Project Manager, Associate Project Manager – Market Research

• Act as the key client contact throughout projects, managing clients, issues, and engagement
• Provide project-related solutions and nurture client relationships
• Manage and implement internal business processes for collecting and preparing market research data
• Manage the process from questionnaire provision through delivery of final deliverables
• Handle complex market research, administrative, and technical activities
• Facilitate work among internal departments and external agencies
• Manage project initiation and scheduling
• Manage field activities to ensure completion within budget, parameters, and schedule
• Monitor field status reports and understand data requirements
• Check data and proofread deliverables
• Coordinate with internal and external departments and agencies
• Monitor project progress, provide feedback, ensure deadlines, and take corrective action
• Coordinate with client service and data processing teams on code frames and DP specifications
• Handle project-related queries from data collection or data processing after fieldwork
• Conduct quality control throughout projects and rectify issues early
• Analyze study performance and provide recommendations for future work

Requirements

• Experience in MR Data collection and consulting
• Experience with study setup
• Experience scheduling projects, including planning timelines, negotiating where necessary, preparing detailed study instructions, and briefing Survey Programming, Data Collection, and Data Processing teams
• Experience with questionnaire input and specifications
• Experience liaising with clients and making recommendations for effective data collection
• Experience monitoring job progress, providing feedback, meeting deadlines, taking corrective action, liaising on code frames and DP specifications, handling project-related queries, and ensuring quality standards
• Experience in quality control and adherence to processes/standards
• Experience analyzing study performance and providing recommendations
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and meet assigned deadlines within extremely short timeframes
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Excellent analytical, computational, and problem-solving skills
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for interacting with internal and external clients
• Ability to explore solutions to complex project situations within tight deadlines
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office/Suite and other specialized business-related software systems
• Enthusiastic, with good people skills and an interest in new ideas and ways of doing things
• Willingness to work night shifts during US EST hours

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in managing market research projects, including data collection, quality control, and client engagement. Proficient in coordinating with internal and external teams to ensure project success and adherence to timelines and standards.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Market Research Data Collection
• Project Scheduling and Planning
• Quality Control and Standards Adherence
• Client Liaison and Recommendations
• Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills

Hard Skills

• Data Collection
• Questionnaire Input and Specifications
• Project Management
• Quality Control
• Data Analysis
• Survey Programming
• Budget Management
• Field Activity Monitoring
• Timeline Negotiation
• Process Implementation

Soft Skills

• Attention to Detail
• Interpersonal Skills
• Negotiation Skills
• Written and Verbal Communication
• Problem-Solving

Industry Keywords

• Market Research
• Client Engagement
• Data Processing
• Fieldwork
• Study Performance Analysis

Tools & Technologies

• Microsoft Office/Suite
• Business-Related Software Systems