Research Team Lead

• Perform research, answer client requests and autonomously lead a team of analysts and associates in business and investment research
• Train, lead and coach a team, clarifying each team member's responsibilities and setting up clear processes
• Be the primary contact for our clients, perform QA and set up QA processes for the team ensuring that requests are verified, reliable and up to the very high client standards
• Lead and manage different clients, projects and or teams simultaneously, and setting priorities and budget time for each component
• Manage a team, clarify objectives, timeline, and responsibilities
• Act as professional development coach, by providing coaching, training, constructive feedback, and development career path for the team
• Collaborate with the Professional Development team to create and deliver quality training (onboarding and ongoing training)
• Ensure a high level of motivation within the team to deliver excellence
• Support with the screening selections for the right candidates.
• Support to drive different initiatives important to the company
  
  

Who You Are

• Have a master's degree and a minimum of 6 years of relevant work experience
• Have some team management experience
• Extensive secondary research experience covering the MENA Region
• Able to step back, analyze problems, find solutions, and implement these
• Creative and resourceful, with an ability to find information using different tools
• Good interpersonal skills and organizational skills, high motivation, an attention to detail, flexibility, and ability to cope under stress, a focus on identifying the solutions to problems
• Good management skills with a track record of coordinating workflow and assuring quality for small to medium teams with a strong ability to multitask
• Full proficiency in English and either French or German, Arabic is a real plus
• Have expertise with research databases