Key Accountabilities 

In this Strategic Leadership Role, you will be responsible for the Project Management of all ad’hoc research (currently BASES and CMI projects) across Strategic Analytics & Insight for APAC reporting into the SA&I Customer Success regional leader. Key responsibilities encompass delivering with excellence while maintaining delivery standards and driving high operational efficiency. Specifically: act as end-to-end project management leader for the region, which includes oversight of bidding, project coordination, field coordination; partner with Operations team on programming, translation, data quality, coding, cata processing and vendor management. 

Core Responsibilities 

• Support the Regional Customer Success lead in designing the project management teams for the region 
• Support the Regional Customer Success lead in managing the P&L of the cluster including W&S and T&E budgets 
• Support hub strategy for market and product lines (including hub forecast planning with hub as relevant) 
• Coordinate and drive cross-training programs in order to maximize solution and delivery excellence, expertise, and staffing flexibility 
• Set and measure a high level of delivery standards driving client satisfaction (internal and external clients) across bidding, project coordination and field management  
• Ensure that all elements of the projects completed with quality and on time 
• Collaborate seamlessly with other Customer Success teams across the region  
• Coordinate with Operations teams to: 

                   -  ensure seamless handover to production/data management teams                                      (including programming check/sign off) 

                   -  optimize use of most qualified, relevant, and competitive vendors for a                                 given project 

                   -   partner on data quality as relevant 

• Coordinate and support with regional Sales partners on client and project revenue growth, retention, and profitability 
• Represent Project Management at key client meetings engagements as relevant 
• Promote collaboration across teams within the region, as well as across regions, contributing to maintain global project management best practices and standards  
• Improve speed, target reductions in cycle time across ad hoc methods 
• Drive high level employee engagement and retention 
• Identify and develop key talents 
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and accountability to drive organizational efficiency  

• Proven track record in Market Research leadership roles 
• Bachelor's Degree required, Master’s preferred, or equivalent experience 
• Proven leader of high performing teams 
• Knowledge in sales processes in CPG companies, customers, modern and traditional market 
• Good knowledge of NielsenIQ products, services and data preferred 
• Strong analytical skills 

Skillsets  

• Strong sense of urgency and accountability to drive client outcomes  
• Proven experience in leading teams, managing people, and developing talent  
• Able to work collaboratively with internal & external teams  
• Capable to maintain positive client relationships in complex situations & resolve client issues  
• Strong project management skills and ability to manage multiple priorities  
• Strong logic, deductive reasoning, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills  
• Skilled & polished communicator 
• High say-do ratio  
• Experience in driving organizational transformation is a plus 

Our Benefits

• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off
• LinkedIn Learning
• Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

About NIQ

NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View™. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.

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