Quantitative Associate Director

We're looking for a commercially focused Quantitative Associate Director for Clear, a global strategy consultancy which forms part of M&C Saatchi Consulting. This role, that will report into a Strategy Director, will lead on utilising strategic quantitative research and analysis to drive actionable recommendations for our clients' businesses and brands. This is a full-time role is based in London on a hybrid working basis (typically, 3 days a week in the office).

What you'll do:

We are looking for an individual who is passionate about the role quantitative research and analysis plays in driving transformational strategy. Someone who can navigate complex categories and challenges, using data to uncover fresh insight and tell compelling strategic narratives that influence senior brand and business leaders' decision making. Someone who is always looking for new and better ways to uncover and validate insight, bring it to life and use it to solve complex challenges.

The role sits within our consultancy team and focuses on using strategic quantitative research and analysis to drive actionable recommendations for our clients' businesses and brands.

A key part of this role will be responsibility for selling, designing, and delivering some of our most complex and strategic quantitative engagements. Integrating quantitative insight and analysis into the wider Clear strategic approach and using consumer/customer data and understanding to drive strategic recommendations across a range of brand, experience and innovation challenges.

As an Associate Director you will help champion best practice across the team, developing our consultants and proactively managing support from more senior colleagues.

You will also play a key role in building client relationships with some of our biggest multi-market client accounts as well as identifying new opportunities and clients to grow Clear.

Here are some key activities that your role would focus on:

• Lead the quantitative insight thinking at the heart of our most complex and challenging projects. Ensuring quality and clarity of strategic recommendations by giving clear direction to supporting consultants and actively managing upwards to optimise senior support


• Managing top-table 'pillar clients' from big picture account planning through to overseeing best-in-class strategic projects


• New business generation; identifying new opportunities, and contributing significantly to winning new clients by leading high-profile proposals and pitches with data at their core


• Champion quantitative research internally, and externally, convincing them of its strategic value and having a strong perspective on its current & future role in the world of marketing strategy


• Help to develop new, disruptive approaches and methodologies, that contribute to the broader strategic offer and direction of Clear


• Responsibilities for the coaching and progression of consultants, helping to develop their technical competencies and elevate their work


• Create inspiring, commercially rigorous client deliverables - distilling large volumes of data into powerful insights and compelling strategic narratives


• Thought Leadership - contribute to Clear's marketing programme by creation of thought pieces and content to engage clients and development of content, Collaborative - We bring the best mix of talent to every engagement and partner with clients to ensure outcomes are feasible and actionable.


• Inspiring - We are a team of strategists, designers, researchers, thinkers, innovators, and creators. We have feet on the ground in all major markets.


• Entrepreneurial - We embrace diversity of thought, brave thinking and creative problem solving. We face into our clients' toughest challenges and move at their speed.


• Commercial - Our rigorous approach to everything we do ensures that our big ideas are not only innovative but deliver real impact
  
  Given the impact this role will have on Clear, we're looking for someone with a stellar mix of relevant experience and skills. Ideally, the successful candidate will have the following experiences and strengths:


• Significant experience working within strategic research agencies and strategic consultancies


• A deep passion for quantitative research and using it to tackle complex insight, strategy, and innovation challenges


• Highly skilled in developing inspiring strategic narratives from rigorous insight analysis, with extensive experience of writing and structuring clear and inspiring presentations


• Knowledgeable and articulate in a range of analytic approaches with a keen awareness of where, how and why to apply these methodologies


• A passion for winning new business, and proactively cultivating client relationships at the highest level


• Experience of facilitating inspiring and strategic client workshops


• Experience in leading projects with a high degree of responsibility, and a willingness to be "sleeves rolled up" to guide junior consultants and deliver the best client outcomes


• The ability to think laterally and creatively, inspiring others to do the same


• Sound understanding of brands and key challenges


• Excellent presenting, communication and influencing skills
  
  We are a global strategy consultancy with offices in London, New York, Dayton, and Singapore that specializes in insight-led strategy and design for brand, experience, and innovation. By helping our clients embrace complexity and change, and delivering brand clarity, we deliver better outcomes and business growth.


We have an amazing list of clients including, PepsiCo, McDonalds, Toyota and Disney to name a few, for whom we deliver smart actionable outcomes that seamlessly integrate into their businesses.

Our way of working differentiates us - at Clear, we go all in. All in on passion, all in on collaboration, all in on impact. And when you go all in at Clear, you get the exposure, responsibility, and opportunities that will supercharge your personal and professional growth. Benefits to promote this way of working include individual development budgets, international travel, quarterly celebration days and a work from anywhere scheme.

We're also committed to an ethos of excellence - championing, challenging, and supporting one another to stretch and grow. No egos here, simply a diverse group of brilliant, creative people working together every day to create real impact for the world's biggest brands.

Our London office is based in the heart of Soho at the end of Carnaby street. We have a beautiful collaborative working space, roof terrace and a Deliveroo for the team every Tuesday lunchtime!

About M&C Saatchi Consulting

The M&C Saatchi Consulting Division was formed at the start of 2024 and represents multiple trading brands that include: Clear, Re, Fluency, MCD, One-to-One, Yes and The Source. Collectively these brands trade in multiple geographies (US/AUS/UK/SG).

This collection of M&C Saatchi brands work together to create winning brands, transformative experiences and develop innovative products and services for their clients., M&C Saatchi Group is a creative company that connects specialist expertise, fuelled by data, technology, and culture, to help clients navigate, create, and lead meaningful change. The Group operates across five core divisions: Connected Creativity; Passion Marketing; Global & Social Issues; Brand, Experience & Innovation; and Performance Media. Headquartered in London, operations span 23 countries with major hubs in the UK, Europe, US, Middle East & Africa, Asia and Australia. M&C Saatchi Group's two principles, Diversity of Thought and Brutal Simplicity of Thought, guide how they build teams and solve problems., About M&C Saatchi Group

M&C Saatchi Group was founded in 1995 and is now the biggest Independent creative agency group in the World. Founded on one core principle, Brutal Simplicity.
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For the right candidate, we will offer a competitive salary, bonus potential and benefits package which includes 27 days annual holiday, private healthcare/Medicash & Dental, employer contributory pension and life assurance. Our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion sees us offer learning opportunities around DE&I, targeted mentoring programmes and the opportunity to participate in a number of active Employee Led Networks and associated events. Finally, this role will be supported by several benefits related to our 'Employee Value Proposition', including individual development budgets, international travel, quarterly celebration days and a work from anywhere scheme.