Director (Sydney)

Career Level: Senior Manager

Discipline: Quantitative or Dualist

ROLE OVERVIEW

The focus of this role is to design and execute large scale quantitative research programs. Using your strong advanced quantitative skills, you will develop cross-market frameworks and conduct research that has a direct impact on product launches, messaging strategies, brand positioning, and other business initiatives. The role requires the experience and confidence of a seasoned Research Director, skilled in designing and leading high impact insights programs, crafting compelling and strategic client presentations and distilling complex information into clear, actionable recommendations. Central to this role is the ability to translate insight into tangible business outcomes, unlocking opportunities for client growth. The role will include:

• Developing client relationships that thrive and endure. Working alongside clients to define their key business challenges and translating these into research studies that answer those challenges.

• Design and lead advance quantitative research that is rigorous including U&A, pricing, segmentation, demand landscapes, concept testing, and campaign evaluation.

• Strengthen and build on our Demand Landscapes methodology and client offering.

• Stay current with industry trends and utilise Accenture emerging growing AI, and data science advancements to enhance our research and client outcomes

THE TEAM

Our Sydney business has significant scale and capability. You will join a team who is passionate about their craft, committed to delivering excellent work for clients and genuinely supportive of one another.

You’ll work on a wide variety of business challenges, with particular focus on:

• Opportunity Identification, including market segmentation, demand landscapes, and U&A studies

• Pricing, Volume Forecasting & Modelling

Key industries you will primarily work across are:

• Retail & FMCG

• Including a broad range of clients to keep things interesting.

Industry experience: 15 years plus market research and insights consulting experience.

Additional experience/requirements:

Briefing and proposals:

• Takes complex briefs from clients

• Pitches proactively to existing clients for new briefs

• Responds creatively and develops compelling written proposals and pitches for any client brief

• Acts as sounding board to internal team/clients on proposal development

Accenture Song Overall Offer:

• Aware of the full Fifytfive5 and Accenture Song offer and how it can be applied across various client issues

• Recognised by clients as an expert in advanced quant methodologies

• Confidence in discussing and applying methodologies

• Recognised by clients as being able to advise on a range of potential approaches

Methodology Skills

• Is an expert in U&A, pricing, segmentation.

• Experience in Demand Landscapes- conducting in-depth analyses to understand multi-dimensional consumer needs.

• Leads complex, multi-method and multi-market programs- ensuring consistency, rigour and quality across all phases

• Provides a clear strategic point of view on methodology, advising clients on the ‘why’ behind design choices and positioning approaches within the broader business context

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.
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