Our client, a leading market research company, are looking to hire a Qualitative Account Manager / Director as well as a Quantitative Account Manager / Director for both of their Qualitative and Quantitative departments to take leadership within their teams within their Dubai office. If you are a mid-level Field Manager with extensive experience of setting up Qualitative/Quantitative projects for blue-chip clients then I would like you to submit an application.
Main Responsibilities:
- Involved in setting of Annual Budget/Plan and its execution
- Strategic planning/ forecasting
- Provide expert advice to client on business strategy and planning
- Translates strategic goals and objectives into specific programs
- Meeting targets and working towards having an overall commercial business focus
- Initiate and/or take an active role in the implementation of corporate programs, which may be necessary to further goal and objectives of the Company
- Supervise quantitative research projects across research teams
- Direct the team’s efforts in the most effective use of analytic processes and research methodologies to address client’s business issues
- Training & development of the team on operational and research issues
- Formulating the individual staff (manager/executive) career development plan as well as professional development plan
- Recommend personnel actions in terms of recruitment, training, promotion, salary review or disciplinary action
- Co-ordinate and control the implementation of the annual performance appraisal together with General Manager
Skills
- At least 7 years working experience in research experience in research business at least 2 of which in a management position
- Working experience across multiple product categories using a cross section of market research techniques and products.
- Excellent client management, business and account management responsibilities.
- Demonstrated management experience, covering both staff and commercial management.
- You should be fully confident setting up both UAE, MENA and International projects both leading a team and by yourself, and will provide invaluable support to all members of staff.
- You must be fully conversant at liaising between clients, researchers, recruiters and respondents; you should be a Senior Project Executive or at Field Manager level already, ideally within a similar agency.
- Strong leadership, good people skills, excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Experience in working closely with cross-functional and multi-national teams especially business and senior management.
- Attentive to details and showing strategic insights in the delivery of research findings.
- Fluent in English is a necessity
- Arabic speaking is preferred but not a necessity
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