全职 Research Director - Innovation 工作, 薪水, Ignite Talent 公司招聘中 - Ricebowl

Singapore | Senior/Director Level (Open to overseas applications)

We are partnering with a leading global research and insights organisation to appoint a senior Director to its Singapore team.

This is a senior client-facing role working with some of the world’s largest consumer brands, helping them make better decisions around innovation, new product development and growth.

The role combines innovation research expertise, strategic client advisory, commercial leadership and team development. We are looking for someone who can go beyond delivering research projects – someone who can understand a client's business challenge, design the right approach and translate consumer insight into clear, commercially relevant recommendations.

The Role

You will lead senior client relationships and complex innovation programmes across the region, working with clients throughout the innovation journey. Your work may include early-stage opportunity and idea development, concept screening and testing, product and sensory research, concept and product optimisation, packaging and proposition testing, and pre-launch evaluation.

A key part of the role will be helping clients evolve and accelerate the way they approach innovation. You will combine established research methodologies with newer, agile, digital and AI-enabled approaches to provide faster and more commercially relevant answers to client challenges.

You will act as a trusted adviser to senior stakeholders, helping clients determine not only what consumers think, but what they should do next.

Alongside leading client work, you will be responsible for identifying opportunities to grow existing relationships, developing new business and expanding the organisation's innovation offering across clients, categories and markets.

You will also lead and develop a small team, providing guidance on research design, client management and the development of commercially compelling recommendations.

What We're Looking For

We are looking for someone with:

• 10-15+ years' experience in consumer insights, market research or a related consultancy environment, with significant experience in innovation and new product development research.
• Strong knowledge of the innovation lifecycle, ideally including concept and product development/testing and pre-launch evaluation.
• Experience working with major consumer brands, ideally within beauty, skincare, personal care categories (food & drink experience is not sufficient for this role)
• Strong quantitative research expertise. Experience spanning qualitative approaches would also be valuable.
• The ability to design research solutions around a business problem rather than simply apply an existing methodology.
• An interest in emerging research approaches, including agile methodologies, digital research and the application of AI within insights and innovation.
• Strong commercial experience, including growing existing client relationships and identifying new business opportunities.
• Experience managing complex, senior-level client relationships within large multinational organisations.
• The confidence to advise, challenge and influence senior stakeholders.
• Experience leading and developing junior team members.
• Strong communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to turn complex research findings into clear commercial recommendations.

To apply, please submit your cv via LinkedIn or by email to *************

About Ignite Talent:

Ignite Talent are the region's leading recruitment agency focused on insights, business intelligence, analytics, market research, consulting and related categories. Operating since 2014, we hire across 12+ Asian markets.