Associate Director-Research And Thought Leadership

Delhi - India

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 23 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

At EY were all in to shape your future with confidence.

Well help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.

Join EY and help to build a better working world.

Associate Director Research And Thought Leadership**

Role Overview

The Associate Director Research & Thought Leadership is a senior strategic role responsible for shaping EYs market narrative guiding enterprise-level insight programs and building signature thought leadership that strengthens EYs brand reputation and competitive positioning. This role integrates deep research excellence strategic advisory capability and high-impact communication leadership. The Associate Director partners extensively with senior executives service line leaders global teams and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver differentiated insight-led content programs that influence clients and the wider market ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

Thought Leadership Strategy And Vision

Define and lead the organizations thought leadership agenda in partnership with leadership ensuring alignment with EYs strategic priorities and market themes.
Identify white-space opportunities emerging macro trends and industry disruptions that can fuel signature content programs.
Drive multi-year content planning and ensure a consistent enterprise-wide approach to insights and narrative development.

Research Leadership And Insight Stewardship

Lead sophisticated research efforts including primary research surveys trend mapping competitive intelligence and macroeconomic analysis.
Oversee development of insight frameworks hypothesis models and data-driven narratives.
Ensure research rigor methodological consistency and alignment with global EY knowledge systems.

Executive Advisory And Stakeholder Management

Serve as a strategic advisor to senior partners and business leaders on content framing narrative positioning and thought leadership opportunities.
Facilitate high-level discussions SME councils and expert workgroups to shape compelling viewpoints.
Build strong relationships across service lines markets and global teams to drive adoption and amplification of insights.

Signature Content Creation And Editorial Direction

Lead the development of flagship reports whitepapers executive POVs sector outlooks and insight-led narratives.
Oversee editorial quality structure messaging discipline and brand alignment.
Guide transformation of research into high-impact storytelling across formats including reports videos presentations digital experiences and leadership talks.

Amplification Influence And Market Impact

Partner with media PR brand and digital teams to ensure thought leadership achieves broad visibility and resonance.
Shape messaging packs leader briefs executive speeches and event content to extend reach and influence.
Ensure thought leadership is activated across client conversations leadership forums signature events and external platforms.

Governance Measurement And Capability Building

Establish standards templates processes and quality frameworks for research and content development.
Build dashboards to track impact reach engagement metrics and business influence.
Mentor upskill and guide content specialists researchers and analysts across the function.

Skills And Competencies

Strategic And Leadership Skills

Strong enterprise thinking with ability to connect insights to business strategy.
Proven ability to influence and partner at senior leadership levels.
Capability to lead complex multi-country multi-stakeholder content programs.

Research And Analytical Expertise

Expertise in research design market analysis data interpretation and insight development.
Ability to translate large complex datasets into actionable business insights.
Comfort with frameworks models and structured insight generation.

Communication And Storytelling Excellence

Outstanding writing editing and narrative-structuring capabilities.
Ability to elevate technical content into accessible high-impact thought leadership.
Strong presentation and messaging skills suitable for senior audiences.

Execution And Project Leadership

Mastery in project planning stakeholder alignment and program governance.
Ability to navigate large matrixed environments while maintaining quality and pace.
High ownership accountability and ability to work under ambiguity.

Qualifications

Masters/Bachelors degree in Business Economics Public Policy Communications Journalism or related field.
1216 years experience in research insights consulting strategy or thought leadership.
Experience in professional services advisory or enterprise-level insight functions is highly preferred.
Proven track record of leading major research or thought leadership initiatives at scale.

EY Building a better working world

EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients people society and the planet while building trust in capital markets.

Enabled by data AI and advanced technology EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.

EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance consulting tax strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights a globally connected multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.

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