Head of Market Research

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🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

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Keller Executive Search International

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11 - 50 employees

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

Keller Executive Search International is a global executive search firm specializing in helping organizations find exceptional leadership talent. With a network spanning numerous cities around the world, they provide recruitment services, transition planning, employee coaching, and leadership development. Committed to diversity and sustainability, Keller offers high-quality, tailored executive search solutions across various industries. Their services include recruitment process outsourcing, military transitions, and succession planning, with a focus on finding the right leaders to drive business success globally. Keller is recognized for its robust assessment practices and a comprehensive suite of HR advisory services.

📋 Description

• Own market research delivery end to end for client projects, from scoping through to a finished, decision-ready output • Personally design, field, analyse, and report on research projects using full-cycle quantitative and qualitative methods • Establish and maintain departmental processes, templates, and documentation • Bring AI tools into research workflows and build basic dashboards or internal tools • Mentor and guide research staff as the team grows • Maintain research files, reference materials, and quality standards across client output • Handle ad hoc and time-sensitive research requests with strong accuracy and turnaround • Contribute to the ongoing direction and standards of the Department

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of hands-on commercial market research experience, with multi-client or multi-industry exposure (agency-side or equivalent) • Demonstrated ability to run research projects personally, including designing, fielding, analysing, and reporting • Demonstrated experience building or running a department, office, or research Department, including its processes, systems, and people • Practical use of AI tools within a research workflow, together with enough technical ability (Python, SQL, or low-code/BI tools) to build a simple dashboard or internal tool independently • Full-cycle quantitative and qualitative methodology, including survey design, fieldwork (CATI/F2F/online), in-depth interviews, focus group moderation, and data analysis (Excel/SPSS) • Strong written English and the ability to present findings clearly to stakeholders and clients • Relevant tertiary qualification in research, social science, statistics, marketing, or business • Postgraduate qualification in research, psychology, statistics, or marketing is nice to have • Time spent at a boutique or independent research consultancy, or running an own research practice, is nice to have • People-management or mentoring experience is nice to have

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work arrangement • Paid sick leave and public holidays • Competitive salary • The challenge and opportunity of setting up and growing a new department from the ground up • A genuine path to guiding and mentoring a team as it expands • Opportunities for professional growth • Flat management structure with direct access to decision-makers • Open communication environment