Head of Market Research at BURN

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Advise and oversee the execution of the best methodologies, techniques, and approaches to acquire required data for decision-making in the most cost and time-efficient way.
• Take leadership in managing the entire research process from need assessment to study planning, to data acquisition to the production of reports that clearly and compellingly summarize results, draws insights, and help make data-driven decisions.
• Spearhead the preparation and execution of field activities including focus groups, field surveys, in-person interviews, home visits, remote surveys et al.
• Lead in evaluations of projects and studies e.g., evaluate the nature and condition of projects and make useful suggestions to management and market research team on best practices and strategies to apply in future project execution.
• Work closely with other managers of internal customer departments and play a leading role in relaying user feedback to these departments including new product development, commercial, expansion, carbon et al.
• Provide thought leadership in addressing emerging challenges, developing team skills, and continuously improving the input and outcome of the department.
• Provide strategic input and direction on how to restructure and build up the team over 6 months to achieve the organization’s planned goals.

Skills and Experience:

• Strong background in consumer and product research supporting internal teams or multinational organizations in product development and innovation pre, during, and post-launch
• Wide knowledge and experience in planning and executing quantitative and qualitative research methodologies in all stages of the product life cycle from product ideation to commercialization.
• Experience in providing decision-makers with the necessary inputs for Go-No go decision-making.
• Strong data handling skills using contemporary tools/languages (MS 365, R, SQL, SPSS, Excel)
• Great leadership, organizational, communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in an informal, collegial environment.
• A result-driven individual with a proven ability to think strategically who can provide organizational leadership to successfully manage the market research team, and processes, including developing methodologies, analysis, reporting, longitudinal studies, and fieldwork to support internal customers which includes but is not limited to the business