Client Director Product & Consumer Insights (Innovation)

We're hiring a Client Director to lead major client relationships and a multi-million-dollar portfolio for a business based in Singapore, focusing on consumer research, analytics and AI-enabled methodologies.

We're looking for an experienced research leader with a strong background across FMCG and product-led consumer categories. You'll work with some of the world's largest consumer brands, across personal care, skin-care and beauty, helping them make decisions around new products, concepts and innovation categories.

The role:

• Owning and growing a multi-million-dollar revenue portfolio
• Building senior relationships across large, multi-stakeholder client organisations
• Understanding clients priorities and pipelines and identifying opportunities to support them
• Leading research and project teams
• Turning research into clear commercial recommendations rather than simply delivering findings
• Identifying opportunities to expand existing client relationships and win new work
• Developing and training juniors

Requirements:

12-15+ years experience in consumer insights or market research, along with the following requirements:

• Extensive experience in beauty, skincare, personal care or related categories
• Significant experience in innovation research, concept and product testing, forecasting and assessing the commercial potential of new products
• Some expereince in sensory research may be beneficial
• A track record of managing large client portfolios
• Experience navigating complex global or regional clients with multiple stakeholders
• Strong commercial and business development skills
• The credibility to advise senior client stakeholders, not simply manage research projects
• Experience leading and developing a team

Open to applications from overseas

To apply, please submit your cv via LinkedIn or by email to [Confidential Information].

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.