Account Director - Quantitative Research - Mumbai

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Job Details

Kantar is the world's leading AI-native marketing data and analytics business. We combine meaningful attitudinal and behavioural data with deep expertise and advanced technology to help organisations understand people and inspire growth
As an Account Director / Group Account Director, you will play a key role in guiding clients to make confident business and brand decisions through consumer insights. You will lead complex quantitative research programmes, build trusted client relationships, and encourage innovative approaches that help clients understand their consumers and unlock growth opportunities.
You will also support commercial success, nurture team capability, and contribute to the continued development of Kantar's research expertise and market reputation

Role Overview

Lead quantitative research programmes from proposal through delivery, ensuring high-quality outputs and actionable recommendations.
•Build and strengthen long-term client relationships, acting as a trusted advisor on brand and consumer insight challenges.
•Grow existing business and identify opportunities to expand client partnerships and research engagements.
•Develop compelling proposals, presentations, and reports that clearly communicate insight and business impact.
•Encourage innovative thinking and new approaches to enhance client outcomes and research effectiveness.
•Guide, coach, and develop team members to strengthen research capability and career growth.
•Manage project budgets, supplier relationships, and operational delivery to ensure efficiency and quality standards.

Role Requirements & Capabilities
•Significant experience of around 10 to 15 yrs in quantitative consumer insights, market research, or related consulting environments.
•Strong client engagement and communication skills with the ability to translate research into meaningful business recommendations.
•Experience leading projects and supporting the development of high-performing teams.
•Commercial awareness with the ability to identify opportunities for growth and deliver value for clients.
•Analytical mindset with a proactive approach to continuous improvement, collaboration, and innovation.

Why join Kantar?
We shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. By understanding people, we can understand what drives their decisions, actions, and aspirations on a global scale. And by amplifying our in-depth expertise of human understanding alongside ground-breaking technology, we can help brands find concrete insights that will help them succeed in our fast-paced, ever shifting world.
And because we know people, we like to make sure our own people are being looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage teams to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all; our approach is flexible to ensure everybody feels included, accepted, and that we can win together. We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like you’re not an exact match, we’d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.

Privacy and Legal Statement
PRIVACY DISCLOSURE: Please note that by applying to this opportunity you consent to the personal data you provide to us to be processed and retained by The Kantar Group Limited (“Kantar”). Your details will be kept on our Internal ATS (Applicant Tracking System) for as long as is necessary for the purposes of recruitment, which may include your details being shared with the hiring manager.

Location

Mumbai, The ORB BuildingIndia

Kantar Rewards Statement

At Kantar we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitive and also to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver. 

 

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. Apply for a career that’s out of the ordinary and join us. 

 

We want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive working environment where people feel included, accepted and are allowed to flourish in a space where their mental health and well being is taken into consideration. 

 

We want to create a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes. 

Kantar is the world’s leading data, insights and consulting company. We understand more about how people think, feel, shop, share, vote and view than anyone else. Combining our expertise in human understanding with advanced technologies, Kantar’s 30,000 people help the world’s leading organisations succeed and grow.