Employment:
Full Time
Reporting to the Middle East Research Director we are searching for a Research Manager to:
– Provide in-depth functional (industry) research and analysis services to client and proposal teams.
– Manage key relationships with the practices leads, setting annual research plan by discussing upcoming project and marketing needs.
– Act as project coordinator and liaise on all project requests, scheduling each team member’s.
– Support development of knowledge management and thought leadership pieces
Responsibilities:
– Continuously assess the return on investment of databases and identify new opportunities for improvement
– Assist in planning the research aspects of projects from start to finish
– Monitor all projects and ensure that the correct analysis methods are used throughout, particularly at the inception and pursuant to changes in scope
– Liaise with the Research Director and implement department strategies
– Ensure client satisfaction and repeat business and nurture solid relationships with practice members
– Create knowledge assets from project deliverables
– Codify knowledge and contribute to knowledge repository
– Possess expert research capabilities and experience, with deep functional (industry) knowledge
– Manage the entire life cycle of multiple research projects in a fast-paced environment
– Serve as a delivery partner across client projects and proposals
– Serve as embedded team member on engagements to support select streams by taking full ownership of data needs, research, synthesis, and final deliverables
– Demonstrate strong managerial capabilities, managing teams in projects and leading practice discussions around needs
– Deliver on research service menu, including benchmarking, company profiling and financial analysis, industry and market trends, and current awareness
– Support client proposals and marketing materials by leveraging data and industry information from external sources to develop client-ready analyses and documents
– Develop strong relationships with leading market research firms to utilize experts and conduct interviews for analyses
– Work with other researchers and resources throughout the firm’s global network for an integrated approach to research
– Support development of the department’s information budget for key industry sources and materials
– Build digital tools to support client-staff teamwork efficiently and extract relevant trends and insights
– Coach and develop junior staff to improve their primary skills
Qualifications and skills:
– University degree required; advanced degree in a business-related discipline preferred
– At least 4 years of relevant research experience at a professional services firm
– Significant personal presence, enabling successful interaction directly with senior consultants, clients, and knowledge professionals
– Well-articulated and presented
– Proactive self-starter
– Ability to work as part of a team
– Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Arabic
– Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
– Ability to analyse, interpret, and identify trends from various data sets (structured and unstructured data)
– Ability to manage multiple data projects at a time
– Positive, lively, can-do attitude; a quick learner with the energy and enthusiasm to act and accomplish
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