
Research Operations Manager, Customer & Market Insights
- Bangalore, Karnataka
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Ways of Working: Identifying and delivering a program of initiatives to improve team ways of working including opportunities for standardization, the creation of templates, the introduction of new team and business processes and tools including for example AI/ML or other novel approaches.
- Communications Lead: Create and ensure delivery of a Cytiva business knowledge sharing calendar as well as the Customer & Market Insights team meeting and events calendar, coordinating with the Senior Managers to identify and deliver appropriate content.
- Training Lead: Create and ensure delivery of a functional (e.g. research techniques and methodologies) and business understanding training and development curriculum based on team audits and consultation with Senior Managers.
- Tools Management: Overseeing the tools and platforms that are central to efficient team operation, including analytical tools (e.g. Q) and dashboards, project planning tools and the knowledge management platform.
- Vendor Management: Managing vendors, identifying new vendors as required
- Metrics Management: Gather, synthesize and report key team performance metrics, including stakeholder satisfaction, knowledge platform utilization, newsletter readership as well as budget management.
- Bachelor’s Degree is essential, MBA or relevant graduate degree an preferred
- At least 5 years’ experience in customer insight, market research or a related field ideally within a research agency
- Proficient in quantitative and qualitative research with end-to-end experience i.e. from briefing to final reporting and delivery
- Market research operations in either agency or client-side organizations
- Project management
- Secondary research and/or competitive Intelligence
- Providing on-the-job training, mentorship, and/or guidance to junior team members
- Creating and/or delivering insight learning and development courses/programs
- Implementing improvements to the insight lifecycle
- Evaluating AI for use in the insight lifecycle