Engagement for Kraft Heinz, you will drive strategic client engagement, insight impact, and revenue contribution. You will combine consulting expertise, commercial mindset, and strong stakeholder influence to deliver high-value insights and position Circana as a trusted partner. You will lead multi-country engagements, translate complex data into actionable strategies, and proactively shape client agendas while contributing to business growth. You will contribute actively to account growth and revenue pipeline and coordinate cross-market delivery with a One Circana approach.

• Drive Strategic Client Engagement: Build trusted relationships with Kraft Heinz HQ stakeholders and act as a strategic advisor across key accounts.
• Deliver Insight-Led Solutions: Transform complex, multi-market data into clear, actionable recommendations that influence strategic decisions.
• Drive Commercial Growth: Identify and act on cross-sell and up-sell opportunities and contribute to pipeline development, proposals and renewal.
• Lead Multi-Market Delivery: Coordinate cross-country projects, ensuring alignment, consistency, and high-quality outputs.
• Activate Thought Leadership: Leverage Circana insights, trends, and demand signals to drive continuous client engagement.
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work across analytics, local markets, and solutions teams to mobilize the best of Circana.
• Influence Senior Stakeholders: Provide strategic perspectives and constructively challenge client thinking.
• Measure and Demonstrate Impact: Develop case studies, quantify business impact, and build reusable success stories.
• Drive Innovation & Capability Building: Apply new tools (e.g., AI, Intelligence Suite) and continuously develop expertise across solutions.

Requirements:

• Experience: 6-10+ years in insights, analytics, consulting, or strategy roles, ideally within FMCG or retail at regional/HQ level.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree required (business, analytics, economics or similar); Master’s preferred.
• Skills & Expertise: Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders; Experience working with large FMCG / retail clients at regional or HQ level; Strong track record in translating data into business impact; Experience in multi-country, data extraction or complex project environments; Familiarity with analytics platforms and insight tools preferred; Curiosity, proactivity and experience using AI tools as a thinking partner and to create personal efficiencies; Additional European language (French, German, Italian) is a plus; Passport and the ability to travel on site with clients if necessary.

As well as the technical skills, experience and attributes that are required for the role, our shared behaviours sit at the core of our organization. Therefore, we always look for people who can continuously champion these behaviours throughout the business within their day-to-day role:

• Stay Curious: Being hungry to learn and grow, always asking the big questions.
• Seek Clarity: Embracing complexity to create clarity and inspire action.
• Own the Outcome: Being accountable for decisions and taking ownership of our choices.
• Center on the Client: Relentlessly adding value for our customers.
• Be a Challenger: Never complacent, always striving for continuous improvement.
• Champion Inclusivity: Fostering trust in relationships engaging with empathy, respect, and integrity.
• Commit to each other: Contributing to making Circana a great place to work for everyone.

Location: This position can be located in the following area(s): UK/London.