Global Tracking Director (SAD/D) - Quant Insight - Brand and Comms in City of London

Global Tracking Director (SAD/D) – Quant Insight – Brand and Comms London / 2 days a week GBP 60-75,000 + Bens – (posted Aug 1 2025)

Super offices in a buzzy part of London.

Our client is famous in ad land for being full of creative thinkers and being tuned in to the ideas and the specific objectives of the ad campaigns that they track and measure. They are a team of unconventional thinkers, on a mission to decode how marketing influences the relationship between people, brands and what opportunity that presents. They synthesise research findings through a strategic lens to reveal those all-important nuggets of insights and human truths that can inform and sharpen the best communication pieces.

They partner with clients to shape brand strategy and optimise brand and campaign performance. Their award‑winning approach amplifies insights across every business area, propelling marketing decision‑making to create an unmatched competitive advantage.

They are currently looking for a quant research director (SAD/D) to lead and develop a team to deliver fresh insight that gets to the heart of client questions, shaping their brand strategy and marketing action.

You will bring deep expertise in Quantitative research and global tracking. You should have a passion for leveraging data to deliver fresh insight that informs superior decision making for leading brands that helps them win. You\’ll manage and coach a small team on a portfolio of accounts that range in size and complexity, leading client relationships and ensuring that you deliver quality, uncommon insights, and strategy. You excel at all stages of the insights process, from writing winning proposals to insight storytelling, you like to delight your clients and contribute to business growth. You should be comfortable with team leadership and client development. Great storytelling skills are a bit of a \’must have\’ in what is essentially a communication business.

You will also need to have some drive to grow your accounts over time and win the trust and buy in from your team both from above and from those in your squad.

The culture is grown up and engaged. People with opinions are respected and people who have a point of view and aren\’t afraid to share their thinking thrive here.

Team ethics and respect are very important here too. Things happen quickly and the work can be demanding during deadline periods, so a can‑do attitude and an open mind fits with the existing mood of the place. Lots of bright people and experts to brainstorm with and a talented leadership team get to know in this long‑standing research brand.

Who to contact: Email your CV (in confidence) to sga@spalding-goobey.co.uk , quoting the reference above, or contact Andrew Goobey, Andrew Mercer, Caroline Rock or Rebecca Meaton on 020 7287 7237

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