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About the Role

This Associate Director role focuses on leading the central delivery of major quantitative brand tracking programmes, ensuring client needs are translated into clear specifications, accurate outputs, and timely deliverables across multiple research waves.

Responsibilities

• Oversee major brand tracking programmes with the Program Director Lead, keeping scope, cadence, quality, and priorities aligned across each wave of research.
• Liaise directly with central client teams, central TA leads, and internal RP teams, capturing changes, agreeing actions, and keeping the programme on track.
• Partner with project teams to ensure they are delivering against overall programme objectives and reporting timelines.
• Lead the central workflow from questionnaire review and input collection through coding, tab specs, data production, dashboard updates, and automated report generation.
• Manage external vendors and offshore teams to deliver a high volume of reports and outputs to a consistently high standard and on time.
• Run training sessions for junior and mid-level staff to build capability across tracking, reporting, dashboards, and workshops.
• Act as a TA subject-matter expert, developing and delivering clear presentations and workshops, and ensuring smooth cross-team coordination.
• Line-manage, mentor, and guide at least one direct report, supporting their professional development, career progression, and ongoing motivation.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of experience in primary quantitative market research within healthcare, ideally with major tracking or syndicated programmes.
• Demonstrable experience managing major quantitative programmes, including dashboard outputs, reporting workflows, and multi-wave delivery.
• Significant experience managing projects autonomously and building client relationships across the full research lifecycle.
• Expertise in long-term planning across multiple waves and multiple markets.
• Experience collaborating with teams across geographies, including offshore teams.
• Strong presentation and workshop facilitation skills with clients and internal team members.
• Proactive, dedicated, and enthusiastic with a can-do attitude.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong organization and prioritisation skills.
• Collaborative team player who works well with colleagues.
• Communicates ideas and issues in an effective, straightforward fashion.
• Ability to manage and balance both internal and external expectations at senior and junior levels.
• Highly motivated and eager to seize opportunities to develop new skills and progress career.
• Strong efficiency-driven mindset, always looking for ways to improve and innovate.

Skills

• Quantitative market research
• Healthcare market research
• Major tracking programmes
• Syndicated programmes
• Dashboard outputs
• Reporting workflows
• Multi-wave delivery
• Client relationship management
• Long-term planning
• Cross-geography collaboration
• Offshore team collaboration
• Presentation skills
• Workshop facilitation
• AI tools
• Automation in market research

Location

• Central London, Farringdon
• Remote

Work Type

• Full-time
• Hybrid (2 days per week in office)
• Remote worker basis (1 day per month in office)

Experience Level

• Associate Director
• At least 7 years of experience

Benefits

• Comprehensive training and development programme
• Relaxed and friendly working environment
• Social events
• Company pension contributions of 5% (salary sacrifice)
• 30 days annual holiday, plus public holidays
• Additional birthday day off
• Private health insurance
• Life Assurance plan
• Group Income Protection
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, Adoption Leave

About the Company

• Inizio Ignite is the global advisory partner for health and life sciences, encompassing connected expertise across Research Partnership, Putnam, Vynamic, and STEM.
• Guided by purpose, passion, and precision, we collaborate with clients to ignite impact, accelerate performance, and deliver lasting change for patients.
• By uniting strategy, insights, and innovation with a unique depth and breadth of expertise, we drive transformation and shape the future of health.
• Our Research Partnership healthcare market research team provides research and insights to inform and power healthcare decisions.
• Serving a variety of clients across the lifecycle, our expertise includes data, research & insights (proprietary syndicated and custom research) and brand tracking (ATU).
• Proudly part of Inizio – the market-leading commercialization partner for health and life sciences.
• From early-stage development to loss of exclusivity, we simplify complexity, unlock value, and make collaboration seamless at every pivotal moment – supporting confident, insight-driven decisions that move innovation forward.

Equal Opportunity

• At Research Partnership, we value inclusivity, recognize the power of diversity, and inspire the next generation of change-makers.
• We are an equal opportunities employer.
• We believe in creating a work environment that values diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• We aim to recruit from a diverse slate of candidates and foster an environment that provides the right conditions for long-term success.
• We welcome all applications regardless of race, colour, religion or belief, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, marital status, military veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation and physical or mental disability.
• Don't meet every job requirement? That's okay! Our company is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you're excited about this role, but your experience doesn't perfectly fit every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this role or others.