Consulting Director – Employee Research – Karian and Box

Job Description

Job title: Consulting Director – Employee Research – Karian and Box

Company: Ipsos

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Role overview

As a leading employee engagement and internal communications agency, we work every day with major blue-chip clients like Barclays, HSBC, Tesco and the Co-op. The majority of our growth comes from our strong relationships and referrals, based on our reputation for delighting clients.

Due to company growth, we are looking for a talented Consulting Director-Employee Research to join our successful team and you will be responsible for building Ipsos Karian and Box’s reputation, network and relationships with current and new clients, through exceptional consulting at Board and c-suite levels. Driving the growth of the business through consultative selling, extending client networks and developing winning proposals and pitches and leading our high performing research consulting team

What will I be doing?

• Advising clients at C-suite level about their employee research and insight programmes
• Developing and delivering c-suite presentations and workshops
• Contributing to our thought leadership programme with research, papers and presentations, as well as amplifying activity externally led by other members of the team
• Leading the research consulting team to be accountable for commercial performance, retention and growth of existing clients, client delight, team performance and engagement
• Leading talent planning and recruitment of research consultants to create a strong pipeline for the future
• Evolving our research propositions to meet new client needs
• Developing winning proposals, and taking a lead in client pitches
• Contributing to business strategy and direction including delivery across the consulting team

Ipsos UK offers a hybrid working environment, 3 days in the office and working the rest from home.

What do I need to bring with me?

• Exceptionally strong leadership skills with experience of leading high performing teams
• Excellent influencing and advisory skills to Board and Exec level in the HR, employee research, organisational culture or employee engagement
• Strong pitching and presentation skills
• Financial acumen and strong commercial mentality
• Brilliant communication skills both written and verbal
• Be data and insight savvy – this is the foundation of our business

Your experience will ideally have come from a combination of client-side and agency experience.

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 .

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.

About Us:

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!

About the Team:

Customer Experience at Ipsos is All Things Customer. Our mission is to equip our clients with the insights they need to make better decisions about their customer experience investments. We do this through CX research and advisory, cross-channel analytics (digital and physical), and CX performance measurement across the customer journey. We are firm believers in the Insights to Action loop, and we provide our clients with tangible CX recommendations and ROI sizing (our approach is called ROCXI). The result of our work is better strategic and operational decisions that drive customer loyalty, retention and growth.

Expected salary:

Location: United Kingdom

Job date: Fri, 08 Dec 2023 02:45:05 GMT

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