Research Director - Behavioural Science - Leading Insight Consultancy Central London / hybrid 1-2 office days GBP 85-95,000 + strong benefits - (posted Sep 15 2025)
Company: Resources Group Advertisers Ref: DLMW711841MrWeb Ref: 162473
Job Spec: Exciting opportunity for an experienced Research Director who is an expert in Behavioural Science to take a leading role in shaping strategic insight for top clients.
You'll be joining an established Behavioural Science team with the scope to stretch your thinking, apply your expertise to commercial challenges, and collaborate with clients and researchers across diverse sectors, from FMCG and retail to tech, finance and public. With access to cutting-edge methodologies, neuroscience, and the latest thinking in human understanding, you'll work to deliver powerful, evidence-based recommendations that influence communications, customer experience and behavioural outcomes.
This role will suit if you are excited by the opportunity to champion and embed Behavioural Science techniques in projects across business, build strong client relationships and lead talented project teams. You'll be confident managing complex projects, in creating behavioural design solutions for messaging or journeys, and motivated to lead pitches to win behavioural science-led projects.
We're looking for a Research Director who is curious and collaborative, able to link quantitative, qualitative and behavioural disciplines with a commercial lens and is always looking to connect the dots between what people think, feel and do. You'll be a brilliant communicator, able to distill insight into stories that land with impact.
If you're a commercially experienced Research Director and Behavioural Scientist with a proven track record gained in an agency or consultancy in applying behavioural science techniques to client challenges, we'd love to hear from you!
Resources Group's Diversity and Equality Policy determines that we submit applicants to our clients on the basis of merit and ability, regardless of race, colour, age, disability, family responsibilities, gender, marital status, nationality, religious or political views or affiliations, sexual orientation or socio-economic background.
Who to contact: Deborah Lewis at Resources Group on 0207 242 6321, email your details to applytodeborah@resourcesgroup.com, or write to her at Resources Group, 6th Floor, 125 Old Broad Street, London, EC2N 1AR
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