Research Manager - MENA

Posted 21 Hours Ago
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Dubai
Senior level
Business Intelligence
The Role
The Research Manager will oversee innovative research projects, manage client relationships, analyze data, and drive commercial growth by identifying opportunities. They will design questionnaires, manage projects, and collaborate across departments, ensuring data-driven insights are delivered efficiently.
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Here’s a summary of the role:

This dynamic hybrid role blends client management and research expertise to deliver data-driven insights and exceptional service. As part of our team, you'll design and manage innovative research projects while building meaningful relationships with clients. You will also serve as a subject matter expert in market research, leveraging data to drive impactful decision-making.

Here’s a breakdown of what you’ll do (not all of it, just the important stuff): 

Client Management & Relationship Building

  • Establish and maintain strong relationships with clients, ensuring their needs are met with tailored solutions.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact, providing expert guidance on tools, methodology, and insights.
  • Conduct client reviews to ensure tools and solutions remain relevant to their objectives.
  • Identify and communicate new use cases for tools, driving value and retention.

Research Design & Execution

  • Design and test questionnaires, sample frames, and survey links with an emphasis on accuracy and clarity.
  • Manage projects end-to-end, including translations, online/offline data collection, fieldwork monitoring, and reporting.
  • Work with both custom and syndicated data sources to create comprehensive, cost-effective insights solutions.
  • Analyse data, ensuring accuracy and delivering actionable insights via PowerPoint presentations and reports.
  • Collaborate across departments to troubleshoot and innovate research processes.

Commercial Growth & Innovation

  • Spot growth opportunities within accounts and work proactively with AM team to facilitate account growth
  • Write and present compelling proposals with a focus on strategic outcomes and accurate costing.

These are the essentials you’ll need to get an interview: 

  • Extensive experience within Quantitative market research and client management
  • Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and data visualisation tools.
  • Statistical analysis and data weighting knowledge.
  • Commercial acumen, with experience in managing budgets and achieving growth targets.
  • Fluency in English and Arabic is required.

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Company Description and Culture 

 

YouGov is a global online research company, offering insight into what the world thinks.    

 

We speak daily to our panel of over 27 million registered members to understand opinion and behaviors around the world. We have a strong reputation as a source of accurate data and we’re trusted by the world’s biggest brands to get it right, making us the most quoted market research source in the world.  

 

Why join YouGov? 

 

Join our global team to help us achieve our social mission: to make millions of people’s opinions heard for the benefit of our local, national, and international communities. 

Understanding diversity of opinion requires diversity of background. Although our global panel of millions of people worldwide powers our research, our biggest asset is our people. If our research is to be truly representative of what the world thinks, we need people from all walks of life to be part of the team to bring their perspective to the work we do.  

 

Life at YouGov 

 

We are driven by a set of shared values. We are fast, fearless, and innovative. We work diligently to get it right. We are guided by accuracy, ethics, and proven methodologies. We respect and trust each other, bringing these values into everything that we do. 

We strive to provide YouGovers with best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. We want our employees to have a sense of belonging and uniqueness in a supportive workplace, so they can bring their full selves to work.  

 

Equal Opportunity Employer 

 

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity or expression, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, HIV status, political affiliation, socioeconomic background, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law or in line with our responsibilities as a fair and ethic employer. All employment decisions are made based on occupational qualifications, merit, and business need. 

 

Data Privacy

 

To find out how we collect and use your personal data when you apply for a role at YouGov, please read our privacy notice at https://jobs.yougov.com/privacy

Top Skills

Excel
PowerPoint
The Company
HQ: Toronto, Ontario
3,758 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2000

What We Do

YouGov is an international online research data and analytics technology group. Our mission is to offer unparalleled insight into what the world thinks.

With operations in the UK, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, India and Asia Pacific, we have one of the world's largest research networks.

At the core of our platform is an ever-growing source of connected consumer intelligence that has developed daily over our 20 years of operation. We call it living data. All of our products and services draw upon this detailed understanding of our 26+ million registered panel members in over 55 markets to deliver accurate, actionable consumer insights.

Our innovative solutions help the world’s most recognised brands, media owners and agencies to explore, plan, activate and track better marketing activities:

Explore
Actionable answers from your audience - from syndicated data and in-depth custom research to quick surveys and polls.

Plan
Unlock the most complete view of your audience, with over a million profiling points.

Activate
Supercharge campaigns with precision targeting and unmissable advertising.

Track
Continuously monitor what the world thinks about brands, campaigns and your competition, with daily updates.

As innovators and pioneers of online market research, we have a strong reputation as a trusted source of accurate data and insights. Testament to this, YouGov data is regularly referenced by the global press, and we are the most quoted market research source in the world (Meltwater 2022).

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