458 Research Director jobs in the United Kingdom

Location(s): London, Amsterdam, or Madrid (with flexibility)

Reports to: VP, Data & Analytics

Visa Sponsorship: Location dependant

A high-growth, customer-facing digital business is redefining its industry through data-driven innovation, modern design practices, and world-class customer experience. As part of this transformation, Good Maven are supporting to hire a Research Director to build and lead a new, high-impact Product and Market Research function.

This is a unique opportunity to join a tech-forward environment and build a best-in-class research capability from the ground up. You’ll transform a nascent function into a strategic partner across Product, Design, Marketing, and Data, influencing product direction, marketing strategy, and customer experience.

We’re looking for a hands-on, resilient research leader who can move between strategy, execution, and team-building, and who thrives in complex, fast-paced, and high-stakes environments.

What you’ll do

• Define and lead the vision, strategy, and roadmap for a modern, combined Product & Market Research function.
• Build, mentor, and scale a high-performing team of researchers focused on customer insight and impact.
• Deliver actionable insights through qualitative and quantitative research that shape product and marketing decisions.
• Partner with Product, Design, Data, Engineering, and Marketing to embed the customer voice into strategy and execution.
• Overhaul and elevate a legacy team through hiring, mentorship, and organisational change.
• Establish scalable frameworks, processes, and tools to maximise research effectiveness and influence.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, influencing decisions with evidence-based insight.

What we’re looking for

• A proven research leader with experience building impactful teams in product-led, customer-centric environments.
• Strong expertise across qualitative and quantitative methods, with an ability to influence strategy and execution.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to prioritise, inspire change, and align stakeholders across functions.
• Experience partnering closely with Product, Marketing, and Design teams to deliver customer-centric outcomes.
• Resilient and resourceful: able to navigate legacy systems and inspire transformation.
• Demonstrated success managing managers and/or senior ICs within high-performing teams.
• Skilled in storytelling, data synthesis, and presenting clear, compelling insights to senior leadership.

What will help you succeed

• 10+ years of experience in Research (with exposure to both Product/UX and Market/Marketing Research).
• 5+ years in leadership roles, including management of multi-level teams.
• Experience in regulated, customer-facing industries such as e-commerce, fintech, digital media, entertainment, or gaming.
• Experience in scale-up, transformation, or high-growth environments.
• Track record of hiring, developing, and retaining strong research talent.

Why this opportunity?

• Define and lead a globally impactful function at a pivotal growth stage.
• Shape the future of customer insight, personalisation, and product strategy in a complex, highly regulated industry.
• Collaborate with senior leaders across Product, Design, Engineering, Data, and Marketing.
• Enjoy the autonomy, ownership, and strategic influence of a leadership role in a well-resourced, tech-focused organisation.

If you're excited by the opportunity to build something new, influence at scale, and redefine how research shapes product and customer experience, we’d love to hear from you.

Research Director | Global Consulting Company | £70k-£100k DOE + Bonus | Mostly Remote / Central London

We’re working on an exciting opportunity with a global research and analytics firm; they are hiring for a Research Director (B2B) to join their global team.

The Company

Operating internationally, the company provides research and insight services that help businesses make better decisions through data.

They specialise in market intelligence, competitor analysis, and sector-specific research across industries such as finance, private equity, FMCG, and Tech.

The Role

This high-impact role combines strategic client advisory, advanced quantitative research, and team leadership across multiple sectors. If you’re driven by data, insight, and commercial outcomes – and want to shape strategies that matter – this is your chance to step into a pivotal leadership position with global reach.

The Candidate

Key attributes of the successful Research Director & Analytics include:

• Deep expertise in quantitative research methods – Conjoint, Max Diff, Segmentations, etc.
• Strong commercial mindset with a history of hitting revenue targets
• Proven leadership within a market research/analytics setting, with experience working across multiple sectors (ideally Financial Services or Tech)
• Experience of working with B2B Clients

Research Director | Global Consulting Company | £70k-£100k DOE + Bonus | Mostly Remote / Central London

We’re working on an exciting opportunity with a global research and analytics firm; they are hiring for a Research Director (B2B) to join their global team.

The Company

Operating internationally, the company provides research and insight services that help businesses make better decisions through data.

They specialise in market intelligence, competitor analysis, and sector-specific research across industries such as finance, private equity, FMCG, and Tech.

The Role

This high-impact role combines strategic client advisory, advanced quantitative research, and team leadership across multiple sectors. If you’re driven by data, insight, and commercial outcomes – and want to shape strategies that matter – this is your chance to step into a pivotal leadership position with global reach.

The Candidate

Key attributes of the successful Research Director & Analytics include:

• Deep expertise in quantitative research methods – Conjoint, Max Diff, Segmentations, etc.
• Strong commercial mindset with a history of hitting revenue targets
• Proven leadership within a market research/analytics setting, with experience working across multiple sectors (ideally Financial Services or Tech)
• Experience of working with B2B Clients

Research Director (Brand)

Market Research, Insight Consultancy

Southwark, Hybrid Flexibility

£70,000 Base + Gold standard benefits

The Company:

Harnham have exclusively partnered with a leading data, insights and consulting company. The organization expertise covers brand, innovation, creative, media, commerce and customer experience, they help clients define what brands should stand for, how to disrupt and renew their offer, how to connect with audiences and how to win with consumers.

The Role:

As a Research Director, Brand you will be responsible for the following;

• Developing collaborative, strategic partnerships with clients and driving the strategy of some of the world’s leading brands
• Leading ongoing brand equity programmes, communications development and increasingly, groundbreaking research techniques, such as neuroscience, media & digital, social media and brand analytics
• Proactively building a wide and exciting network across the organization, in order to provide holistic answers to our clients’ business questions
• Ensuring overall client happiness and revenue growth
• Inspiring the team and giving direction to your

Location(s): London, Amsterdam, or Madrid (with flexibility)

Reports to: VP, Data & Analytics

Visa Sponsorship: Location dependant

A high-growth, customer-facing digital business is redefining its industry through data-driven innovation, modern design practices, and world-class customer experience. As part of this transformation, Good Maven are supporting to hire a Research Director to build and lead a new, high-impact Product and Market Research function.

This is a unique opportunity to join a tech-forward environment and build a best-in-class research capability from the ground up. You’ll transform a nascent function into a strategic partner across Product, Design, Marketing, and Data, influencing product direction, marketing strategy, and customer experience.

We’re looking for a hands-on, resilient research leader who can move between strategy, execution, and team-building, and who thrives in complex, fast-paced, and high-stakes environments.

What you’ll do

• Define and lead the vision, strategy, and roadmap for a modern, combined Product & Market Research function.
• Build, mentor, and scale a high-performing team of researchers focused on customer insight and impact.
• Deliver actionable insights through qualitative and quantitative research that shape product and marketing decisions.
• Partner with Product, Design, Data, Engineering, and Marketing to embed the customer voice into strategy and execution.
• Overhaul and elevate a legacy team through hiring, mentorship, and organisational change.
• Establish scalable frameworks, processes, and tools to maximise research effectiveness and influence.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, influencing decisions with evidence-based insight.

What we’re looking for

• A proven research leader with experience building impactful teams in product-led, customer-centric environments.
• Strong expertise across qualitative and quantitative methods, with an ability to influence strategy and execution.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to prioritise, inspire change, and align stakeholders across functions.
• Experience partnering closely with Product, Marketing, and Design teams to deliver customer-centric outcomes.
• Resilient and resourceful: able to navigate legacy systems and inspire transformation.
• Demonstrated success managing managers and/or senior ICs within high-performing teams.
• Skilled in storytelling, data synthesis, and presenting clear, compelling insights to senior leadership.

What will help you succeed

• 10+ years of experience in Research (with exposure to both Product/UX and Market/Marketing Research).
• 5+ years in leadership roles, including management of multi-level teams.
• Experience in regulated, customer-facing industries such as e-commerce, fintech, digital media, entertainment, or gaming.
• Experience in scale-up, transformation, or high-growth environments.
• Track record of hiring, developing, and retaining strong research talent.

Why this opportunity?

• Define and lead a globally impactful function at a pivotal growth stage.
• Shape the future of customer insight, personalisation, and product strategy in a complex, highly regulated industry.
• Collaborate with senior leaders across Product, Design, Engineering, Data, and Marketing.
• Enjoy the autonomy, ownership, and strategic influence of a leadership role in a well-resourced, tech-focused organisation.

If you're excited by the opportunity to build something new, influence at scale, and redefine how research shapes product and customer experience, we’d love to hear from you.

Our client is a premier market research company. They specialise in the Rare Diseases and late-stage Oncology space.

Due to continued investment, strategy and growth, they are seeking a Research Director with an interest in innovating AI processes for the company!

The main purpose of our client is to supply valuable market insights via Surgeons, which is then supplied back to the Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology space!

An excellent opportunity to work on a mix of UK and global projects!

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

· You will be managing international, multi-market end client projects including some business development activities.

· Be comfortable with modern data visualisation and analytics tools, with experience in one or more of the following:

§ Displayr, Tableau, SPSS, or Excel-based statistical analysis

· Bringing AI Innovation in quantitative research to the company, whether in survey sets, survey responses, data collection, analysis or insight generation.

· Digging deeper into data trends and drivers

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

· 6+ years’ experience in a quantitative research-focused role, ideally within a healthcare market research agency setting

· Strong technical grounding in survey design and advanced quant techniques, including:

· Message recall and ATU tracking

· Demand estimation

· Concept/message testing

· Conjoint and MaxDiff analysis

· Segmentation and TPP testing

· A commercial mindset with a track record of growing business from existing clients

· Strong communication and storytelling skills – able to present complex data in a clear, compelling way

· Able to work independently while collaborating closely with internal teams and clients

High desirable: Passionate about AI innovation and practical application experience within a healthcare market research company.

What’s it all about?

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Quantitative Research Director to join our talented and growing team, working on some of our most strategic and biggest clients across Finance, Automotive & Travel sectors.

You'll be genuinely curious about our client's strategic issues, capable of turning findings into impactful insights, and skilled at building strong client relationships. You’ll have a passion for exploring new ideas and techniques, plus proven experience working in Market Research in a commercial environment.

As a Research Director, you’ll have the autonomy to flex your research and sector knowledge expertise, whilst drawing upon our industry leading toolkit of research methodologies, tools, techniques and proprietary thinking to help deliver better human understanding for our clients.

Managing quantitative projects you’ll get to work with our Qual team on mixed methodology projects as well as collaborate with our neuro, behavioural and data science teams to integrate deeper human understanding.

We offer Hybrid working, which for us is a blend of working remotely and in either our London or Winchester office. It’s all about choosing the best place to be for you, your team, and the business on any given working day.

As a Research Director you'll get to:

• Champion your client

Are you a senior research candidate who is looking to accelerate their career? Then you could be the perfect fit for one of the most innovative market research companies in this flexible Research Director position.

JOB TITLE: Research Director (Quantitative)
SALARY: Up to 80k
LOCATION: London

THE COMPANY

The client is an award winning research consultancy, working on projects around the globe. They utilise data, technology and creativity combined with cutting edge research techniques to provide sharp thinking for some of the world's biggest brands in a variety of sectors.

They are currently looking to bring in a Research Director, who has experience in working on quantitative projects.

KEY DUTIES

• Evolve research strategy, shape team culture, drive innovation; ensure alignment with client needs and business objectives.
• Lead pricing, proposals, revenue growth; partner on forecasting, craft strategic commercial narratives with senior leadership.
• Cultivate senior client relationships, champion operational excellence, refine workflows, mentor team to uphold research best practice.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Deep expertise in ad effectiveness and cross-media research with strong digital and commercial credentials.
• Strategic, financially literate leader balancing growth and efficiency; confident navigating ambiguity and complex environments.
• Exceptional communicator and influencer; builds strong relationships, stays calm under pressure, energised by leadership challenges.

Interested in this Research Director role? Apply now and let's have a chat!

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Are you a Research Director looking to work on consumer projects? Then you could be the perfect fit in this flexible Research Director role!

JOB TITLE: Research Director (Quantitative)
SALARY: Up to 90k
LOCATION: London

THE COMPANY

This market research agency is renowned for its vibrant, friendly environment and dedication to delivering bespoke research for an extensive portfolio of clients. As an international agency, they are committed to continuous growth and providing outstanding opportunities for their staff to thrive. Operating across a variety of markets, they excel in delivering exceptional insights tailored to clients' needs, regardless of the workstream.

They are now seeking a Research Director to join their team who is eager to lead projects within the consumer sector, working with a diverse range of clients.

KEY DUTIES

• Owning key