Senior Research Director - Insights and Advisory Sydney $AUD 180-200,000 + Super - (posted Nov 27 2025)

Company: Resources Group
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Job Spec: Want to join a team that's winning? I'm partnering with a highly respected insights consultancy that has been growing year-on-year and is now gearing up for its next phase of expansion. Their Sydney presence has real momentum - big client wins, superb marketing horsepower, and a genuinely infectious energy across the business. Now they're looking for the next Senior Quantitative Research Director to help shape what comes next.


Why this role matters

You'll be the person who steps into the market as one of the agency's senior commercial voices. Someone who can:

• Spot opportunities before others do
• Write compelling proposals that sing
• Pitch with confidence and credibility
• Build genuine long-term client partnerships
• Influence the direction of a growing, modern insights business.

And you won't be doing it alone - the brand is already a magnet. With ongoing thought leadership, brilliant client events, a switched-on marketing and events function, and sponsorship of major industry platforms, you'll have support, visibility, and momentum behind you.


What you'll do

• Help steer growth for the Sydney office - from first conversations through to delivering outstanding work.
• Own senior client relationships, immersing yourself in their commercial challenges and connecting them with the right thinking internally.
• Lead and elevate quantitative workstreams, while collaborating with qual, culture, strategy and behaviour change specialists.
• Bring a strong commercial lens to proposals, pitches, and pipeline development.
• Mentor, support, and grow the next wave of researchers coming through.

What you'll bring

You're sharp, strategic and industry-facing. Someone who thrives in rooms where decisions are made. You love the chase of new opportunities as much as the satisfaction of long-term partnership building.

Ideally, you'll have:

• A strong quantitative insights foundation
• Proven ability to craft and win proposals
• Comfort partnering with multidisciplinary teams
• Broad knowledge across brand, tracking, U&A, comms development, innovation and testing
• A growth mindset and a collaborative leadership style
• The credibility and presence of a trusted advisor.

If you're a commercially minded insights leader looking for a role with brand strength, real growth, and plenty of runway - this one is absolutely worth a confidential conversation.


About Resources Group

We are the Leading Global Talent Agency for Insights, Analytics & Data Strategy. Our consultants take the time to truly understand your career aims and are dedicated to providing tailored, impartial advice to find you the very best career move. We have access to an unrivalled and exclusive range of job opportunities with trailblazing agencies and blue-chips across Australia, NZ and APAC.

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: Please contact Rowan Haylett at Resources Group on 04498 80582 to discuss things further, or email rhaylett@resourcesgroup.com

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