Associate Director Market Research
About the role
Your primary role:
- Lead research projects and project teams with a high degree of autonomy, ensuring delivery of high-quality outputs
- Act as a key day-to-day client contact, building strong relationships and presenting findings and recommendations
- Shape client recommendations and contribute meaningfully to strategic discussions
- Support and contribute to business development initiatives, including independently writing proposals and contributing to pitches
- Drive organic growth within existing clients and contribute to revenue generation
- Provide guidance, mentorship, and day-to-day support to junior team members; contribute to performance feedback and development
- Support senior leadership (Directors/VPs) on broader account strategy and commercial decisions
- Lead qualitative elements such as moderation (e.g., pilot interviews and beyond), where applicable
- Contribute to internal initiatives, including training, process improvement, and knowledge sharing
About You
Your skills and experience:
- 5–7+ years of experience in qualitative and quantitative custom primary market research
- Experience in the life sciences sector
- Strong client engagement and relationship management skills
- Experience contributing to business development and proposal writing
- Proven ability to independently lead projects and manage multiple workstreams
- Strong commercial awareness and understanding of client business challenges
- Experience mentoring or supporting junior team members
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Ability to multitask under pressure and meet tight deadlines
- Experience with advanced analytics, SPSS, SAS, and/or Q is a plus
About the team
About the team:
- The team is not split into silos by client or therapy area, so you will be empowered to develop broad expertise across the healthcare landscape and will have the opportunity to work with a wide range of expert senior researchers and gain exposure to the full suite of research tools and techniques covered by the team.
- Studies are typically multi-market, encompassing Europe, North America and Emerging Markets. We believe that exposure to a wide range of healthcare systems – and different cultural approaches to healthcare – helps our researchers to offer the most impactful, commercially-relevant insights to our clients.
Life at Research Partnership
We love what we do and continuously strive for innovation and creativity. We believe everyone should continuously be learning and provide:
- A relaxed and friendly working environment
- Social events - including a summer day out and end of year party, along with regular social events after office hours
- Fundraising and charity events – we support Forever Angels, a children's charity whose aim is to care for abandoned babies in Tanzania, Africa
Employee Benefits
- Remote and hybrid work options
- A comprehensive training and development program
- Opportunities for internal advancement
- Annual salary and promotion review
- Paid time off
- 401(k) plan with employee match
- Medical/vision/dental/prescription insurance plans, including heath savings and flexible spending accounts
- Company paid life insurance
- Short term/long term disability
- Commuter reimbursement accounts
- Employee assistance programs
Inizio Ignite, Research Partnership
Inizio Ignite is the global advisory partner for health and life sciences, encompassing connected expertise across Research Partnership, Putnam, Vynamic, and STEM. Guided by purpose, passion, and precision, we collaborate with clients to ignite impact, accelerate performance, and deliver lasting change for patients. By uniting strategy, insights, and innovation with a unique depth and breadth of expertise, we drive transformation and shape the future of health.
Further information
This is a full-time role. You can choose to work out of our NYC, SF or Yardley, PA (Philadelphia) office for as many days out of the week as you’d like or work remotely