AbsolutData - Sr Manager - Market Research

About AbsolutData:

Founded in 2001, AbsolutData is an award winning global consulting oriented analytics firm, headquartered in San Francisco, with a global delivery model. We help clients take data-driven decisions, which make them more successful and profitable.

AbsolutData currently partners with more than 15 leading fortune 500 financial services, consumer packaged goods, retail and technology companies globally and was rated as one of the fastest growing research and analytics firm by Inc. 500 & Deloitte and was selected as one of the Top 10 companies in outsourcing marketing services by IAOP.

AbsolutData services are differentiated and provide significant incremental value to our clients by helping them tackle big data challenges, optimize marketing spends, increase campaign ROI and marketing effectiveness, create better customer satisfaction and retention, execute effective targeted marketing, understand and influence consumer behavior, predict future trends, create additional sales opportunities with existing customers, and optimize business results.

Senior Manager – Market Research

Key Responsibilities:

- Managing market research projects for multiple global clients across geographies (India and abroad) and across domains

- Managing and building relationships with key strategic accounts.

- Managing a medium to large sized team (team a mix of Analyst & Consultant from premier Engineering & Management institute) and being responsible for people management activities like developing and coaching team members, supporting & implementing processes like appraisals, project dashboards, project effort tracking etc.

- Ensuring effective client management including developing and managing internal processes for seamless project delivery, streamlining existing processes, leading/assisting business development initiatives in the company including managing and developing existing and/or new client relationships.

- Taking initiatives related to overall firm development

- Part of initiative drive to develop new product / service offering to clients

- Would also require to travel onsite for client meetings / presentations

Pre-Requisites

- 10+ years experience in market research & insights delivery

- Have done extensive client engagement – end to end (understanding of the business issue and translating it into research output). This also require a lot of hand holding done to the client at each stage of the journey

- Team management – handled at least a team of 7 –10 members with few having some experience

1. Delegation

2. Training

3. Knowledge dissemination

- Proposal / presentation writing skills

- Handled target worth at least INR 2 crores annual. It is not to be seen as BD acumen but more in terms of amount of work done

- Have experience in handling / working on different kind of studies (example – concept testing, brand tracking, CSAT etc)

- Optional – exposure to at least 3 – 4 different verticals / sectors

- Good Analytics & Problem Solving Skills

- Experience in Questionnaire Designing and Report Making

- Effective Decision Making Skills

- Good Communication Skills: Refers to effective oral, written & presentation skills

- Effective project and People Management Skills

- Consulting Skills - Ability to impact business decisions through analytics and research

- Masters in a Quantitative discipline or MBA from a premier institute.

Priyanka
Specialist - HR