Senior Executive or Manager above market consulting

The Manager Regional Consulting & Insights will play a pivotal leadership role in driving strategic client impact and commercial growth for NielsenIQ across Asia. 

This role blends seniorlevel client engagement thought leadership and commercial leadership and working closely with internal commercial analytics and country teams. 

The successful candidate will be a trusted advisor to senior clients able to translate data into clear strategic direction influence decisionmakers and convert insight into measurable business outcomes. 

Key Responsibilities 

1. Senior Client Engagement & Trusted Advisor Role 

• Act as a senior strategic partner to key regional and local clients across Asia. 

• Lead Csuite and senior leadership conversations shaping agendas rather than reacting to briefs. 

• Elevate client relationships from deliveryfocused to value and outcomedriven partnerships. 

• Confidently handle ambiguity challenge client thinking and guide decisionmaking using insight. 

Success looks like: 
Clients proactively seek your perspective and involve NIQ earlier in their strategic planning. 

2. Consulting Impact & Strategic Thought Leadership 

• Lead the development of highimpact consulting engagements that go beyond reporting into strategy growth and transformation. 

• Create and deliver regional thought leadership (e.g. POVs frameworks presentations) relevant to APAC FMCG and retail dynamics. 

• Represent NIQ in senior forums client workshops and leadership sessions. 

• Translate complex data into simple compelling narratives that drive action. 

• Drive day to day regional insights 

Success looks like: 
NIQ is seen as a strategic thinking partner not just a data provider. 

3. Commercial Leadership & Growth 

• Identify shape and convert commercial leads in collaboration with account development teams and commercial leaders. 

• Support regional and local teams in solutioning proposal development and value articulation. 

• Drive incremental consulting and insights revenue through strong client engagement and clear ROI storytelling. 

• Balance commercial ambition with delivery excellence. 

Success looks like: 
A strong pipeline of consulting opportunities and consistent contribution to revenue growth. 

4. Client Experience & NPS Ownership 

• Take ownership for client experience outcomes including NPS and relationship health. 

• Proactively address risks manage expectations and coursecorrect engagements when needed. 

• Champion a clientfirst mindset across consulting and insights delivery. 

Success looks like: 
Improved NPS scores and longterm client retention. 

5. Internal Collaboration & Influence 

• Work closely with commercial leaders analytics and country teams across Asia. 

• Align consulting priorities with broader NIQ strategy and client plans. 

• Influence without authority in a matrixed regional organisation. 

• Act as a bridge between insight creation and commercial execution. 

Success looks like: 
Strong internal partnerships and seamless client delivery across functions. 

Qualifications :

Skills & Experience Required 

Experience 

• 5 years experience in management consulting strategy insights or analytics ideally within FMCG retail or consumer sectors. Retail Measurement Experience is an advantage. 

• Proven track record of leading senior client engagements and influencing decisionmakers. 

• Experience driving commercial outcomes (revenue growth upsell pipeline creation). 

• People leadership experience including coaching and developing managers. 

• Regional or multimarket APAC experience strongly preferred. 

Capabilities 

• Strong strategic thinking combined with practical actionoriented recommendations. 

• Excellent storytelling and executive communication skills. 

• High commercial acumen: understands how insight translates into business value. 

• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and fastchanging environments. 

• Strong stakeholder management skills across cultures and markets. 

Personal Attributes 

• Executive presence with humility and curiosity. 

• Confident calm and credible under pressure. 

• Collaborative leader who brings others along. 

• Bias to action with high personal standards. 

Additional Information :

• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off
• LinkedIn Learning
• Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

Our Benefits

• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off
• LinkedIn Learning
• Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

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