[Hiring] Associate Director, Qualitative Research @M3USA

Role Description

The mission of the Associate Director of Qualitative Research is to manage and oversee a Client service Team. The individual will be a leader for his/her team by directly coaching and mentoring the staff, building relationships with M3 clients, and working with the team on ensuring projects complete on time and within budget. The Associate Director of Qualitative Research will also assist with updating processes and internal systems to ensure the team is working efficiently and collaboratively. This is the ideal role for someone who has management experience in market research, specifically focused on online healthcare research.

• Manage, mentor, appraise and develop team members, monitoring team KPI’s and workload distribution.
• Responsible for providing guidance and mentoring members of the operations team.
• Responsible for managing project escalations to ensure the project is completed on time and within budget.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to address issues and improve performance on research projects.
• Work closely with senior management to adapt, develop and initiate processes, procedures, and system enhancements.
• Investigate and manage project escalations, ensuring client satisfaction.
• Monitor productivity and quality of data collection of their team’s projects.
• Oversee the billing process of the team, ensuring projects end with expected profitability.
• Support the development and implementation of best practices and policies for client service.
• Execute client service improvement plans on allocated accounts, ensuring collaboration with sales and other members of the team.
• Oversee the training of any new team members, as well as the training needs of current employees.
• Responsible for approving annual leave, expense reports, and quarterly reviews of their direct reports.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in Qualitative Market Research.
• 3+ years of project management experience.
• 2+ years experience in healthcare focused Market Research required.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience managing employees preferred.
• Experience with complex market research projects which could include programming, intricate sampling, international, translations, patients, or patient referrals (preferred).

Requirements

• Be a self-motivated individual with exceptional time management, organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Able to work well meet deadlines and under pressure.
• Have exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Have strong Microsoft Office skills including Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word.
• Have well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Have the ability to work autonomously and in a team environment to successfully meet departmental objectives.

Company Description

A Japanese global leader in the provision of ground-breaking and innovative technological and research solutions to the healthcare industry. The M3 Group operates in the US, Asia, and Europe with over 5.8 million physician members globally via its physician websites which include mdlinx.com, m3.com, research.m3.com, Doctors.net.uk, medigate.net, and medlive.cn. M3 Inc. is a publicly traded company on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (jp:2413, NIKKEI 225) with subsidiaries in major markets including the US, UK, Japan, South Korea, and China, and in 2020 was ranked in Forbes’ Global 2000 list. The M3 Group provides services to healthcare and the life science industry. In addition to market research, these services include medical education, ethical drug promotion, clinical development, job recruitment, and clinic appointment services. M3 has offices in Japan, UK, France, Germany, Brazil, Sweden, China, USA, and South Korea, as well as India.