Research Manager – Healthcare

Role overview 

Are you passionate about understanding the healthcare world and enabling clients to make confident business decisions? If so, then this is your opportunity to bring your curiosity and entrepreneurial flair to help us grow further and develop our business.

You will be central to client engagements, working in partnership to conceptualise and design great studies that have a tangible impact on their brands or products in development.

The task is to lead this charge and bring others with you!

The role

We are looking for a Research Manager who will be able to successfully manage the delivery of studies, begin to support team members and in turn build your own expertise in new areas.

About us

We are one of the world’s largest research companies and currently the only one primarily managed by researchers. With offices in 90 markets, Ipsos brings together research, implementation, methodological, and subject-matter experts from around the world, combining thematic and technical experts globally with local knowledge to deliver top-quality research.

Being a specialist healthcare unit within a large market research agency means we cover the full spectrum of healthcare questions: from wellness and consumer health, general medicine, specialty, rare diseases as well we medical devices. 

Our culture is unique – we are a large team of bright, friendly, hard-working and enthusiastic people. We are from a wide range of different backgrounds and cultures and this gives us a special mix of expertise and perspectives. Our size also means you have the flexibility to focus on a particular area of interest and have the space to define and develop this. We are proud to be a company founded and led by brilliant researchers where research excellence is at the centre of everything we do.

If this is what you are looking for from your next role, we look forward to hearing from you!

What will I be doing?

• Manage end to end research from set-up, design and execution of projects with some supervision
• Provide guidance, support and coaching to junior members of project team
• Efficiently manage personal resources/workloads as well as those across the project teams
• Support the development of client partnerships at the trusted advisor level
• Contribute to design innovative, winning proposals & pitch in response to complex, challenging briefs

You also have the support of a fantastic team – bright, enthusiastic, and friendly! We are serious about doing great work but it’s important that we enjoy what we do!

What do I need to bring with me? – 

• Passion and keen interest in the healthcare sector
• Experience with quantitative and/ or qualitative researchk
• Previous experience with pharmaceutical brands and/or vaccines highly preferred but we welcome candidates with experience in other fields.
• Interest in working with a wide range of clients and across diseases
• Ability to design research approaches according to client business needs and where they are in their product life cycle (with minimal supervision)
• Good knowledge of the principles of ad-hoc research techniques
• Experience across a range of studies covering different business needs
• Interest in proactively developing, maintaining and growing client relationships through partnership and strong delivery of work
• Enjoying the challenge of delivering on complex topics and briefs, working to make them engaging with impactful results

What is in it for me? 

Ipsos UK offer an attractive basic salary and a rewards package including 25 days annual leave, a pension scheme and a great range of flexible benefits to suit your personal needs. For roles at Research Manager level and above we also offer private healthcare.

In addition to this we have a fantastic Learning & Development offer delivered through a mix of face to face, online or on-demand; you can read more by clicking here. 

We realise 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. 

Ipsos is committed to equality, treating people fairly, promoting a positive and inclusive working environment and ensuring we have diversity of people and views. We also 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 understand the importance of choice and work in a hybrid and flexible way. Building relationships and connection with our clients and colleagues is important to our culture and experience of work, so it’s important for us to spend a good amount of time together in our office, travelling to see clients or attending conferences.

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’re proud to share we’ve received our Great Place to Work Certification in 2022 & 2023!

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