Make Your Mark at IpsosWe are a leading global market and social research company, enabling organisations to make smarter, bolder, and faster decisions.Are you a strategic thinker ready to lead and deliver impactful research solutions? Do you excel at managing client relationships and driving business impact? If so, we want to hear from you!About the Role:Join Ipsos Understanding Unlimited (UU) as a Research Manager, where you'll play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality qualitative research projects.
For a complete understanding of this opportunity, and what will be required to be a successful applicant, read on.
Immerse yourself in a dynamic environment, working with a global reach to understand consumer behavior and motivations.
You'll lead research projects from start to finish, overseeing project teams, ensuring high-quality deliverables, and contributing to business development.
Your expertise in research methodologies and project management will be indispensable in ensuring client satisfaction and project profitability.About You:Essential Skills:Strong understanding of qualitative research methodologiesComfortable conducting a range of methodologies including online and more traditional F2F methods – the role will sometimes involve the need for domestic travel within the UKProven track record of success in market research, with experience in managing projects and client relationships.Genuine interest in the FMCG space, working across projects involving market understanding, brand strategy, communications development & product testingEnjoys working in a fast-paced environment, and able to juggle the needs and responsibilities of multiple projects in parallelStrong understanding of qualitative research methodologies and a passion for delivering insightful results.Experience in drafting and reviewing materials for clients, such as discussion guides.Experience in drafting and reviewing impactful deliverables, such as reports.Desirable Skills:Excellent communication skills, both written and verbalStrong organisational and time management skills, being a quick learner and very detail-oriented.Expertise in analysis software and Microsoft Office SuiteSkills in commercial awareness, managing project financesProficient in AI, familiar with predictive modelling and sentiment analysisBehaviours:Highly collaborative and enjoys working as part of a close-knit teamClient-focused with analytical and creative thinkingResilience, flexibility and agilityMotivation and self-awarenessEmpathy and active listeningCuriosity and lifelong learningService orientation and customer serviceTalent ManagementLeadership and social influenceBenefits:We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support you as an individual.
Our standard benefits include 25 days annual leave, pension contribution, income protection and life assurance.
In addition, there are a range health & wellbeing, financial benefits and professional development opportunities. We have a hybrid approach to work and ask people to be in the office or with clients for 3 days per week. We appreciate you may have commitments outside of work and will consider flexible working applications
- please highlight what you are looking for when you make your application. We are committed to equality, treating people fairly, promoting a positive and inclusive working environment and ensuring we have diversity of people and views.
We recognise that this is important for our business success
- a more diverse workforce will enable us to better reflect and understand the world we research and ultimately deliver better research and insight to our clients.
We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident scheme, certified as a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer.
We provide an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. Your application will be reviewed by someone from our Talent Team who will be in touch either way to let you know the outcome. Ready to have an impact? Apply now!Ipsos is one of the world’s largest research companies and currently the only one primarily managed by researchers, ranking as a #1 full-service research organization for four consecutive years.
With over 75 different data-driven solutions, and presence in 90 markets, Ipsos brings together research, implementation, methodological, and subject-matter experts from around the world, combining thematic and technical experts to deliver top-quality research and insights.
Simply speaking, we help the biggest companies solve some of their biggest problems, serving more than 5000 clients across the globe by providing research, data, and insights on their target markets.
And we are proud of our continuous efforts in making Ipsos the best place to work!The Ipsos Understanding Unlimited service line uses Qualitative techniques to humanize data and bring cultural intelligence into our clients’ thinking.
We bring ‘life to life’, through listening, observing and illuminating human interactions. Ipsos UU is the largest qualitative research company in the world.
IUU has a community of 1300 specialists with diverse backgrounds and skill sets (e.g.
ethnographers, community managers, semioticians) who understand people better than anyone else, simply because we have done more research for more clients in more countries than anyone else. xsabvtc
With us, clients are fluent in 88 cultures. Posting Date: 2026-06-24
Research Manager-Qualitative Research (FMCG) in Whitehall employer: Ipsos
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