Location
London, South Bank Central, United Kingdom

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Kantar is the world's leading marketing data, insights and consulting company, partnering with some of the world's most recognised brands to combine deep human understanding with advanced analytics, technology and AI. Our teams work across Brand, Creative, Innovation, Media and Customer Experience, delivering insight that helps clients make confident decisions and achieve sustainable growth. As a Research Manager, you will partner with leading brands to deliver insight, consultancy and strategic recommendations that drive business growth. You will build trusted client relationships, lead research programmes and collaborate across multidisciplinary teams to solve complex business challenges. Using industry-leading methodologies and analytical tools, you will help clients make confident decisions across areas such as brand, communications, creative and innovation. You will lead projects from brief through to insight delivery, ensuring an exceptional client experience while contributing to business growth. You will also champion Kantar’s strategy by embracing a future-focused mindset and leveraging AI, technology and automation to enhance efficiency, strengthen insight generation and improve client outcomes.

Why Join Kantar UK?
Joining Kantar means becoming part of a business shaping the future of insights. You will work alongside talented colleagues, contribute to high-profile client partnerships and have opportunities to develop expertise across a range of solutions and industries. Kantar encourages innovation, embraces new technologies and invests in its people’s growth. Whether delivering breakthrough insights, building client relationships or exploring new ways of working with AI and automation, you will play a key role in helping clients and Kantar succeed. Kantar is committed to creating an inclusive, diverse and supportive working environment where mental health and well-being are valued, and everyone can flourish.

Experience
- Strong experience in quantitative research and insights within Brand, Creative and Innovation or related areas
- Proven ability to manage client relationships and deliver high-quality research and insight projects
- Experience coaching or supporting the development of others is desirable

About you
- Strong communication and storytelling skills with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders
- Analytical and commercially minded, able to turn data into actionable recommendations
- Strong project management and organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities
- Collaborative and adaptable, experienced in working effectively across teams
- Curious, proactive and committed to continuous learning and development

Qualifications
Not explicitly stated, but relevant experience and skills in research, analytics and client management are essential.