Research Manager - Thailand
The Role
At YouGov, we don’t just take traditional methods of market research and translate it to an online platform. Instead our mission is to disrupt the market research landscape with short, concise, to-the-point surveys offering quicker and better quality research to our clients.
As part of our growth strategy, YouGov Thailand is on the lookout for dynamic Research Managers to join our team in Bangkok. This is a key Research Manager role in the Research Team of YouGov Thailand. You will be working closely with your Research team and clients, developing and managing client accounts and running diverse projects (including brand health tracking, customer experience, new product development, advertising test, PR study, etc.).
You will need excellent written and verbal communication skills both in Thai and English, a willingness to learn and embrace a fast-paced, rapidly changing work environment.
In addition, as you will be extensively involved in interacting with clients. The Research Manager must engage with clients, delivering excellent service and offering solutions tailored to their needs.
What will I be delivering?
- Project management: co-ordinate and manage complex projects either independently or as part of a team. Work with the Research Director and Research Team on project plans, cost, resources, deliverables and problem solving.
- Account Management: Working side by side with the Research Director on account management to understand client needs, advocate the best research practices and provide relevant and useful insights from research, ultimately to create client engagement and growing portfolio.
- New business development support: collaborate with New Business team to prepare quotations and proposals in response to research briefs from New Business Development Team.
- Data analysis and reporting; Analyse research results to identify key insights and demographic trends. Prepare clear, accurate and compelling reports.
- Work effectively and collaboratively with operational teams in YouGov’s Centre of Excellence (CENX) to ensure efficient fieldwork management, data processing and report preparing.
- Staff management: Manage 1-2 Research Executives, coaching and mentoring them through key aspects of their projects including questionnaire design, scripting online surveys, data analytics and report writing. You’ll be the key member to lead the entire research process from project set-up to delivery.
- Proactively identify ways to improve efficiency of operations, service delivery and profitability to ensure high quality outputs can be sustainably delivered within the research team.
Qualifications
What do I need to bring with me?
- Solid understanding of research design, online / offline and basic discipline of research methodologies, sampling, questionnaire design, questionnaire scripting, quotas and weighting and significance testing.
- Advanced analytical and numerical skills.
- A proactive with can-do and positive attitude to learning and helping others.
- Self-discipline and motivation.
- Excellent teamwork and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to multi-task and work across multiple projects in a fast-paced work environment.
- At least 5 years market research experience in a research agency (experience in online / offline research, custom study and syndicated study would be advantage).
- Excellent communication skills (writing, speaking, listening and presentation skills) both in Thai and English
- Thai citizen
YouGov is a global online research company, offering insight into what the world thinks.
We speak daily to our panel of over 27 million registered members to understand opinion and behaviors around the world. We have a strong reputation as a source of accurate data and we’re trusted by the world’s biggest brands to get it right, making us the most quoted market research source in the world.
Why join YouGov?
Join our global team to help us achieve our social mission: to make millions of people’s opinions heard for the benefit of our local, national, and international communities.
Understanding diversity of opinion requires diversity of background. Although our global panel of millions of people worldwide powers our research, our biggest asset is our people. If our research is to be truly representative of what the world thinks, we need people from all walks of life to be part of the team to bring their perspective to the work we do.
Life at YouGov
We are driven by a set of shared values. We are fast, fearless, and innovative. We work diligently to get it right. We are guided by accuracy, ethics, and proven methodologies. We respect and trust each other, bringing these values into everything that we do.
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What We Do
YouGov is an international online research data and analytics technology group. Our mission is to offer unparalleled insight into what the world thinks.
With operations in the UK, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, India and Asia Pacific, we have one of the world's largest research networks.
At the core of our platform is an ever-growing source of connected consumer intelligence that has developed daily over our 20 years of operation. We call it living data. All of our products and services draw upon this detailed understanding of our 26+ million registered panel members in over 55 markets to deliver accurate, actionable consumer insights.
Our innovative solutions help the world’s most recognised brands, media owners and agencies to explore, plan, activate and track better marketing activities:
Explore
Actionable answers from your audience - from syndicated data and in-depth custom research to quick surveys and polls.
Plan
Unlock the most complete view of your audience, with over a million profiling points.
Activate
Supercharge campaigns with precision targeting and unmissable advertising.
Track
Continuously monitor what the world thinks about brands, campaigns and your competition, with daily updates.
As innovators and pioneers of online market research, we have a strong reputation as a trusted source of accurate data and insights. Testament to this, YouGov data is regularly referenced by the global press, and we are the most quoted market research source in the world (Meltwater 2022).
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